Gaming and DVDs on a BIG Screen: Infocus LP750 Projector

I just bought one of these projectors off of eBay for $580 shipped that's supposedly in near new condition. It hooks up easily to a PC and will project whatever's on a PC monitor at 1024 x 768 resolution. I hope to project a 4 1/2' x 6' picture for gaming and DVD viewing.

Before buying this one I was shopping for a new projector that costs about $2000, but then I took a reality check, cheaped out and bought this one instead! The thing is I have no idea how well 1024 x 768 will display on a BIG screen. Does anyone have any idea on this?

I have some experience with proxima lightbooks and I know if you tried to run a game or something on them when the video went to switch out to openGL the projector would just go blank... I hope you've researched this projector first!

It was kind of tough finding a lot of info on it since it's an older model. What few opinions I did find were a bit mixed for and against. But what sold me was 1) confirming that it has a native resolution of 1024 x 768 (I assumed this is good), and the accuracy of the seller's eBay listing and 2) the seller's reputation and good communication with me before buying. I simply believed he was selling a like-new working projector with over 1700 viewing hours left on the bulb.

I figure if it lasts me a couple of years it's all good since by then the quality of projector I really want will have dropped a $1000 and there'll be more high definition sources/material available. Hard to believe just a couple of weeks ago I was seriously considering a 42" LCD screen at Best Buy for over twice what I paid for this projector. Now all I need is to frame a screen to show it on... and ah... yes, the projector.

Let us know when you get it, that's really awesome! Definitely something to impress people.

Sounds like you got an excellent deal, let us know how it works out for you

Should have it on or before Friday according to UPS so I'll post back then. I took the day off from work on Friday just to so I could start playing with sooner.

Good luck buddy. I got a Hitachi projector and because I set it up to a Yamaha reciever, the resolution of my laptop or anything else is not an issue.

Enjoy and let us know.

Okay, I finally made time to get this projector running. I'm still working on a screen for it so for now I have it playing on a small spare piece of drywall. It's not quite the quality of picture I was hoping for but I got what I paid for at $580. Although, the size of the picture it puts out is amazing. At a viewing distance of 6' the picture is bigger than my 32" TV, and when I aimed it at the wall the diagonal was about 6'. The screen I'm making will be about 4' x 8'. This will allow for gaming at a screen size of about 5' x 4' and movies should come close to filling up the whole screen. I'll wait until my new screen is up before passing final judgment on this projector. However, I can tell right now I won't be shopping for big screens at Best Buy anytime soon. I'll either stay with this projector or move up to a better one. Until then...