Hi,

My brother is going to Tokyo on business this week, and wants advice on where to go to buy an Infocus IN82 projector.

Anybody know the best place to go?

Thanks

David

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Hi,

My brother is going to Tokyo on business this week, and wants advice on where to go to buy an Infocus IN82 projector.

Anybody know the best place to go?

Thanks

David

If I'm not mistaking Infocus is an american company. If they are sold in tokyo they will be more expensive.

Anyway the price advantage is now gone with japan. The USA is the cheapeast place to buy the vast majority of projectors.

Bruno

My brother is going to Tokyo on business this week, and wants advice on where to go to buy an Infocus IN82 projector.He should NOT buy a projector in Tokyo. The price will be out-of-sight, the power supply is 100 volts, he'll have no warranty support when he returns to the U.S., he may even pay at Customs... sorry, bad idea!

Now, he SHOULD ABSOLUTELY try to visit the Akihabara electronics district while in Tokyo. Geek heaven, lemme tell ya.

He should NOT buy a projector in Tokyo. The price will be out-of-sight, the power supply is 100 volts, he'll have no warranty support when he returns to the U.S., he may even pay at Customs... sorry, bad idea!

Now, he SHOULD ABSOLUTELY try to visit the Akihabara electronics district while in Tokyo. Geek heaven, lemme tell ya.

Thanks for the advice!

I thought most projectors would have a universal supply that would take any voltage.

My brother lives in Australia, where the prices are also way out of sight.

Since he was going to Tokyo, he thought that buying a projector there would be way cheaper than in Oz.

Australia's voltage is 240 like Europe.

Thanks

David

Thanks for the advice!
My brother lives in Australia, where the prices are also way out of sight.

Since he was going to Tokyo, he thought that buying a projector there would be way cheaper than in Oz.

Australia's voltage is 240 like Europe.

Thanks

David


David - see PM for suggestion - my post was modified as it referred to seller names.

Have a look at P R I C E J A P A N . C O M

From a european perspective, it looks quite good, even with additional custom charge ...

P.S. They also send to Australia

If you are from the US, no don't buy projectors in Japan. The US is definitely cheapest country to live among the industrialized nations. If you are from other countries, maybe. But you have to go with no warranty. Epson services their pjs anywhere, so it might be a good fit here. I don't think Infocus has much of presence in Japan. I just don't remember seeing their products over there.

Yes I concur to the point of American buyers...Infocus will be more there since it is an American product. Not sure on how it plays in Australia though.

I lived in Tokyo from 1990 until 2003 and I considered purchase of a projector to bring bach to the US but did not. At that time Japanese projectors (Marantz, Sony, JVC, etc) were considerably cheaper than in the US. To discourage people from buying projectors in Japan for use in other markets the Japanese makers set the firmware such that all on screen prompts and menues were only in Japanese. Marantz was particularly concerned over purchases of Japanese as their projector sold for about half of the price in Japan for the same projector sold in the US. In fact, there was in 2002-2003 a website that sold Japan sourced Marantz DLP projectors in the US. This upset US dealers. It was then that Marantz changrd the on screen to Japanese only. In my research on whether to buy in Japan I found that for 10,000 Yen (about $80) a dealer would arrange to have the export firmware installed to allow English on screen. I also contacted Marantz and found that the warrenty was worldwide IF pruchased from an authorized Marantz dealer. In the case of the Marantz, voltage was not an issue. I ended up purchasing a projector upon relocation to the US. I found a good price not much more than I would have paid in Japan in the US and avoided any of the possible problems.

As a rule of thumb, Japanese higher end electronic products are generally about 40-50% less if purchased in Japan where US high end products are about double the US price if purchased in Tokyo....at least in 2003. This does not hold true for lower priced products.

Hi,

My brother is going to Tokyo on business this week, and wants advice on where to go to buy an Infocus IN82 projector.

Anybody know the best place to go?

Thanks

David

It will be more expensive than buying it in the US. Tokyo is great to buy Cameras and lenses. He will also need to find someone in the stores that could speak English to fill the form to avoid paying taxes. This is another challenge. I am not sure about projector and I doubt for the Infocus who is manufactured in China and designed by a us based company. He may have more success with a JVC or a Sony.

It will be more expensive than buying it in the US. Tokyo is great to buy Cameras and lenses. He will also need to find someone in the stores that could speak English to fill the form to avoid paying taxes. This is another challenge. I am not sure about projector and I doubt for the Infocus who is manufactured in China and designed by a us based company. He may have more success with a JVC or a Sony.

SLR and more expensive camera and lens are indeed cheaper in Tokyo. Lower end camears, I have found, are generally cheaper in the US. The large camera/electronic stores readily handle the tax free forms and English is not a problem in Akihabara as stores are geared to sell to foreigners. There are stores that sell the export models of Sony, JVC, etc but they sell at a higher price which wipes out a lot of potential savings. For most people, the exclusive Japanese markings and menu systems on the Japan domestic product is a key issue.