Published: 2008-05-12, Author: Philip , review by: asia.cnet.com
Clean, film-like and smooth pictures; accurate primary and natural colors; unique swivel stand; handy touchlight remote; three 1080p24-enabled inputs.
Black crash; noisy even at low power; chassis lacks onboard controls; no lens cover; a bit chunky.
The InFocus IN83 works beautifully out-of-the-box, delivering smooth, rich pictures. That said, it fails to sizzle, plagued by mild black crush despite a new DarkChip4 engine.
Abstract: When I'm watching a film, I like dark parts of the picture to really look black. I make no apologies for this, or for the fact that it's often a decisive element in my reviews, for I genuinely believe black level response to be one of the most important e...
Abstract: Mind you, it isnt the brightest of all the 1080p projectors, the Optoma HD81-LV is brighter still, but it cant match the naturalness of the IN83s picture. It translates this way: If you want an especially bright projector with great color accurac...
Abstract: Now, InFocus is back in the game with a mix of mostly business DLP projectors (their bread and butter) and some new home theater models. The IN83 is the newest of them all, and is a single-chip 1080p design with many advanced features for imaging and c...
Abstract: The InFocus IN83 is an excellent 1080p offering that concentrates on image quality, first and foremost. The projector has light output to spare, deep inky black levels, precise 2.2 gamma, and accurate, saturated colors. However, this performance comes...
DarkChip4 video processor means contrast and natural colour are fantastic, high brightness, crisp detail
Pricey, no adjustable lens shift, limited zoom, no dynamic iris
If you can find a suitable location to set it up, the InFocus IN83 home theatre projector produces crisp, detailed 1080p images with great natural colour after a small amount of tweaking. ...
Clean, smooth and film-like pictures, Accurate primary and natural colours, Unique swivel stand, Handy touchlight remote, Three 1080p24-enabled inputs
Black crush, Noisy even at low power, Chassis lacks on-board controls, No lens cover, A bit chunky
The InFocus IN83 works beautifully out of the box, delivering smooth, rich pictures. That said, it fails to sizzle, plagued by mild black crush despite a new DarkChip4 engine. ...
Abstract: Infocus IN83 har med DarkChip 4 en bildkvalitet som imponerar, men detta reflekteras också i en ganska saftig prislapp. Bra men dyr, så flera testare tipsar istället om föregångaren IN82.
