Optoma Compact High Brightness 4K UHD Short Throw Laser Projector - UHZ35ST
which ends 06/22/2026
Optoma UHZ35ST Compact High Brightness 4K UHD Short Throw Laser Projector
Brilliant 4K UHD Entertainment in Any Room
Experience cinematic visuals right at home with the Optoma UHZ35ST 4K UHD Short Throw Laser Projector. Boasting a stunning 3500 lumens of brightness and advanced true-to-life color reproduction, this projector ensures every scene bursts with clarity and detail—even in well-lit spaces. Its short throw capabilities allow you to achieve a large, crisp image from a shorter distance, making it ideal for living rooms, media spaces, and even bedrooms with limited setup space.
Compact and Sustainable Design
The UHZ35ST stands out with its remarkably compact chassis, up to 34% smaller than previous Optoma models, maximizing placement flexibility without sacrificing performance. Its environmentally conscious design uses up to 50% post-consumer recycled plastics, while packaging is made from up to 97% recyclable materials. Efficient logistics and an external power supply further decrease its carbon footprint, supporting greener technology choices for your home.
Maintenance-Free Laser Reliability
Powered by Optoma's energy-saving DuraCore laser technology, the UHZ35ST delivers up to 30,000 hours of virtually maintenance-free operation—eliminating the need for costly lamp replacements and ensuring consistent image quality over its lifespan. With low input lag, extensive connectivity options, and a wide range of flexible installation features, this projector is perfect for movie nights, sports, and gaming. Discover seamless, high-quality projection that fits both your entertainment goals and your values.
Key Features
- Incredible True 4K UHD resolution and laser technology
HDR and HLG compatible - Small form factor for easy installation
Short throw lens, 360-degree and portrait projection - Bright 3500 lumens for lights on viewing
Perfect for big screen home entertainment and immersive gaming - Lightning-fast gaming
Supports 1080p 240Hz at 4.4ms and 4K 60Hz at 17ms
Features
- Lights-on viewing1
This all-round home entertainment projector combines high brightness and vivid colors for vibrant, true-to-life visuals in well-lit environments– ideal for watching TV shows, sports and movies or gaming with family or friends any time of day. - Laser technology
Optoma laser projectors use high-quality lasers to create the projected image. In many situations the perceived brightness from laser illumination projectors can be twice that of an equivalent lamp-based model. They also deliver increased efficiency to maintain consistent brightness, superior color performance, instant on/off and an extraordinary life span of up to 30,000 hours. - Short Throw
With a short throw lens, you can project an impressive 100” image from just over a meter away. This allows you to place the projector closer to the wall, reducing shadows so you can present with ease. - True 4K UHD Resolution
Ultra HD 4K resolution delivers sharper, life-like images and richer colors - allowing you to sit closer to the screen and enjoy a more immersive experience. Our DLP projectors provide CTA (Consumer Technology Association) approved True 4K UHD resolution, capable of projecting 8.3 million on screen pixels. That's four times more detail than Full HD and twice as many from competing technology, which only delivers 4.1 million pixels. - HDR and HLG compatible
Capable of receiving and displaying both HDR10 and Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) HDR content. This Optoma projector allows you to see far more detail and texture. Objects look more solid and lifelike and the extra detail creates a greater sense of depth. - Amazing color
Watch your movies, TV shows and play games with stunning colors in any environment. Optoma projectors provide reliable performance suitable for any content and environment. Our home projectors are capable of reproducing the Rec.709 color gamut, the international HDTV standard to guarantee accurate reproduction of cinematic color exactly as the director intended. Or more saturated colors for a punchy looking image, great for gaming and animated movies. - Color Management System
Display accurate lifelike colors to best match your viewing environment. This unique feature provides you with the flexibility to fine-tune the color settings for optimal precision. - WiSA Certified
This product is WiSA certified to deliver wireless audio excellence and work seemlessly with other WiSA-certified products, right out of the box. WiSA technologies enable ultra-high quality audio to be transmitted and received wirelessly, with perfect synchronization and no perceivable latency. - Game mode
