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I am looking at Infocus LP530 which has 2000 Lumens but the Contrast ration of 400:1.
The other one is Infocus Model X1, which is 1000 Lumens but has a Contrast ration of 2000:1.I understand the Lumens part but trying to decypher other specs is beyond me. What are the things one should be looking for?
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I did some more reading and am begining to see some lumens (ops.. I mean light) on the subject.
This reply may not help as I am unfamiliar with the projectors you mention.We have a Barco 808s here and to me the important properties of a projector foe me are -
* sharpness of focus and handling of color, particularly skin tones
* stability of convergence
* brightness
Do not get too carried away with the numbers. Look and see (with known high quality input) and make a decision on this basis.
John
Peace at AA
It's quite obvious that you can get 5 times as much contrast with your ration card when you buy the X1.
Lumens simply means brightness. How bright will the picture be, nothing more. Actually, you [typically] loose a bit of color depth/richness when you go to a similar yet brighter projector...but not always.The high lumen output projectors are designed mainly for classrooms and conference rooms where the projector will have to be easily viewable from a rather large distance with the lights in the room at least part way on. For giving presentations and such.
For home theatre, especially if you can get good control of ambient light in the room, light output is not a major concern today. Just about any projector on the market today would be considered quite bright, just a few years ago.
John is right...the only way is to see for yourself. There's no spec that'll tell the story.
I work at the local HIFI shop...we sell Marantz, Sharpvision, and Runco projectors. 99% of what we sell is DLP projectors in the $8-12 thousand dollar range...so that's what I'm familiar with. I know Sharpvision is running a sale on their z9000 DLP projector, if you want a good deal on a real nice 16x9 DLP, but my guess is that's gonna be a lot more expensive than the InFocus stuff...which I'm not very familiar with. Actually, I'm not very familiar with any specific brands or models, other than Marantz, Sharpvision and [some] Runco...too much to keep track of, and video is not my specialty.
A good friend of mine is the VP of sales for a company that specializes in LCD and DLP projector mail order sales. He's quite knowledgeable about the latest projector models, and [if I remember correct] carries InFocus, as well as many others. Email me if you want his web site. If you want to have a discussion about features/performance of specific makes/models of current projectors...these are the guys to talk to.
:-)
Steve
and for those of you (like me) who can't afford a $8-20k one..
I also use a Barco CRT unit so I can't help you much with those 2 units. I had a Sharpvision and didn't like it and prefer the not as bright but much more natural picture the Barco gives. One place you could check that has valuable info on all type of projectors is the AVS Forum.Dave
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