HD80 Benchmark Testing and Results
Audioholics/HQV Bench Testing Summary of Test Results
Perfect
SD Score is 130
Perfect
HD Score is 100
Optoma
HD80 Benchmark SD Score: 80 (you are going to get an excellent
picture)
Optoma
HD80 Benchmark HD Score: 75 (you are going to get an excellent HD
picture)
| SD Test | Max Points |
Results | Pass/Fail |
| Color Bar | 10 | 10 | Pass |
| Jaggies #1 | 5 | 5 | Pass |
| Jaggies #2 | 5 | 5 | Pass |
| Flag | 10 | 10 | Pass |
| Detail | 10 | 10 | Pass |
| Noise | 10 | 5 | Pass |
| Motion adaptive Noise Reduction | 10 | 0 | Fail |
| Film Detail | 10 | 10 | Pass |
| Cadence 2:2 Video | 5 | 0 | Fail |
| Cadence 2:2:2:4 DV Cam | 5 | 0 | Fail |
| Cadence 2:3:3:2 DV Cam | 5 | 0 | Fail |
| Cadence 3:2:3:2:2 Vari-speed | 5 | 0 | Fail |
| Cadence 5:5 Animation | 5 | 0 | Fail |
| Cadence 6:4 Animation | 5 | 0 | Fail |
| Cadence 8:7 animation | 5 | 0 | Fail |
| Cadence 3:2 24fps film | 5 | 5 | Pass |
| Scrolling Horizontal | 10 | 10 | Pass |
| Scrolling Rolling | 10 | 10 | Pass |
| Total Points | 130 | 80 |
The HD80 was sent 480i via HDMI from a Denon DVD-3930CI.
| HD Test | Max Points |
Results | Pass/Fail |
| HD Noise Reduction A & B | 25 | 0 | Fail |
| HD Video Resolution Loss | 20 | 20 | Pass |
| Jaggies A & B | 20 | 20 | Pass |
| Film Resolution Loss | 25 | 25 | Pass |
| Film Resolution Loss Stadium | 10 | 10 | Pass |
| Total Points | 100 | 75 |
The HD80 was sent 1080i via HDMI from a Toshiba HD-XA2 HD DVD Player.
Comments on HQV Testing
We were quite pleased with the results of the onboard PixelWorks DNX processing. In fact, the HD80 scored higher on our HQV Benchmark DVD tests than the HD81 with the outboard Gennum processor. This may be surprising to some, but PixelWorks is no slouch when it comes to deinterlacing and scaling. The Film Detail test passed, but just barely as the lock on took right up until the very border of fully passing to engage. We've seen quicker processors, but the system had a good memory and it never missed its mark. Noise reduction was acceptable at lower settings, though it wasn't as effective. When turned up, the display exhibited what I call “floaters” - where the center of an item remains detached from the edges which are being processed to reduced noise. The effect is of objects orbiting inside themselves in a very unnatural way. In motion, trails could be seen at any setting above 4. If you want to engage the noise reduction, just be sure to keep it below this level.
