Product Description

The InFocus Play Big IN76 is a big idea. It’s the perfect wayto enjoy the big game the big concert or the latest Hollywoodblockbuster. Viewers with a bigger idea of what home entertainmentcan be will cheer and applaud its big theater image and think

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #177150 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: InFocus
• Model: IN76
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 4.70" h x 14.20" w x 14.20" l, 9.26 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
You, on the other hand, experience film. You critique cinema. You savor the sleeper hits. You secretly indulge in the occasional blockbuster. Fortunately, the InFocus Play Big IN76 does equal justice to the art-house indie and the glossy action flick - even the odd B-movie (not that anyone has to know about it). You get to take in every obscure detail the way it was intended to be seen on the big screen. Larger than life. In electrifying color and clarity. Enhanced by Pixelworks' DNX video-processing technology. And worthy of all the profound anticipation of a Hollywood premiere. If the IN76 can do all this for your beloved films, just imagine what it could do for exhilarating sports and gaming action.The powerful appeal of the IN76 goes far beyond the magnificent picture it projects onscreen. Its sleek, futuristic, low profile appearance adds a subtle sophistication to any room. Its unique swivel base simplifies tabletop setup and can be easily removed for ceiling mounting. Overall, the IN76 clearly displays your discriminating taste in both home-entertainment technology and fine design.

Customer Reviews

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These things rock.

Having had a 32" LCD for a while, I decided I wanted more space in my front room, with no HTPC/360/Receiver humming away. Chucked em all in spare room, where the LCD is now my PC monitor, and everything else in there pumping a signal to the IN76 on the ceiling.

I've got no `TV corner` anymore in my front room, saving space, but having the functionality of all my AV kit. And the best bit, is you have a HD, 2m wide TV to watch movies, listen to music with visualisations, play games, big screen football and write reviews as such from the comfort of your quieter, bigger front room! Win win.

And note too, I've only just got over a 3m throw to my projector screen, which limits the size of the screen to 2m, if your lucky enough to have a bigger room, apparently you can have a monster 7m screen with these!

The quality of the picture on these things isn't like the standard `Pub Big Screen Football` quality, it's pixel sharp, and pleasing to the eye. Watching DVD's in 720p at this size is out of this world.

It's not 1080p, which in all fairness, if I'd had enough I'd of probably gone for (and if you can you really should), but having seen the 1080p/720p difference for myself now, the difference compared to the impact you get with one of these is well worth the experience and negligible.

As I said earlier, noise was a factor for me, and the IN76 does have background noise with the cooling fan, and it's especially noticeable if you have it on it's high power setting, but this is only needed if the ambient light in your room is too much, and I barely use the setting as the contrast is pretty much visible even through the day. And the sound from whatever your watching generally drowns it out. Close the blinds if need be..!

Infocus have ditched the standard square naff looking box of most projectors and these look great in PS3-like shininess.

Probably the only con is bulb/lamp life, which is inherent with projectors is quoted at 3000hrs, and a couple of months on, I'm up to 700hrs already... and the replacements cost from what I've seen in the £70-150 range. So after the novelty factors worn off, and it's used less, I suppose you could expect to get around 6-12 months from 1 bulb.

With a decent screen theres no reason apart from feeling a little esoteric I suppose, that you shouldn't get one of these instead of that big TV package which would probably cost the same or more. Highly recommended.

Projector Heaven
I've been investigating projectors for nearly 5 years, and finally took the plunge with the InFocus IN76. Having read plenty of reviews of the product, no-one had bad words to say about this projector, and I can agree with those professional reviews now that I've used it.

Firstly, the projector is a 720p, which therefore its HD Ready. Note however that the latest and highest standard for TVs/projectors is 1080p (also called "Full HD"), so the technology within the machine is approximately 2 years old. But what you get with this projector is a first rate product, which looks great (not something that can be said for many projectors), with good connectivity, low noise levels and a first rate picture, for about half its original price, and more than half the price of a 1080p projector. The image is bright, and the colours look natural, and blacks are handled well.

I'm not yet convinced on the merits of Blue Ray and 1080p, and having built a collection of 6oo+ DVD's, I'm not rushing out yet to purchase them all again for an improvement in picture alone. I do intend to purchase a new DVD player which will upscale my DVD's to 720p to take advantage of the projector, and connect via HDMI, but at the moment I'm using my 7 year old Sony DVD player with a composite connection. Composite is actually the lowest quality connector that you can use, and I'm therefore very, very impressed with the image that the IN76 can produce from this relatively poor quality source. I was impressed at the depth of detail in the pictures, and seeing movies this size isn't quite Odeon size, but its enough to see details that can be missed on a "normal" TV.

It also has component connections, and DVI (requires a seperate adaptor). So you could connect two HD sources, one via HDMI, one via component if required.

I'm projecting onto an electric screen, with a 100 inch diagonal screen size - try and find an LCD or plasma screen that size, for this price! The effect is quite amazing, and has become a real hit with all the family, especially the children.

The projectors one draw back is its throw ratio, or how far away it needs to be from the screen to project a certain size. In the case of 100 inches, its between around 11 and 14 feet from the screen. Do some homework on this before purchasing your projector (any projector) to ensure it will fit into your home, and location of screen.

Right...back to my favourite movies....again! Enjoy, you won't be disappointed.