InFocus IN2128HDx Business and Classroom Projector Review

The InFocus IN2128hdx is a Full HD (1920 x 1080) native resolution, compact portable projector that is built for easy connectivity whether on the go or mounted permanently for your school or business.  It comes in priced at $999 and weighing in at 5 lbs, with a 10 watt speaker to satisfy your audio needs.  The IN2128HDx claims a 4000 lumens output of brightness, a 15,000:1 contrast ratio, and 3D Blu-ray capability.  The projector also comes with a 2 year product warranty and 6 month lamp warranty included.

The IN2120x series from InFocus includes 3 projectors in total, the IN2128HDx, the IN2126x, and the IN2124x, listed at $999, $899, and $849 respectively.  InFocus claims each projector to have 4000+ lumens of brightness, the IN2128HDx is lowest at 4000, while the other two projectors are claimed to both have 4200 lumens.  While it has the lowest lumens output, the 2128 does boast the best full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution as compared to native XGA and WXGA for the 2124 and 2126 respectively.  Each projector claims to get about 5,000 hours of lamp life in Eco mode and about 2,000 hours in Normal mode.  Lastly, each of these projectors comes with the same, strong 10 watt speaker mentioned before, and they are all Lightcast ready to take fully advantage of all the connectivity features of this series.

Back to just the IN2128HDx, the projector is 3.9 inches tall and 11.5 inches wide by 8.7 inches long. It is ceiling mountable, yet also clearly portable based on its size.  There is a single HDMI input, a composite video, an S-Video, two VGA inputs, two audio stereo inputs, one audio out, and one monitor (VGA) out.  There is no lens cover but the lens is recessed on the projector.

The IN2128HDx includes a full Color Management System, used to customize your image in order to ensure you get the colors you want on the screen.  In addition, InFocus boasts about the connectivity abilities for this projector.  You have the ability to utilize the on-board file viewer to present photos, PowerPoint presentations, spreadsheets, PDFs, audio, video, and more; or present directly from a USB thumb drive.  As well, you can make your IT team’s job easier and connect your projectors to your internal school or business network for easy remote management.

Finally, in addition to the strong 10 watt speaker, InFocus gives you the ability to not only utilize an external speaker source, but you can, using any external speaker whether subwoofer or regular speaker, and combine that speaker with the projector’s internal speaker.

All in all, the IN2128HDx is a strong, compact portable projector that gives you a sharp, full HD picture, powerful sound, and everything you need in terms of connectivity to make your presentation a success with regularity.