Game mode optimizes your projector for maximum contrast and vivid colors to capture every detail - leaving you time to focus on winning. - Golf Sim Picture Mode
Golf sim picture mode delivers true-to-life greens and blues and impressive detailing even with the lights on. Carefully created to provide optimum color grading for golf simulation setups.2 - Dual HDMI inputs
Play games, stream videos and share photos on the big screen in the comfort of your own home. With dual HDMI inputs, you can easily connect to your games console, set-top box, laptop, PC, Blu-ray player or media streamer with a single cable. You can even turn it into a smart projector by connecting an HDMI dongle like the Google Chromecast™, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV™ or Roku® stick. - Control
Featuring a wide range of options you can control and monitor the projector remotely.- RS232
Optoma projector’s come with an extensive set of RS232 commands making it simple and easy to manage using any control system. - AMX compatible
Dynamic discovery protocol is incorporated into the projector allowing for easy installation with AMX control systems. - Crestron RoomView
Using the compatible RoomView® software you can power on/off, monitor, manage and control up to 250 projectors at the same time from any computer - Extron IPLink compatible
Allows for easy installation with Extron control systems
- RS232
- 360 projection3
With 360° projection,images can be displayed in any orientation, giving you the freedom and versatility to install this projector in the desired location. - Full 3D
Optoma projectors can display true 3D content from almost any 3D source, including 3D Blu-ray players, 3D broadcasting and the latest generation games consoles. - Auto power off
There may be instances when the projector is left running when not in use. To help save energy, the "auto power off" feature automatically turns off the projector after a set period of time if it is not being used - 24p
Most movies are shot at 24 frames per second (fps). To preserve the purity of the original image, Optoma projectors can accept high definition sources at 24 fps to display movies exactly as the director intended. - Integrated speaker
Complete your home entertainment experience with the convenience of a powerful built-in speaker for exceptional sound quality and an easy set up without the need for costly external speakers. - USB-Power
Use the USB-A port to power an HDMI dongle, such as Google Chromecast. - Enhanced gaming mode
Enhanced gaming mode optimizes your projector for maximum contrast and vivid colors to capture every detail. It also reduces input lag down to as little as {{ProjInput_Lag}}ms for lightning-fast response times.4
Footnotes:
- 1With no direct sunlight or lights directed on screen.
- 2Please ensure your projector is on the latest firmware for access to this new feature. For further assistance with this, please contact Optoma Customer Service.
- 3For more information please refer to the user manual
- 4Note: When this setting is enabled some settings will be disabled. Please refer to the user manual for more information.*
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Frequently Asked Questions
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This projector features dual HDMI 2.0 inputs with eARC support, allowing connection to multiple devices such as game consoles, Blu-ray players, and streaming sticks. It also includes audio-out via a 3.5mm jack, USB-A port for powering HDMI dongles, RS232, and RJ45 for network and control system integration.
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The short throw lens allows the projector to display a large image, up to 300 inches, from a close distance starting at roughly 15.75 inches away from the screen or wall. This reduces shadows and saves space, making it ideal for smaller rooms and flexible placement.
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Yes, it features a built-in gaming mode that optimizes contrast and colors for vivid visuals, while reducing input lag to as low as 4.4 milliseconds at 1080p 240Hz and 16 milliseconds at 4K 60Hz for a responsive gaming experience.
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With true 4K UHD resolution (3840 x 2160 pixels), 3500 lumens brightness, 500,000:1 contrast ratio, and HDR10/HLG support, you will experience sharp, vibrant, and lifelike images. The projector also reproduces the Rec.709 color gamut for accurate cinematic colors.
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The laser light source offers up to 30,000 hours of maintenance-free operation, providing long-lasting and consistent brightness without the need for frequent lamp replacements.