I was looking forward to this projector after having my last Optoma for 10 years and being happy with it and reading good reviews about this one. The projector has somewhat decent image and colour, but there a bunch of caveats.
Firstly, the lens has focus uniformity issues (when some parts of the image are razor sharp, others are noticeably out of focus). I might expect this from an entry level projector, but not from one that retails for over $4000 (after tax) new. Optoma support isn't much help with this and says to try to find a point in between where the whole screen is fairly in focus. I didn't buy one of their higher end 4k projectors to have to compromise on sharpness.
Secondly, it's pretty slow to boot up. I read that laser projectors are fast to start up, but it takes just as long to get a usable image as my 10+ year old bulb projector (around 30 seconds).
Lastly, PureMotion doesn't work properly on it. When I have the input device (media player, game console etc.) set to output at 60Hz, PureMotion will not work regardless of the frame rate of the content being played. This is not the case on my old Optoma projector or any of the multiple TVs I've owned that had this feature. On those devices, if the content being played is less than 60fps (e.g. 24, 30) then it will be interpolated to 60, regardless of the output frequency of the device. The only way I can get PureMotion to kick in is to force the playback device output at 24hz. The problem then is that the audio sync will be off, so that's not really a solution at all.
I would have returned this projector but Consignia doesn't accept returns. You've been warned.
