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| pretty good projector |
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2008-05-13 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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This is a good product
I bought this one because I had a good perception of Infocus
It is a little big, but it is what I pay for.
Smaller projectors are a lot more expensive.
This is very practically and what I... (Read full review at Amazon)
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| Great projector with average remote |
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2008-03-03 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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I purchased this projector to upgrade from the previous InFocus X2 model. The projector is great, but the remote is very basic. They removed the volume controls from remote and has no laser pointer. They are esentially getting you to buy their... (Read full review at Amazon)
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| Easy to use |
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By Mom from Kentucky 2008-01-20 00:00:00 0 out of 1 found this reivew helpful |
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This is the second Infocus projector we have had. It has a good picture and the menu is very easy to use. (Read full review at Circuit City)
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| Bulb burned out at third use |
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2008-01-08 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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Not a happy camper. I tested the projector by running it for about an hour shortly after I bought it. In preparation for a meeting where I would be using it, I ran it the day prior for a few minutes and reviewed the instruction manual.... (Read full review at Amazon)
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| Much better than last mode we had used! |
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By CarolW from Sugar Land, Texas 2007-12-27 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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Much better than last mode we had used! The display is much more clear and crisp. The colors are more bold and vivid. (Read full review at Circuit City)
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| -- Itreviews Expert, Itreviews 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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| InFocus organizes its range of projectors into a nine categories. There's Mobile, Portable, Classroom, Auditorium, Large Venue, Home Entertainment, Home Theatre, Gaming, and you'll find the IN26+ in the Meeting Room group along with six other IN models. The plus sign after the model code designates this as a reworking of the basic IN26 with the brightness increased from 1,700 lumens to 2,200 lumens. It's a fairly bulky projector, which doesn't matter too much as you won't be carrying it around all that often. After all, it lives in a meeting room, right? The dimensions are 304 x 240 x 101mm yet the weight is a relatively low 2.7kg. It's a DLP projector with native XGA, 1,024 x 768 resolution that can also handle 640 x 480, 800 x 600 and 1,400 x 1,050 signals as well as 720p and 1080i HDTV. The range of inputs is limited to VGA, S-Video and Composite while the audio connection uses RCA plugs. The only cables in the box are VGA along with the mains power cord, so you can forget about a digital DVI connection, and if you fancy the idea of HDTV you'll have to sort out a Component-to-VGA adapter. You'd have to be incredibly charitable to describe the styling as exciting, and we can't bring ourselves to be that pleasant. The IN26+ is little more than a two-tone grey plastic box with a flat top surface that carries twelve control buttons and an opening for focus and zoom adjustment. The remote control is surprisingly large for a device that only has six buttons, but on the plus side you're unlikely to lose it in your pocket. We had noticed the absence of auto keystone adjustment, which seems like a useful tool if you're moving a projector from one room to another, so we rather hoped that the IN26+ hadn't suffered by being built down to a price. After all, it is very cheap, and you can usually see where the money has been saved. Perhaps the large, plain housing had been enough to cut costs? Well no, apparently not, as the picture isn't very good. This projector uses a 2-speed colour wheel with four segments and that's not very sophisticated compared to a great many DLPs on the market, albeit with a higher price tag. Despite the brightness rating and 2,000:1 contrast ratio, the pre-sets struggled to deliver an image that was a good all-rounder. Presentation was too harsh and bright while the two movie modes went too far in the other direction and were overly dark. That's not good news, but if you keep telling yourself that the InFocus will spend its life in a meeting room then you may consider it will perform its task at a reasonable cost, so we'll take that opportunity to bang a final nail into its coffin. The IN26+ is rated at 35dB which is too loud, but worse than that, the fan makes a nasty whining noise that would distract you from even the finest PowerPoint presentation. InFocus - IN26+ features - Verdict This budget DLP projector is short on features, which is understandable at this price point. Unfortunately it also delivers dubious picture quality and all the while the cooling system will steadily make you deaf. InFocus - IN26+ price Buy InFocus IN26+ securely online at a bargain price £417 + VAT InFocus: +31 36 0539 2000 www.infocus.com Read more reviews of Monitors and Projectors Read our Buyers Guide to Monitors and Projectors ...
