InfocusX1 in Melbourne?

[The startling Kwyjibo.]

Does anyone know of any stores in Melbourne or east to south-eastern
suburbs where I could see an Infocus X1 in action ?

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Kwyj.

[Glenn]

have a chat to Steve from videoprojectors.com.au
"The startling Kwyjibo." <removesdrawkcabtlepsgod@yahoo.com.au> wrote in
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> Does anyone know of any stores in Melbourne or east to south-eastern
> suburbs where I could see an Infocus X1 in action ?
>
> --
>
> Kwyj.

[MonkeeBoy]

"The startling Kwyjibo." <removesdrawkcabtlepsgod@yahoo.com.au> wrote in
message news:Xns9441CDF41B62Assss@130.133.1.4...
> Does anyone know of any stores in Melbourne or east to south-eastern
> suburbs where I could see an Infocus X1 in action ?
>

You can get a demo from Encel either in Doncaster or Richmond I imagine.
Just don't buy from them.

[The magnificent Kwyjibo.]

And the Lord did grin, and people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and
carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats,
and "MonkeeBoy" <Monkey@TheMonkey.House> spake, saying

>
> "The startling Kwyjibo." <removesdrawkcabtlepsgod@yahoo.com.au> wrote in
> message news:Xns9441CDF41B62Assss@130.133.1.4...
>> Does anyone know of any stores in Melbourne or east to south-eastern
>> suburbs where I could see an Infocus X1 in action ?
>>
>
> You can get a demo from Encel either in Doncaster or Richmond I imagine.
> Just don't buy from them.
>
>
>

Thanks for the responses guys.

Just one other question. Are these still the best overall budget-priced
projector around? I'm planning on putting it in a fairly dark (but not
fully light controlled) room. 1 dark brick wall with the other 3 walls and
ceiling in dark timber. Mid-grey carpet. There are 2 windows that don't let
a lot of light in due to surrounding trees and do not shine anywhere near
the proposed screen area.

As I said, the room is pretty dark but not completely black. The projector
can be ceiling mounted anywhere from 4-7 metres from the screen. I'm
looking at an approx 2.5m wide screen.

Would the X1 do the trick ?

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Kwyj.

[Peter McMillan]

On 29 Nov 2003 04:07:58 GMT, "The magnificent Kwyjibo."
<removesdrawkcabtlepsgod@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

>Just one other question. Are these still the best overall budget-priced
>projector around?

My completely ill-informed, unjustified and unsubstantiated opinion is
"perhaps". I'm very interested in both budget Benqs, the 6100 and the
2120, both of which are SVGA DLP units like the X1. I know the 2120
is availble in Oz at www.penhometheatre.com.au for around X1 price.

Peter

[Adam Simmonds [TeamSybase]]

"The magnificent Kwyjibo." wrote:

> And the Lord did grin, and people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and
> carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats,
> and "MonkeeBoy" <Monkey@TheMonkey.House> spake, saying
>
> >
> > "The startling Kwyjibo." <removesdrawkcabtlepsgod@yahoo.com.au> wrote in
> > message news:Xns9441CDF41B62Assss@130.133.1.4...
> >> Does anyone know of any stores in Melbourne or east to south-eastern
> >> suburbs where I could see an Infocus X1 in action ?
> >>
> >
> > You can get a demo from Encel either in Doncaster or Richmond I imagine.
> > Just don't buy from them.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Thanks for the responses guys.
>
> Just one other question. Are these still the best overall budget-priced
> projector around? I'm planning on putting it in a fairly dark (but not
> fully light controlled) room. 1 dark brick wall with the other 3 walls and
> ceiling in dark timber. Mid-grey carpet. There are 2 windows that don't let
> a lot of light in due to surrounding trees and do not shine anywhere near
> the proposed screen area.
>
> As I said, the room is pretty dark but not completely black. The projector
> can be ceiling mounted anywhere from 4-7 metres from the screen. I'm
> looking at an approx 2.5m wide screen.
>
> Would the X1 do the trick ?
>

I have a Sony 10HT in a room that has a fair amount of light and displaying a
3m diagonal image and there is no problems whatsoever viewing the image.
I am not up on the specs of the X1 but would guess it is better than the 10HT.
a.

[The remarkable Kwyjibo.]

And the Lord did grin, and people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and
carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats,
and Peter McMillan <p.mcmillan@uq.edu.comdeletemeit'sreallydotau> spake,
saying

> On 29 Nov 2003 04:07:58 GMT, "The magnificent Kwyjibo."
> <removesdrawkcabtlepsgod@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Just one other question. Are these still the best overall budget-priced
>>projector around?
>
> My completely ill-informed, unjustified and unsubstantiated opinion is
> "perhaps". I'm very interested in both budget Benqs, the 6100 and the
> 2120, both of which are SVGA DLP units like the X1. I know the 2120
> is availble in Oz at www.penhometheatre.com.au for around X1 price.
>

Their claim that the 2120 is "Much brighter" than the X1 is interseting,
given that the X1 has 1100 lumens and the 2120 is only 100 higher with
identical contrast.
I wouldn't have thought it would have been all that noticeable.

The 4000 hour globe life on the Infocus is a definite plus though.

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Kwyj.