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The IN76 is noticeably brighter.The IN76 was easier to setup. HDTV looks great on both units. The IN76 does a better job scaling DVDs up to 720p The HD72 is slightly quieter fan noiseThe IN76 has been much more reliableThe IN76 has a sexier looking caseAt the time I bought the Optoma hd72 it was cheaper, but it has proven to be far more costly to operate.
I have had both set to 120" screen in a 13'x13' room with some ambient light. The IN76 prices have fallen to match the Optoma and I am much happier with it. I made a lateral move from an Optoma HD72 to the Infocus IN76.
At $400 per bulb (every year) this was too much. These projectors have a very similar spec and street price. I switched because the HD72 required a new bulb every 900 hours.
If you can't live without your system I recomend getting the exchange program. Infocus customer service has been great to work with though. - The picture is stunning.- Easy instalation- Greate input options with HDMI/DVI- HD video/TV looks.well it brings a tear to my eye- Bright enough to use with "some" light- Fills a 100" screen with easeBut- The unit stoped working after two weeks. No power at all. They recieved my faulty projector and shipped out a new one the same day.If not for the "power" problem I would have given it 5 stars.
When looking at bright daylight images it looks like a window, with amazing detail. The image quality with recent HD material is stunning. I am replacing an Infocus X1. I just bought this projector after reading a review from projectcentral.com. I am projecting onto a 137" Dalite permawall screen in a light controlled room. I also had a Sanyo Z4 for about two weeks. I also just got a DirecTV HD DVR. The image from the Sanyo was too harsh because of the LCD (also I was sitting 1x the distance from the screen which should really be 2x for LCD's and 1.5x for DLP's).
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