Big Price Drops from InFocus
February 2, 2007
InFocus just announced price drops for three of their popular home theater projectors; the price drops apply to the Screenplay 7205, 7210 and the PlayBig IN76. The price reductions breakdown as follows: The IN76 previously retailed for $2999 but now lists for $2499. The InFocus Screenplay 7205 previously sold for $3999 but now retails for [...]
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JVC DLA-HD1 1080p Front Projector
January 27, 2007
I wanted to catch up on some CES news that was just too important to let slip by. JVC’s much lauded DLA-HD10K and DLA-HD2K projectors aren’t alone in JVC’s D-ILA stable any longer. I’m sure by now many of you have heard about JVC’s
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The Origins of DLP
January 24, 2007
I ran across an interesting article over at EE Times about Texas Instruments early research into digital micromirror devices (DMD’s), the digital micromirrors employed in DLP (digital light processing) projectors. The devices actually got their start in the analog realm and were invented by TI’s Larry Hornbeck. As with many other notable inventions we take [...]
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Fun with Tech-Support
December 28, 2006
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An InFocus Projector and Screen for Under $600
November 29, 2006
File this one in the nearly too good to be true category, InFocus is offering their PlayBig IN72 projector bundled with a 92” screen for $599 after mail-in rebate. Heck $599 is less than the average tax bill on a upper-mid to high-end projector. Ok here’s the break down of the on-line store between 11/19/06 [...]
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Lens Shift to the Rescue
November 7, 2006
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BenQ W10000 1080p DLP Projector
November 5, 2006
With LCD & SXRD 1080p front projectors from the likes of Sony and Mitsubishi already (or soon to be) available at or under the 5k mark, many DLP fans have been wondering when they’ll see 1080p DLP projectors around 5-6k, fear not your wait may be over. While Sim2 and Planar have already announced 1080p [...]
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Good Morning Sim2
October 24, 2006
Earlier today a co-worker and I attended a demonstration of Sim2’s 3-chip, 1080p HT5000 projector; the 1-chip, 1080p HT3000; and their 3-chip, 720p Grand Cinema C3X LITE. Given the unfamiliar nature of the demonstration I’d be hard pressed to make any conclusions based on what we saw, but I did want to share a few [...]
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Marantz VP4001 DLP Projector
October 23, 2006
Quick update on a new 1280×768 projector I ran across from Marantz. The
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InFocus Play Big IN78 Projector
October 20, 2006
One of the surprise hits among many of the attendees at the recent CEDIA Expo in Denver was the InFocus IN78; why a surprise hit you ask? In what turned out to be the biggest showing of 1080p capable projectors ever showcased at CEDIA, the IN78 has a native resolution of 1280×720. Could it be [...]
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