InFocus LP350 DLP Projector

Please bear in mind that I bought this elderly projector as a temporary replacement for one stolen in a burglary.
When first on the UK market this projector sold for around £4700 in 2001. I paid £122 for mine in 2008.

What I like.

Nice bright picture, good 4X3 resolution, very sharp.
Excellent de-interlacing uses Faroudja chip.
DVI interface, handy for connecting media PC.
Works really well on S-Video input from normal DVD player or SKY box.

What's not so good.

Light leakage from the front of the projector, later ones were better ?
When used for 16X9 you end up with faint bars top & bottom.
(for 16X9 this is 1024 by 576, so projector will be stretching say 480p to fit)
DLP, so projector produces rainbow effects if you move your head quickly.
Small amount of noise from cooling fan.
Replacement bulb is costly, life is 2000 hours or so.

The press gave this five stars (out of five) at it's introduction
If you need a cheap projector grab one of these, it's a bargain.

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Lack of Keystone is a problem, and isn't the brightest in the world, but overall a very good machine.

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After buying a Hitachi CP-S235 LCD Projector, I decided it was time to compare it against a DLP type Projector. So my first choice was to purchase the InFocus LP350 which has both VGA and DVI computer connections, along with the standard SVideo and AV links.
The obvious difference between the two, is that the Hitachi uses 3 separate LCD displays (one for each colour; Red, Green & Blue) which act like light gates, preventing or allowing the light to pass through their pixels. The three separate images are then combined together to form a full colour image. The InFocus, on the other hand, uses a single DLP chip which consists of many tiny mirrored like structures that rotate, therefore, allowing the light to be either reflected towards or away from the output lens. In order to produce colour, a DLP projector has a rotating colour wheel which allows the light reflected off the DLP to be either Red, Green, Blue or White; the wheel cycles through these colours at a high enough speed for our eyes to merge the images into a full colour image. However, later DLP projectors have started to use a 3 chip design similar to LCD types, thus preventing an image illusion known as the Rainbow effect, whereby bright fast-moving objects have a multi coloured appearance (or Rainbow look) which is caused by the objects moving at a rate close to the rotation of the colour wheel; Unfortunately, the Infocus does suffer from this condition.
Anyway, enough of the technical side; both projectors were considered to display clear detailed images, however the Hitachi did seem to produce more vibrant colours than the Infocus. This was most noticeable whilst using the projectors for gaming. For standard television though, this wasn't as noticeable unless you watch those holiday advertising channels where the blue sea and yellow sand are far more vibrant than in real life.
Another noticeable difference was the size of the projected image from the two projectors. The Infocus' image at full zoom was a similar size to that of the Hitachi's at the lowest setting. Although this won't bother most people, for those of you who have a small room, and therefore, require the projector close to the screen, this could pose a problem.
Finally, the image of the LCD projector (Hitachi) had a very noticeable pixelated look to it (which is common amongst any LCD Projector), compared to very smooth, yet detailed image from the DLP projector. This is due to the DLP chip's pixels being far more compacted than those of a LCD, making it far better for television and video viewing.

So overall, both projectors displayed very clear detailed images, and provided enough light for viewing in rooms where complete blocking of light cannot be acheived.
The Infocus provided far smoother images, and also happened to have a far quieter cooling system compared to the Hitachi when running at full brightness.
The Hitachi provided more vubrant colours and allowed image sizes beyond that of the InFocus. In addition, the Hitachi provided the feature (not mentioned above) of running in a lower power mode (known as Whisper Mode) which extended the lamp life to 4000 from 2000, whilst also reducing the fan noise.