Even though it might be optimised for gaming, the Optoma UHZ50+ has enough video tricks up its sleeve to qualify as the centrepiece of a high-calibre home theatre too. HDMI with eARC, USB ports and a WiFi dongle that gives access to a basic app store, a built-in speaker for quick games or news check and some amount of vertical lens shift capability. Zoom and focus rings let you dial and lock in just the right image size on your screen and we managed to get an 100in image from a distance of 13ft.
Once you get the geometry right, the UHZ50+ does offer a magnitude of user-adjustable settings that allow you to tweak contrast, brightness, gamma, colour and motion to your heart's content. But out-of-the-box colour accuracy isn’t its core strength. Instead, it makes you work a little before it starts impressing you with its talents. BrilliatnColor also affects the tint of skin tones and it looked best at level 1 or 2. Similarly, with Brilliant Contrast, there is immediately more pop and detail in the image but upon closer inspection, you can tell it also blows up the highlights and the sharpening comes off as noise. Best turned off for serious viewing, but can be great for sports and games.