InFocus  SP7200 Projector

Along with TI's HD2 chip, InFocus stuffs a number of well-respected image-enhancing technologies into the ScreenPlay 7200. Faroudja's DCDi FLI2300 picture-processing chipset handles the deinterlacing and supplies additional color, sharpness, and noise-reducing circuitry. A six-segment, 5x color wheel operating at 9000rpm promises to minimize rainbow effects. Carl Zeiss, the world-renowned lens manufacturer, supplies the ScreenPlay 7200's custom-designed optics.

Unlike many projectors, the ScreenPlay 7200 uses 6500 kelvins as its default color temperature (other temperatures are available). Its ultra-high-pressure (UHP) lamp can be operated at 200W or 250W. According to InFocus, the 250W setting provides "the industry's brightest image": 1000 ANSI lumens. If you plan to use the InFocus to produce an especially large image in a good-sized room, the higher lamp output could prove invaluable. The 7200's published specifications are mighty impressive, especially its "filmlike" contrast ratio of 1400:1. Yessiree—on paper, the ScreenPlay 7200 looks like a world-beater.