InFocus Screenplay DLP Front Projector- SP4805 | 
| Brand: InFocus
List Price: $1,099.99
Buy Used: $559.00
You Save: $540.99 (49%)
Rating:  15 reviews
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.8
Dimensions (in): 13 x 10 x 4
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: SP4805
Model: SP-4805
UPC: 097212578243
EAN: 0097212578243
ASIN: B00065H3XQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Includes very low usage bulb. Like new, very low hours and a HUGE picture!
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| Features:
| • | Expand your idea of homeentertainment with award-winning InFocus innovation and discover details you didnt even know were there | | • | Easy to set up and use in any room with your DVD player, cable or satellite receiver, VCR, game player and more | | • | Gives you a screen width thats measured in feet, not inches, as up to 9 feet, so big, athletes jump out of the screen at you and video game characters make fun of how small you are | | • | Optical zoom lens enablesyou to adjust the huge image to fit virtually any size screen from any location, in perfect focus and clarity | | • | Native 16:9 widescreen format gives you movie-theater proportions, a big, bright, high-resolution image that compliments your surround sound and DVD |
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Product Description
Turn your living room into a Home Entertainment center. With a screen size that can fill a wall, the InFocus ScreenPlay 4805 makes any big-screen TV seem tiny. Expand your idea of Home Entertainment with award-winning InFocus innovation and discover details you didn't even know were there. The InFocus ScreenPlay 4805 is easy to set up and use in any room with your DVD player, cable or satellite receiver, VCR, game player and more! You'll never "just" watch a movie again.The ScreenPlay 4805 projector gives you a screen width that's measured in feet (meters), not inches (centimeters) - up to 9 feet (2.8 meters). So big, athletes jump out of the screen at you and video game characters take on real-life size. An optical zoom lens enables you to adjust the huge image to fit virtually any size screen from any location, in perfect focus and clarity. Native 16:9 widescreen format gives you movie-theater proportions, so finally you have a big, bright, high-resolution image that compliments your surround sound and DVD.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Just purchased the SP4805 and Love It! December 20, 2004
Kari B. (Falls Church, VA)
40 out of 40 found this review helpful
After a labor intensive literature search of tech-related website reviews of projectors, we settled on the SP 4805. After reading all the product reviews and comparisons, we narrowed our search down to only InFocus products -- the X1, SP 4800, and 4805. The X1a and X2 do not have the Faroudji processing, therefore eliminating them from our search (the X1a and X2 currently have manufacturers rebates, and without the special processing algorithms, I can see why they're on sale). The SP 4805 is a newer version of the X1 and SP4800; the SPs are "optimized" for home theater use versus business use.
If you're looking to buy near term, Costco has a deal right now where you can get the SP 4805 and a free screen (if I remember, it is a 72" screen) for $1224. This is the best price I've come across thus far. [...]
We paired the projector with a Yamaha receiver and Klipsch speaker system. We get an approx. 100" dia. image on our wall (you can set the projector to letterbox, 16:9, or 4:3) from about 15-20 ft away. I liked how easy the setup was and the companion instructions on use are straightforward. We hooked up our DVD player via component cables and the resolution is fantastic! (Of course, we had to test it with Lord of the Rings). If you're doing research on purchasing an overall home theater system without paying alot we were able to do it in under $2300 (projector, screen, speakers, receiver, and all cabling -- the cables are an additional cost that adds up).
I read alot about ghosting and other issues involving these type of projectors. I am not an expert in the subtle differences, though we do own an HDTV so I have become accustomed to the hi-res images. Given this caveat, I can say that the resolution and overall image quality is amazing. It is a true movie theater experience!
 Excellent machine December 14, 2004
Ken Stuart (Southern California)
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
We've had this projector for about a month now, having bought it unseen and untried based on high user ratings from another web site. Our viewing location is flooded with ambient light but this machine still throws a very discernable image even on the low-power setting.
With a distance of about 13 feet we get a 90-inch (diagonal) image (7 feet x 4 feet). We project on a panel of sheet rock painted white and have the projector sitting upside down on a board hinged to a wall just below the ceiling, supported by two pieces of chain to the front of the board. We're happy with the results using the supplied S-video cable.
If the remote is used to control the lamp, the fan always remains on, which is a bit annoying and my reason for only 4 stars. The low-power fan noise itself isn't bothersome during viewing. We have tried the high-power setting only briefly since we don't need it and it results in a noisier fan and decreases the life of the bulb.
