InFocus IN83

50% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

A round-up of all the breaking news and hands-on previews of the latest tech from IFA 2011 in Berlin.

Groundbreaking black levels and colour fidelity for this price bracket

Runs quite noisily ; A bit fiddly to set up ; Limited zoom ; Rainbow evident on high-contrast subjects

A stunning projector, offering great value and an unrivalled performance

Sleek styling; simple to set up and use; superb, colourful image; great detail, three-dimensionality and realism

Perhaps just out of reach, pricewise, for some

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

Late into the full-HD race, InFocus is definitely catching up with the release of the Play Big IN83. The on-board DarkChip 4 engine may have failed to sizzle, but this is still quite a solid-performing 1080p DLP set. If you've already set your sights...

Extremely bright home theater projector, both in "best" and "brightest" modes ; Outstanding color accuracy after calibration (in part thanks to starting with better color accuracy than most competitors, to start with) ; ISF Certified ; Darkchip4 DLP...

Limited placement flexibility due to lack of lens shift and limited, 1.2:1 zoom lens ; Still uses their proprietary MD-1A connector (a DVI adapter is included), a regular DVI or HDMI would be preferred. (there is one standard HDMI port as well) ; While...

Congratulations to InFocus - they've nailed it this time! If your budget allows, you definitely need to place the InFocus IN83 on the shortest of your short lists