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InFocus X3 by X3UserCanada - Jan 03, 2007
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| XGA (1024x768), 1700 ANSI Lumens, 6.8 lbs, $699 (MSRP) |
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| Personal Experience |
| I have owned this projector for a year now, here is my review based on 700 hours of experience. The Good: This projector has a great picture. I was really paranoid about the DLP Rainbow effect, and yes you can notice it -if you look for it-. If you dart your eyes from side to side you will see it everytime. At first I was a little disappointed, but it's like a scratch that once you start scratching you can't stop. I kept darting my eyes back and forth testing the rainbow effect, expecting it to go away. It doesn't, so I just stopped eye darting, and now I NEVER NOTICE IT, not at all, and guests have NEVER made a comment about the "rainbow" effect, ever, and believe me this projector has seen a lot of movies with a lot of guests. High definition picture is really what this projector is about. If you have this projector, you really must get an HD reciever. XBOX360 looks and plays extremely well with this projector. Those that do not have thier 360's hooked up to an HD projector have NO IDEA what they are missing, it's simply unreal. I use a self painted screen, used screen goo, from goosystems.com. it's 1.4 gain, and works very very well. Don't need to spend thousands on a screen, just paint one on the wall. Guests love it. Movies, HD Hockey games, HD Superbowl, and XBOX360 literally have lined people up at my door. The Bad: It's been a little problematic. A few times i have had to do a factory reset on it, it seems not to like switching between HD and SD very much, and will actually make the picture "half blue" from time to time. The only way around this is a factory reset, it's a good thing they have that option. Other issues i have encountered is lamp life: 600 hours and burned out. Had to pay 333.00 for a new one. I have to blame myself for lack of maintenance though, I failed to read in the manual that you MUST PULL THE LAMP HOUSING OUT AND VACUUM OR BLOW OUT THE DUST EVERY 200 HOURS. This is important. When mine burned out at 600 hours it was absolutely caked in dust. Another issue is the fan, it's loud. Don't expect to watch a movie with this thing on high power (1700 lumens) mode. Guests have actually commented on this. Low power is really the only option for movies. |
| Problems |
| Fan Noise (don't use high power) Lamp Life (read manual, maintain accordingly) "Half Blue" picture when switching SD to HD (rare, have to fac reset when happens) |
