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Mark Stokes - Nov 26, 2001
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Home Theatre |
| What I Like: |
This is a great machine, I am very happy with it. You can defiantly tell the difference in picture quality from the LP340 to the LP350, it was worth the extra $$. I have the projector about 22 feet back from the screen and I can fill a 14 x 8 foot wall with a great picture (about 2 feet top and bottom, 1.5 feet left and right not used) |
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Get a PC and connect it to the VGA port, connect your sound to your surround sound amp and fire up your favorite game on the big screen – what a blast !!
If you are thinking about buying a rear projection 60 inch TV – STOP, buy the LP350 you CAN’T go wrong.
Get one one these units your family will love it, you will love it, and it will drive your friends and neighbors made !
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| Comments: |
Many people commented on the light leaking out of the projector, to be honest I don’t have anything else to compare it to, but it is a non issue, you really can’t tell and it certainly does not interfere with watching DVD movies. My setup is in the basement, and will all the lights off the movies are GREAT ! The projector is bright enough to even keep a table lamp on in the rear of the room ! I have had the unit about 3 months and it still blows me away each time I turn it on. In focus tech support was great, pre-sales great, the only thing that was a little off was the price of the ceiling mount ($300.00 Canadian) |
Craig Buckley - Sep 20, 2001
| Application: |
Home Theater |
| What I Like: |
Great brightness. Works best using home theater PC (currently WinDVD for DVD playback on P4)with a Nvidia G2 or G3 DVI connection. Composite and SVHS look terrrible by comparison. HDTV PC tuner card by Telleman (1080i 720P) looks fabulous with only black level suffering. Infocus 6ft DVI cable is too short for Home theater but with a 12ft extension it still works fine (16ft is supposed to be the max!) VGA connection almost as good but some mirror flickering can be seen if you look hard enough. I looked at the Sony 10W HT wide screen LCD and I prefer the LP350 for brightness, uniformity, image quality (when using LP350 via computer and Sony via Component in). Sony has more adjustments/controls which are prefered for home theater use. If you can pick one up for around $3600 or less you wont be disappointed with the correct setup described above) Sony bulb lasts 2000hrs in cinema black mode only (600lumens at best) but only 1000hrs in 1000lumen mode and cost $500. LP350 lasts 2000hrs at its claimed 1300lumens (probably isn't that bright but I have no complaints about brightness) and cost about $360. If you can cover up the black bars for 16:9 movies then this projector is definitely for you. Just for reference I work at a company where audio/video quality is our business. |
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The black level is the worst part of the projector (more of a gray). Light does leak out of the front case but is easily blocked. Colors are great. Some people hink the reds are incorrect but the color wheel appears to be set for film and not video therefore computer image color seems wrong. Projector controls are limited for picture calibration adjustment but can be accomplished via the computer. |
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Need to block light leaking from front of case. More versatile with High def Component inputs. Fan noise could be lower. Black level needs serious improvement. Would be nice to have a soft power switch that auto powers down after bulb cools. Picture settings for different inputs would be nice |
E.S.L - Jun 25, 2001
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Home Theatre |
| What I Like: |
Home theatre projector for under $4000.00.
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| Suggestions: |
If InFocus could only make a projector with a street price around $4000.00 with RGB inputs. |
| Comments: |
I researched a lot of projectors before making my selection; Runco,DreamVision,Davis,Sony and sure the LP350 has it's drawbacks.It does leak light and it's red's are a bit off, however,the built in doubler and scaler give it the sharpest picture I've seen on a DLP or an LCD projector.
I can't see spending $12, 15, 20,000.00 on a Runco or a DreamVision, then going out and having to spend another $600.00 on a DVDO line doubler
just to have practicly the same picture as the LP350.