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| -- Goodgearguide Expert, Goodgearguide 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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| The InFocus Work Big IN26 is a 1024x768 native resolution DLP projector designed for business use. It performs well with only a handful of minor flaws, has an excellent throw distance and a more than adequate range of connection options. Like other InFocus business projectors, to get the most out of the IN26, users will need to calibrate it a little as the under default settings the colours are a little inaccurate. However, with a small amount of time invested, this projector is sure to impress at any office presentation. This type of projector is best used for displaying presentations and other data from a PC. As such, for our first series of tests we connected the IN26 to a PC via the D-Sub connection. We were immediately impressed with the desktop clarity. Text was very easy to read and the icons were clearly defined. There was no over-saturation of white like we found in the Work Big IN24 and the colours were quite reasonable. That being said, they weren't exactly correct. We still had to use the on-screen display to calibrate the colour scheme. We found that using the pre-set "movie" colour scheme and increasing the brightness and contrast fixed and discolouration we encountered. While this isn't a massive problem is still should be considered for those that are expecting perfect plug and play performance without having to spend time on calibration. We ran tests on the IN26 using DisplayMate Video Edition and found that it had very few problems. It easily passed all the geometry and distortion tests and flawlessly displayed the colour and greyscale tests as well. The only problem we found was what looked like signal interference on all vertical lines during all the resolution tests. This is usually indicative of an interpolation problem but we were testing at 1024x768 to make sure the projector was at its native resolution. This is a very peculiar result but we don't consider it to be a major problem as it doesn't seem to affect the image quality during normal use. We ran some spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel to check if the vertical lines in the documents would be affected and they weren't. We also checked to see how the projector performed with DVD playback and found that it was rather good. There was no motion blur, no noticeable noise and excellent colour reproduction. While this isn't a home theatre projector by any means, if you need to switch between a PC source and a DVD in a presentation, the IN26 will easily playback a DVD without any problems. The IN26 uses a four segment, two speed colour wheel which greatly reduced the level of rainbow, usually a downfall of DLP systems. This is impressive, as trying to watch a presentation when on a projector that suffers from this phenomenon is not a pleasant experience. Since the IN26 has no lens shift options, the only way to fix any keystone problems is to use the digital vertical correction function. We ran the DisplayMate Video Edition resolution tests again while using keystone correction to see how well it worked and found that it caused a wide range of issues, the most noticeable of which was horizontal banding and pixel misalignments. However, this is a common problem with projectors that employ digital methods to repair keystone problems and on par with most DLP projectors we have reviewed. If you avoid keystone correction by placing the projector directly in front of the screen, these issues can be avoided. We found the throw distance to be quite good for a business unit. From a minimum distance of 1.49 metres the image size is 85 centimetres (measured diagonally) and from a maximum distance of 10 metres it can reach up to 6.31 metres. If you don't have a lot of space in the boardroom, this can represent a problem as the minimum throw distance may not work for you, but from the back of the room in a moderately sized boardroom, the image size will be more than adequate. The design of the IN26 is identical to the lower resolution Work Big IN24 . Looking sophisticated and professional, it can easily be assimilated into an office environment. The inputs are housed on the rear panel and include 15 pin D-Sub, USB 2.0, S-Video, Composite Video, RCA audio and both monitor and audio out. On top of the unit are the function interface and on/off buttons. The lens also has separate focus and zoom rings which both work quite well. The speakers in the unit aren't the best and sound a little muddy but for an office presentation with limited video playback, they are adequate. - Dave Jansen ...
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| -- Techradar Expert, Techradar 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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| The InFocus IN26 plus is an amended version of the IN26 which has the brightness rating boosted from 1700 to 2200 ANSI lumens. The styling is very boxy, with a flat top that has the 12 control buttons set into the surface and vented panels on both t ...
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| InFocus IN26 In every business there’s a place for those essential devices that get on with doing a job. They’re the unsung heroes of IT. They sit in the corner unnoticed. No one drools over them. No one casts an admiring glance when you’re carrying them around the building. Like your local bin men, who do a job that most of us would turn our noses at (thanks guys), devices such as printers, switches, routers and servers just get on with it and don’t make a fuss. The business data projector, a star of the boardroom not so long ago, has joined the rank and file of the IT humdrum over the course of the last couple of years, and InFocus’ IN26 is one of the latest recruits. This is one of the firm’s meeting-room range of projectors. But despite its intended place of work, the IN26 is far from the behemoth it could have been. It actually only weighs 2.7kg and can easily be tucked under an arm for meeting-room to meeting-room transportation. However it is quite bulky and this is what precludes it from being a practical or comfortable companion in airport terminals and on cramped city train networks. The IN26 is also firmly targeted at the cost-conscious small- to medium-sized business sector and, as a result, can be had for a reasonable £633 including VAT. You might have thought that this would result in compromises over features and quality, and at first glance the utilitarian appearance of the IN26 would suggest that you might be right. There are no fancy glossy plastics here, no expensive aluminium casing or tactile rubberised surfaces. The buttons have a bit of a cheap plasticky feel too. Delve a little deeper and the lack of luxury items becomes more apparent. Like a Ford Mondeo with fabric seats and no air-conditioning, the specification sheet reveals very little to get the pulse racing. No wireless connectivity, no automatic keystone adjustment, no motion adaptive video deinterlacing. It’s just a basic, bog-standard business projector. ...
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| In every business there?s a place for those essential devices that get on with doing a job. They?re the unsung heroes of IT. They sit in the corner unnoticed. No one drools over them. No one casts an admiring glance when you?re carrying them around the building. Like your local bin men, who do a job that most of us would turn our noses at (thanks guys), devices such as printers, switches, routers and servers just get on with it and don?t make a fuss. The business data projector, a star of the boardroom not so long ago, has joined the rank and file of the IT humdrum over the course of the last couple of years, and InFocus? IN26 is one of the latest recruits. This is one of the firm?s meeting-room range of projectors. But despite its intended place of work, the IN26 is far from the behemoth it could have been. It actually only weighs 2.7kg and can easily be tucked under an arm for meeting-room to meeting-room transportation. However it is quite bulky and this is what precludes it from being a practical or comfortable companion in airport terminals and on cramped city train networks. The IN26 is also firmly targeted at the cost-conscious small- to medium-sized business sector and, as a result, can be had for a reasonable £633 including VAT. You might have thought that this would result in compromises over features and quality, and at first glance the utilitarian appearance of the IN26 would suggest that you might be right. There are no fancy glossy plastics here, no expensive aluminium casing or tactile rubberised surfaces. The buttons have a bit of a cheap plasticky feel too. Delve a little deeper and the lack of luxury items becomes more apparent. Like a Ford Mondeo with fabric seats and no air-conditioning, the specification sheet reveals very little to get the pulse racing. No wireless connectivity, no automatic keystone adjustment, no motion adaptive video deinterlacing. It?s just a basic, bog-standard business projector. ...
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| InFocus Work Big IN26 DLP Digital Projector |
| $529.99 - $719.00 |
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