The machine does produce some rainbow effect for people susceptible to it. We don't have experience judging the blackness of blacks or the whiteness of whites, nor some of the other technical aspects that videophiles might want to know about. We had an easy time hooking up an iBook to it though.
For the price of the machine and quality of the image we see, we feel this projector is a much better deal than a fixed-size TV of any sort.
Fantastic! January 13, 2005
jonicat
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
The picture quality rivals systems that I've seen costing thousands more. I carry the 4805 in a briefcase from my southern cal home to the home in northern cal.
I project onto the screen it came with, however in my norcal home I project right onto a wall the is approx. 12' wide.
The wall is painted off white and has texture, however you can't see it. The picture is still crystal clear.
I am so hooked on the quality and ease of operation of this projector that I am buying a second one, so I can do a perminent installation.
Again!
A very happy consumer of the Infocus 4805
March 9th. 2006
One year later, still as happy and impressed as I was when I first purchased this product.
My video equipment snob friends still are eating their words, after seeing this projector in action..
May 3rd 2006 Updated review.
I still give this projector 5 out of 5 stars. Everytime we view a movie we marvel at the picture quality.
It is so easy to hook up. Again when viewing DVD's component cable is the best! I purchased via Provantage. They had a great cable at a great price.
Also important before purchasing a projector, research the cost of replacement bulbs. We are still on the original bulb.
Comparison to BENQ 6200 August 5, 2005
M. Williams
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I only gave it 4 based on the brightness. However, you would have to pay $6000.00+ to get one any brighter with the resolution this projector has.
I purchased and compared this unit with a BenQ PB6200.
The Benq PB6200 has 1700 lumens, is XGA resolution, has a 2x color wheel and is listed at 2000:1 contrast ratio.
The SP4805 of course is 750 Lumens, SVGA, 4x color wheel, and 2200:1 contrast.
Here are my observations:
Using Conventional Cable TV feed. (To a VCR then Svideo to teh projector). The BenQ is brighter. I would hope so, with supposedly twice the lumens. However you don't really get twice the brightness in reality. It is brighter, but not twice as bright. At the same distance from the screen, the BENQ gives you a bigger screen. I had it in 4:3 mode, which is the only acceptable picture for either of them for watching TV.
The Screenplay 4805 picture had better detail. I actually liked watching it a little better because the detail was crisper. My wife and kids however liked the BENQ because of the brightness, and larger output.
Now the DVD Test:
Using Lord of the rings, the results were about the same as the TV test. The BEnQ was brighter, but the Screenplay was crisper, so it comes down to personal choice I suppose.
The Screenplay does have 4:3, 16:9, and Letterbox. So if you put your DVD player in 16:9 mode, and the 4805 in Letterbox, it makes for a large fully filled screen. The Benq only has 4:3, and 16:9, so the same movie in 16:9, still has the black areas top and bottom. However with the Benq's zoom you can make it just about as large as the screenplay's output.
Bottom Line:
The Screenplay sp4805 is made for a really dark room.
In that dark room you will get great video/DVD output. Like a movie theater.
The BENQ is brighter, and probably better if you want to watch more TV, or sports, and don't want to sit in total darkness.
So it is a trade off. If you just intend to use your projector for movie night, then go with the Screenplay. However if you want to watch TV in a slightly brighter room, you will probably like the BENQ PB6200 better.
In this price range it is a trade off. To get brightness and great resolution, you have to be ready to put out $7,000.00 to $10,000.00 or more, and I just can't justify that yet, unless I get a really big raise in the near future. Not likely.
Now I plan on testing each of them with HDTV. I am thinking that with the BENQ's XGA output, that it will match the Screenplay in HDTV. I will let you know later.
Great for Led Zep Movies February 2, 2005
Bryan Harvey (PA)
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
The vid quality is great. Yea vid res isn't really high, but for the money you need to spend alot to get high res and get good color and frame rates. There are some projectors that offer higher res for under $2000, but they are typically not suited for movie use. If you going to do buisness presentaitons maybe go with another. If the primary use is for home theater this is the way to go!!!! Although I did get this for buisness use and do presentaitons, it is somewhat weak in that use.
Oh yea... while your at it get the Led Zep DVD - looks great on this projector.
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