I need a great projector with a nice contrast ratio, decent lumens, and good picture. It needs to have HDMI 1.3 and it needs to be 720p or 1080p, It doesn't matter if it is DLP or LCD as long as there are no Rainbow Effect or Motion Blur. I honestly would like to only spend up to 1,200 dollars but I would really like something cheaper. I was thinking the Panasonic PT-AX200U. If anybody could find me something for a good deal that would be great. Please lead me down the right track.

"it needs to be 1080p and I honestly would like to only spend up to 1,200 dollars but I would really like something cheaper"

I don't believe that this is possible.

I've found the 6500 Epson UB for 1,000 and the Panasonic PT-AX200U is 900.

Which one is more worth it?

where did you find the 6500 ub for 1k

I favorited it on a website. Does anybody know what I should do?

Any site with 6500UB for $1000 is a scam site that will steal your money. The only 1080p for $1200 is the infocus x9 at tiger direct.

Gwlaw99 you mean the x10?

I found the epson on craigslist. Are the Infocus's good? I thought they suffered from rainbow effect.

Be cautious with InFocus PJs right now. They were in deep financial trouble and have been bought by the CEO (owner?) of eMachines (before they had to file for bankruptcy). Some of the lower cost InFocus PJs did have trouble with RBE (read up on the reviews of the X9/X10 at www.projectorreviews.com).

You should not buy any PJ from a non-authorized dealer (you may/will not have any warranty). Also, with the current economic situations, the caution that "if it sounds too good to be true, it is", has never been more true (the scams have popped out everywhere).

With your price goal, you are probably looking at a 720p unit. And remember, pinching penny's is definitely not worth it. Do your research, it will pay off in the long run.

Are the Infocus's good? I thought they suffered from rainbow effect.
The X10 uses a 4x color wheel. It will not be any better or worse for rainbows than any other DLP that uses the same type of wheel. Sometimes brightness can make rainbows more pronounced, and the X10 is a very bright PJ. It has a manually adjusted iris that controls brightness however - you can dial in the brightness to wherever you want it.

Although rainbows are an artifact to be mindful of, I wouldn't get too hung up on it unless you know you are prone to seeing them. Try to get a demo of a DLP to determine if you are.

As for the financial condition of Infocus, I will disagree somewhat with Claus and say that now is probably the safest time in several years to buy an InFocus. The company has been in poor financial condition for quite some time, and the recent purchase has probably moved to stabilize their situation.

The fear of course is that the company will cease to exist during your warranty period, which is 2 years for the X10. The odds of that are very slim IMO. It would probably take at least 2 years just for new ownership to give up, and then there would probably be chapter 11, which would give the company another 2+ years at a minimum before they may eventually have to close shop. By that time your warranty will be long over.

But that is jumping to conclusions - it's by no means a certainty that any of that will happen.

I'm an X10 owner, and a general Infocus fan, so that makes me biased, but if you can make the X10 work in your setup (it's a very long throw PJ with a steep offset), it's a great value at the moment. It's being closed out, so it's price is being steeply discounted while they clear inventory.

Optoma has a cheap 1080p DLP coming out soon - that could be another option. It has a shorter throw and less of an offset, so it will work for a greater number of installations. A possible advantage of the X10 over the Optoma is that the X10 was built to a higher price point, and is being discounted. It uses the same internals, optics, and processing as the top of line Infocus units (e.g IN83). The Optoma was built to hit a cheap price point, and compromises in optics or other areas may have been made to hit that price point. That may or may not be a valid concern however.