InFocus IN3916 & IN3914 DLP Interactive Projector Review

InFocus IN3916 Projector Highlights

InFocus IN3916 Projector Overview

InFocus has really created a very intuitive interactive projector with their new IN3900 series of ultra short throw projectors. With a low suggested retail price of $1425 the IN3916 and the lower priced IN3914, should do very well in the business and education market-place. This review will mainly focus on the IN3916 which is the widescreen 16:10 aspect ratio projector with a resolution of 1280x800. The IN3914 has an aspect ratio of 4:3 and a resolution of 1024x768 pixels.

The IN3914 and IN3916 produce 2700 lumens of light output. Plenty of power for just about any indoor environment, even if your classroom or conference room has a lot of windows or lights.

The IN3900 series comes fully equipped right out of the box to accept just about every type of signal. Whether it is HD content from a Blu-ray player, or old training videos from a VHS cassette, you can be sure that there is an input for it. Full networking capabilities are also present and some other very cool and interesting ways to use wireless technology, which I will get into in our physical tour of the projector.

Being an interactive projector, the IN3900 series comes with a Wand like device. Works very much like the Wii. The interactive aspect of the projector is a little different than other interactive projectors. The hook-up however is still the same as most, since a USB cable is the way the projector and computer communicate with each other. I discuss the Wand in-depth in the Physical Tour section of this review.

One of the main differences is how you interact and where you can interact with the projector. Interactive projectors usually come with a software suite specifically designed to provide annotation features like highlighting and onscreen keyboards. The IN3900 series does not require software, just think of it as a remote mouse on steroids with the added bonus of being able to actually touch the wand to the screen if you want.

Let's take a brief look below at some of the highlights, specs and special features and then move on to the in-depth review of the IN3900 series interactive projector.