InFocus X1 Video Projector

by InFocus

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 12.5 x 9.8 x 4.2 inches ; 6.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007986G
• Item model number: X1
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #30 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Presentation Products > Overhead Projectors
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 19, 2002

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description Note: The InFocus X1 is no longer being manufactured. You may want to consider purchasing the newer InFocus X2 multimedia projector instead.

Weighing in at less than seven pounds and featuring simple color-coded connections, the InFocus X1 Projector was designed for easy portability. Compatible with both PC and Macintosh systems, the newly designed interface insures that your presentations flow smoothly, while the powerful 1,000 ANSI lumens of brightness will have your images lighting up small to mid-size conference centers.

Simple, versatile connectivity.

The X1 can be permanently mounted on a ceiling, and features a Kensington-style lock for security. A powerful 2.5-watt speaker is built in, along with an audio jack for additional stereo possibilities. The manufacturer includes a two-year limited warranty; register your InFocus X1 online at www.infocus.com and receive a free three-year extended service plan for your projector.

The X1 is easy to connect, use, and maintain. It is compatible with a wide variety of computers and video devices, including:

• Most standard VCRs, DVD players (progressive and interlaced), HDTV sources (1080i, 1035i, and 720P HDTV formats), TV and satellite tuners, camcorders, video games, and laser disc players.
• IBM-compatible computers, including laptops, up to 1024x768 resolution.
• Apple Macintosh and PowerBook computers up to 1024x768 resolution. The projector has native SVGA 800x600 resolution.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars X1 is a fantastic Home Entertainment system, January 6, 2003

By 

Ronald B. Johnson "ron-sally" (Naperville, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: InFocus X1 Video Projector (Office Product)

I purchased the X1 just before Christmas (delivery in 36 hours!) to be the video source for my Home Entertainment system. I use a computer to supply DVD input and for computer games. The Xbox and game Cube are connected through the s-video input. I am projecting on a 84 inch diagonal white screen. Viewing distance is about 11 feet.

DVD movies look perfect. There is no visible pixilation and blacks are close to true black (in film mode). Part of this is no doubt do to using a computer for the DVD input. I believe a direct s-video input may not be as good (I have not tried this though).

The video game systems also look great. Four player Halo on a big screen has to be seen to be believed.

I also have a TV tuner (Hauppage)in the computer and astonishingly, the TV image (at about 65 inch diagonal)is excellent.

The only reservation would be that the light output is not great (especially in film or video mode) so you need to use it in a room that can be fully blacked out.

The picture is much better than any rear projection HDTV's I have seen (of any size). For the money I doubt you could by a better picture for TV or DVD viewing.

The native resolution is SVGA so Text is slightly ragged, especially when displayed in XGA mode. Again due to the SVGA native resolution computer games do not look as good as on high resolution monitor. I would therefore not recommend the projector as your only computer monitor or for large amounts of web surfing.

Definitely recommended.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Value, but more on the way, February 25, 2004

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C. T. Cushing (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: InFocus X1 Video Projector (Office Product)

I have logged about 350 hours on my X1 and am still impressed by what I see. I thought that DVDs looked amazing with s-video in, but Hi-Def is even more incredible, almost 3 dimensional.

Slight rainbows from the 2x color wheel may or may not bother you. I am a broadcast professional and highly critical of image quality, and although I notice them, they are not a deal breaker, and seem to diminish the more I watch.

If I were buying today, I'd give serious consideration to the newly announced Screenplay 4805. Although it looks like the X1, it is "enhanced" in many ways. For another $600 you get DVI in with HDCP (trust me, your gonna want this when HD-DVD hits the market), a 25% brigher bulb (the X1 when set-up for video without the white wheel segment, is less than 500 lumens), a default calibrated set-up for video out of the box, and a 16x9 image panel instead of 4:3. Instead of 800x600, it's 854x480. This means no vertical scaling on DVD material down to 800x450 (should be much sharper and should be markedly sharper using DVI for input from the new DVD players. Basically we're talking about digital pixel for pixel imaging right from the DVD) and no gray bars on the top and bottom when viewing 16x9 material. As a further home theatre bonus, they've added a 12v screen trigger for electronic pull-down screens.

Of course, it's got the proven Faroudja DCDi processor as well.

The X1 rocks and is cheap, but if you primarily want to view movies, check out the 4805 which should ship sometime this spring.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Infocus X1 DLP SVGA projector., June 9, 2003

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B. Gillmore (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: InFocus X1 Video Projector (Office Product)

This is simply an amazing product for the price. Don't let the SVGA resolution fool you, the images are crystal clear and since it's DLP there is virtually no visible pixel structure, as is common on LCD projectors. I couldn't be more pleased with my purchase. Just go to a local home theater store and view another DLP projector with a 2x colorwheel speed and make sure you don't see rainbows before you buy it, because if you see them you'll just end up returning it. If you don't see rainbows, it will be the best thing you ever buy, unless you just bought a porsche or something.