Last night I ventured out into the snow to John Andrews (abigpicture) house to demo the InFocus 7200. I was joined by fellow member David Boulet.
John has a dedicated theater/demo room that is separate from his house. Upon entering the fiirst thing we saw was Toy Story projected on a 92x52 Firehawk. The brightness of the 7200 really stands out. The clarity is amazing. After a few minutes we popped in LOTR EE. The scenes in the Shire were just incredible. I have never seen colors this vivid. I have a Sharp 9000/Firehawk combo and it just doesn't have the same snap and vibrancy of the 7200. I know someone is going to ask how were the black levels? I have never seen a CRT demo so I don't know how to compare. The blacks on this machine are significantly better than my 9000. I would think even the most critical viewer would find these black levels acceptable.
The biggest surpise I thought was when we demoed Moulin Rouge. Like many others I have been using TFESB and LOTR EE as my reference demo. Not any more. The show scenes in MR was nothing short of astonishing. As good as the colors were in LOTR, Moulin Rouge is on a completely different level. Pure eye candy. Nicole Kidman in garters isn't too shabby either!
We concluded the evening by watching the open scenes from Austin Powers Goldmember. Again the picture was incredibly detailed with just beautiful colors. The movie itself is absolutely hilarious.
I had myself convinced that no matter how good the 7200 looked I was going to just keep my Sharp and be happy. No can do. Mark Haflich was right. There's no comparison. I really would like to compare the 7200 with the Marantz and the Seleco. But considering the price difference the 7200 is a no brainer. Now if I can only persuade my wife......
John has a dedicated theater/demo room that is separate from his house. Upon entering the fiirst thing we saw was Toy Story projected on a 92x52 Firehawk. The brightness of the 7200 really stands out. The clarity is amazing. After a few minutes we popped in LOTR EE. The scenes in the Shire were just incredible. I have never seen colors this vivid. I have a Sharp 9000/Firehawk combo and it just doesn't have the same snap and vibrancy of the 7200. I know someone is going to ask how were the black levels? I have never seen a CRT demo so I don't know how to compare. The blacks on this machine are significantly better than my 9000. I would think even the most critical viewer would find these black levels acceptable.
The biggest surpise I thought was when we demoed Moulin Rouge. Like many others I have been using TFESB and LOTR EE as my reference demo. Not any more. The show scenes in MR was nothing short of astonishing. As good as the colors were in LOTR, Moulin Rouge is on a completely different level. Pure eye candy. Nicole Kidman in garters isn't too shabby either!
We concluded the evening by watching the open scenes from Austin Powers Goldmember. Again the picture was incredibly detailed with just beautiful colors. The movie itself is absolutely hilarious.
I had myself convinced that no matter how good the 7200 looked I was going to just keep my Sharp and be happy. No can do. Mark Haflich was right. There's no comparison. I really would like to compare the 7200 with the Marantz and the Seleco. But considering the price difference the 7200 is a no brainer. Now if I can only persuade my wife......