I have my LP350 setup with an S-Video running to my Sony DVD player and it's showing my favorite movies on my 84" Da-Lite Da-Mat High Contrast screen.The results are wonderful
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Anil - May 21, 2001
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Home theatre |
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If you are buying this for home theatre - DON'T. This projector leaks light like a cloth diaper and results in a very bright and extremely distracting halo around the picture with washed out colours. This is reason enough NOT to buy this projector. |
Wing C. Tong - May 17, 2001
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Powerpoint Presentations / 3DS architectural animations |
| Comments: |
Liked most everything about it but had a few glitches like during my testing of the unit (and it also happened on another Infocus 355 that we have in the office), the projected image had a digital blanking of one of the corners and at another time, the entire projected image became askewed similar to the effect that italicizing a text font has on a font. I pressed a number of button/settings and eventually it went away, but really cannot remember which button/setting corrected it....possibly the reset button, but I thought I pressed that button a few times without any effect. Has anyone else have this problem with this unit or even the Infocus 355 which we also have in the office? |
JIm Dorsey - Mar 14, 2001
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education |
| What I Like: |
Has better yellows that our other projectors which range from first generation DLP machines to the current line of InFocus machines. |
| Comments: |
We were surprised that with 1300 lumens the Infocus 350 still needed to dim the lights to get the contrast and clarity that we require in the classroom. In fact there is no noticeable difference between 1000 and 1300. The new genertion of DLP gives you good color contrasts for most applications. We don't like the cabling hookup from the side since most presenters like to place the project in front of the desk with the notebook behind it. Instead you need to place the projector along side of the notebook. If you don't use the included remote you will get a continual blast of hot air from the rear of the projector. In fact this projector can literally heat a small room. This is the only projector that we have had to use technical support, which we found was of little help. The technican told me that he was there to help with projectors and not software problems. In the end we abandoned the phone call and went about solving the problem ourselves. I first had gone to their website but found it lacking for all but the most minor problems. In the end we found that the factory settings were wrong. Next time we will look else where to purhcase projectors which are still pricey. |
Brent Neer - Feb 16, 2001
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presentations and home theaer |
| What I Like: |
Great graphics and brightness for such a small portable projector. Performed well on data, video, and even HDTV from a RCA DTC-100 with a VGA output. |
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All of the following suggestions apply to the video performance not the DATA. Needs the ability to block out (known as blanking or masking) the black/gray area around the image when in 16:9 mode on either a DVD or HDTV. The newest DLP chip that is native 16:9 would be ideal for home theater applications. The keystone adjustment should be available in all modes not just DATA. |
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Overall this is a great projector for business applications and can show video material when needed With a few enhancements, it could be a great home theater projector. |
Harold Brandner - Jan 12, 2001
| Application: |
Home Theater |
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Excellent text display.
Not good enough for Home Theater. My 10 year old 3 crt projector has a better movie picture overall and on scenes with fast moving objects.
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Bob - Jan 9, 2001
| Application: |
Home Theater |
| What I Like: |
Fantastic picture, almost invisible pixel structure, no complex calibration. |
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What everyone is waiting for: a 16:9 version with the same quality picture and scaling.
I ended up with a 6'9" x 5'1" screen. This is a little taller than I would like for 4:3 images but not quite as wide as I would like when watching 16:9 or 2.35:1 widescreen movies. I though about zooming out when watching widescreen movies but
a) it would be a lot of fuss, once you have the prjojector mounted and focused you want to leave it alone
b) i am nearing the maximum size that still hides the pixel structure of the DLP matrix
c) the throw distance of the projector is not very aggressive, i.e. I am already zoomed out as far as possible with the projector 14' away. |
| Comments: |
Compared to our 36" TV watching movies has been a real cinema experience. Extremely enjoyable and much better than any big screen rear projection TV I have seen. |
Joe House - Sep 27, 2000
| Application: |
Home Theater |
| What I Like: |
Stunning picture detail and clarity from 1300 ansi Luman XGA DLP. Internal scaler/doubler appears entirely artifact free. Expands anamorphic DVD's. Pixel free viewing. Tiny size. |
| Suggestions: |
Market this to home theater enthusiasts. It kills the competition. Don't try to calibrate this according to the old rules applying to CRT's. It has more brightness and contrast available than you could ever use. Stay close to the factory midpoint presets and just tweak it one notch either way using a set up DVD. You will never leave the house again. |
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This projector has only been out since about August 2000. It is brighter, clearer and more accurate than any type of display I have ever seen. The software makes any scaler/line doubler unecessary. It makes NTSC DVD's and Standard DSS look like something else entirely, even using plain old S-video cables. Much clearer than any image you see in a movie theater. It kills all the projectors that are marketed to Home Theater types(and any Rear Projection TV), and at a much lower price. Try Hank@studioexperience.com for a great deal and great advice. |
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