InFocus X1 Video Projector

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Manufacturer: In Focus
Price at amazon.com: Used & new from $835.00

List price $1,999.99



Product Features:

• 1,000 ANSI lumens, 2,000:1 contrast ratio
• Native 800 x 600 SVGA resolution
• Compatible with SVGA, VGA, XGA, Macintosh
• Weighs just 6.8 pounds
• 2-year warranty

Product Description:

Note: The InFocus X1 is no longer being manufactured. You may want to consider purchasing the newer InFocus X2 multimedia projector instead. Weighing in at less than seven pounds and featuring simple color-coded connections, the InFocus X1 Projector was designed for easy portability. Compatible with both PC and Macintosh systems, the newly designed interface insures that your presentations flow smoothly, while the powerful 1,000 ANSI lumens of brightness will have your images lighting up small to mid-size conference centers. Simple, versatile connectivity. The X1 can be permanently mounted on a ceiling, and features a Kensington-style lock for security. A powerful 2.5-watt speaker is built in, along with an audio jack for additional stereo possibilities. The manufacturer includes a two-year limited warranty; register your InFocus X1 online at www.infocus.com and receive a free three-year extended service plan for your projector. The X1 is easy to connect, use, and maintain. It is compatible with a wide variety of computers and video devices, including: Most standard VCRs, DVD players (progressive and interlaced), HDTV sources (1080i, 1035i, and 720P HDTV formats), TV and satellite tuners, camcorders, video games, and laser disc players. IBM-compatible computers, including laptops, up to 1024x768 resolution. Apple Macintosh and PowerBook computers up to 1024x768 resolution. The projector has native SVGA 800x600 resolution.

Description from Manufacturer:Note: The InFocus X1 is no longer being manufactured. You may want to consider purchasing the newer InFocus X2 multimedia projector instead.

Weighing in at less than seven pounds and featuring simple color-coded connections, the InFocus X1 Projector was designed for easy portability. Compatible with both PC and Macintosh systems, the newly designed interface insures that your presentations flow smoothly, while the powerful 1,000 ANSI lumens of brightness will have your images lighting up small to mid-size conference centers.

Simple, versatile connectivity.

The X1 can be permanently mounted on a ceiling, and features a Kensington-style lock for security. A powerful 2.5-watt speaker is built in, along with an audio jack for additional stereo possibilities. The manufacturer includes a two-year limited warranty; register your InFocus X1 online at www.infocus.com and receive a free three-year extended service plan for your projector.

The X1 is easy to connect, use, and maintain. It is compatible with a wide variety of computers and video devices, including:

• Most standard VCRs, DVD players (progressive and interlaced), HDTV sources (1080i, 1035i, and 720P HDTV formats), TV and satellite tuners, camcorders, video games, and laser disc players.
• IBM-compatible computers, including laptops, up to 1024x768 resolution.
• Apple Macintosh and PowerBook computers up to 1024x768 resolution. The projector has native SVGA 800x600 resolution.Average Customer Rating:

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  Comment: X1 is a fantastic Home Entertainment system Rating:
  I purchased the X1 just before Christmas (delivery in 36 hours!) to be the video source for my Home Entertainment system. I use a computer to supply DVD input and for computer games. The Xbox and game Cube are connected through the s-video input. I am projecting on a 84 inch diagonal white screen. Viewing distance is about 11 feet.

  DVD movies look perfect. There is no visible pixilation and blacks are close to true black (in film mode). Part of this is no doubt do to using a computer for the DVD input. I believe a direct s-video input may not be as good (I have not tried this though).

  The video game systems also look great. Four player Halo on a big screen has to be seen to be believed.

  I also have a TV tuner (Hauppage)in the computer and astonishingly, the TV image (at about 65 inch diagonal)is excellent.

  The only reservation would be that the light output is not great (especially in film or video mode) so you need to use it in a room that can be fully blacked out.

  The picture is much better than any rear projection HDTV's I have seen (of any size). For the money I doubt you could by a better picture for TV or DVD viewing.

  The native resolution is SVGA so Text is slightly ragged, especially when displayed in XGA mode. Again due to the SVGA native resolution computer games do not look as good as on high resolution monitor. I would therefore not recommend the projector as your only computer monitor or for large amounts of web surfing.
  

  Definitely recommended.

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  Comment: Awesome!! Rating:
  I myself have to purchased this projector for home theater use. I have it and another InFocus projector, the ScreenPlay 7200. InFocus seems to make the best projectors around. I've had several and my friends and family all have them as well and we just can't seem to find better projectors than the InFocus and that's after trying about ten different brands between all of us. Some of the other brands like Sony and Epson are pretty bad actually.

  Anyway, this one is for the kids and the ScreenPlay 7200 is for the adults and you wouldn't belive how comparable they are. Great light output, great colors, PERFECT contrast and the resolution is perfect for video. Honestly, the 7200 does have have a better picture but not by much really. In fact, the contrast I mentioned with the X1 is visibly better.

  We have a plasma in the kitchen and had some big screen televisions years ago and I can't see why anybody would ever use either with the option of an InFocus projector. You'll get better clarity and a bigger image with a projector and there's no burn-in like we are already experiencing with our 1-year old plasma.

  This particuar projector defnitely gets a thumbs up from me.

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  Comment: Good Projector Rating:
  I am writing this, because i made my decision mainly over the others opinions and i will be very happy if i can help others with their decision. I am not an expert but i can tell you that i am very hapy with the result. My wife was very pesimistic about the idea of buying a projector but now she is also accept that result is impressive. This is my first projector and i don't think i need an upgrade for a while. I'am using it mainly for dvd. I have a 100" screen. Colours and contrast are very good but there are minor problems with dark scenes. If you want to use X1 during the day you have to have a light control because this is not a projector you can use it in a bright environment. Seting up X1 is easy. Component video is deffinitely giving the best result but s video is also not bad. For component video you have to use a special adaptor and it was difficult to find when ý bought the X1. If you can not find it you can use a VGA to 5BNC cable (like me). It can accept progressive signals but you should decide whether your source or the procector's video processing is better. X1 has a Faroudja video processing and it is very good. I know the rainbow isue is a problem with DLP projectors (Specialy projectors with 2X color wheel like X1). But i am at the lucky side. I have more than 300 hours on the lamp and neither me nor My wife or any of my friends see any rainbows yet. I think, if you don't see the rainbows you can not go wrong with this projector. Result is perfect for the price. I think this was the best 950$ i spend for my home theatre. PS: you can find lots of useful information about X1 at http://members.shaw.ca/technut/x1faq (unofficial X1 FQA page)

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