Lens Throw Posted on October 9, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. InFocus X9 Projector Review - InFocus X9 Projector Highlights - InFocus X9 Projector - Overview2. InFocus X9 Special Features - Projector Lamp Life - Doubles as a Widescreen Business Projector - Audio Built In3. InFocus X9 Projector – Physical Tour - Appearance - Control Panel - Input/Output - Menus4. Remote Control5. Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens6. InFocus X9 – Image Quality - InFocus X9 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Flesh Tones7. InFocus X9 Black Levels & Shadow Detail8. InFocus X9 Black Levels & Shadow Detail 2 - InFocus_X9_dts_bazaar_large9. Shadow Detail Performance - InFocus X9 projector10. Shadow Detail Performance 2 - X911. Shadow Detail Performance 312. Shadow Detail Performance 4 - InFocus X9 projector13. Shadow Detail Performance 514. InFocus X9 – Overall Color & Picture Quality15. InFocus X9 – Performance - Brightness - Brilliant Color: On16. Sharpness - InFocus X9: Bottom Line Sharpness17. Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise18. InFocus X9 Projector Calibration - Color Temperature - Basic Settings - RGB Settings19. InFocus X9 – Projector Screens - General Screen Recommendations: 20. InFocus X9 – Competitors - InFocus X9 vs. Panasonic PT-AX200U - InFocus X9 vs. Optoma HD71 - InFocus X9 vs. Sanyo PLV-Z6021. InFocus X9 vs. Optoma HD65 - InFocus X9 vs. Epson Home Cinema 720 - InFocus X9 vs. Epson Home Cinema 700 - X9 vs. BenQ W50022. InFocus X9 – Warranty23. InFocus X9 – Review Summary - Bottom Line - InFocus X9 Projector: Cons - InFocus X9 Projector: Typical Capabilities The InFocus X9 has a 1.1:1 zoom lens, which is about as minimal a range as one can purchase and still call it a zoom lens. Most DLP projectors have 1.2:1 – which buys you, typically, almost an extra foot of placement flexibility. This is a projector you will set on a table top, or ceiling mount. Lacking lens shift (like most DLP projectors), it is not suitable for putting on a rear shelf, and even if you were willing to shelf mount it low (below the bottom of the screen), it is unlikely that you would be able to place it far enough back in distance, to not completely overshoot the screen. Lens ShiftThe X9, as is typical of most DLP projectors offers no adjustable vertical or horizontal lens shift. As with virtually all projectors, the lens has a predetermined amount of fixed offset. This will allow an X9, sitting on a table, to be placed slightly below the bottom of your screen area, or an equal amount above the top of the screen area, if you are ceiling mounting the X9 projector Anamorphic LensThe InFocus X9 has no support for an anamorphic lens, which, makes perfect sense. We cannot imagine anyone who is buying a projector in this price range, spending far more for an anamorphic lens, than for the projector itself. Anyone even remotely considering such a thing, would end up spending more for an X9 plus an anamorphic lens and sled (if it was supported), than for, say, the new 1080p Panasonic PT-AE3000U, with it’s anamorphic lens emulation. 1. InFocus X9 Projector Review - InFocus X9 Projector Highlights - InFocus X9 Projector - Overview2. InFocus X9 Special Features - Projector Lamp Life - Doubles as a Widescreen Business Projector - Audio Built In3. InFocus X9 Projector – Physical Tour - Appearance - Control Panel - Input/Output - Menus4. Remote Control5. Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens6. InFocus X9 – Image Quality - InFocus X9 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Flesh Tones7. InFocus X9 Black Levels & Shadow Detail8. InFocus X9 Black Levels & Shadow Detail 2 - InFocus_X9_dts_bazaar_large9. Shadow Detail Performance - InFocus X9 projector10. Shadow Detail Performance 2 - X911. Shadow Detail Performance 312. Shadow Detail Performance 4 - InFocus X9 projector13. Shadow Detail Performance 514. InFocus X9 – Overall Color & Picture Quality15. InFocus X9 – Performance - Brightness - Brilliant Color: On16. Sharpness - InFocus X9: Bottom Line Sharpness17. Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise18. InFocus X9 Projector Calibration - Color Temperature - Basic Settings - RGB Settings19. InFocus X9 – Projector Screens - General Screen Recommendations: 20. InFocus X9 – Competitors - InFocus X9 vs. Panasonic PT-AX200U - InFocus X9 vs. Optoma HD71 - InFocus X9 vs. Sanyo PLV-Z6021. InFocus X9 vs. Optoma HD65 - InFocus X9 vs. Epson Home Cinema 720 - InFocus X9 vs. Epson Home Cinema 700 - X9 vs. BenQ W50022. InFocus X9 – Warranty23. InFocus X9 – Review Summary - Bottom Line - InFocus X9 Projector: Cons - InFocus X9 Projector: Typical Capabilities Remote Control InFocus X9 – Image Quality