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InFocus Corporation - Projectors,
Computer Peripherals
- Category Directory
503-685-8888
27700B SW Parkway Ave.
Wilsonville, OR 97070
www.infocus.com
Sales
$604
million
Business Description
InFocus Corporation is the worldwide leader in digital projection technology
and services. Our products are used in business, education, government and
home markets for training sessions, meetings, sales presentations, technical
seminars, group collaboration, entertainment and other applications
involving the sharing of computer-generated and/or video information with an
audience.
We have established four product platforms, each supporting multiple
individual products, intended to meet the diverse projection requirements of
our customers. These platforms are i) mobile projectors, intended for mobile
professionals who place a premium on reduced size and weight; ii) meeting
room projectors, intended for conference or training room environments; iii)
installation and integration projectors, intended for large venues and
auditorium environments; and iv) home entertainment projectors, intended for
home theater, gaming and entertainment environments in the home.
We deliver innovative and reliable technological expertise resulting in
products that are easy to use and integrate, include true multimedia
capabilities, and are quick to setup and intuitive to operate. Users can
connect to a variety of sources including digital and analog PCs, DVD
players, HDTVs, S-video, VCRs, workstations, laser disc players and gaming
devices.
We conduct and support research and development to expand the category,
provide best-in-class projection technologies and communicate the value of
projection to professionals, educators and consumers. We leverage multiple
projection technologies, including polysilicon LCD and Digital Light
Processing™ (DLP) technology from Texas Instruments and develop proprietary
imaging technology that we have licensed to a number of other vendors.
We have devoted significant resources to developing and supporting a
well-trained reseller network with the ability to demonstrate and sell our
products to a wide range of end-users worldwide. We sell our InFocus and ASK
Proxima brand products through wholesale distributors, which in turn sell to
PC resellers, audiovisual resellers, online providers, catalogs, education
resellers and government resellers. In addition, we have recently begun
offering products through office product retailers and consumer electronics
retailers. We expect retail to be a growing channel for us in the future.
Further, we have private label OEM arrangements with a number of companies
that resell our projectors under their own brands.
Our customer service organization supports customers through a call center
and an Internet based support program. We also provide outsourced factory
repair, authorized service center repair, accessories, service parts,
remanufactured projectors, service contracts, and technical publications for
our customers and end-users.
We have also recently begun an initiative to provide light engines for large
rear screen projection televisions to certain television manufacturers, most
notably Thomson RCA. By leveraging our investments in front projection
technology and existing DLP technology, we are providing a new technology
alternative for rear screen projection television manufacturers that reduces
the size and weight of the television while improving its price performance.
In addition, we see a growing opportunity in the market for thin displays
above 30 inches in diagonal for professional and consumer use. This market
is expected to grow rapidly over the next several years and is projected to
surpass the size of the front projection market in 2005. We recently
announced the first product in what we expect to be a family of thin display
products. The TD30, our 30-inch active matrix LCD thin display product,
provides a complementary offering to our front projection products and
allows our channel partners the opportunity to provide both products to
their customers. Over the course of the next year, we expect to offer a
family of thin display products with larger display sizes for both the
consumer and commercial markets.
As we extend our offerings to larger format thin displays, these products
will incorporate the new InFocus Light Engine that integrates proprietary,
patent-pending engine and screen technology with a micro-display device
currently using Texas Instruments DLP™ technology. We plan to begin
shipping, in the second half of 2004, our 61-inch display product for the
home that is approximately seven inches thin and light enough to hang on a
wall.
We
believe our large format thin profile micro displays should be a competitive
price-performance alternative to other forms of large-area displays above 50
inches in diagonal. The design of the new InFocus Light Engine and screen
display system provides “device independence” allowing us to incorporate
various device level technologies as the price/performance of current and
emerging micro-display technologies continues to improve. We also expect to
be able to scale the diagonal size of the display from 50 inches to 70
inches without adding much incremental cost or depth to the display itself.
The InFocus Light Engine is expected to be offered to third parties,
including Thomson RCA, as they extend their rear screen projection
television products to take advantage of the new thin profile made possible
by our innovative new InFocus Light Engine.
Current Products
Our products are compatible with all major personal computers and video
sources used in business, education and home entertainment. Two key
characteristics of our products are resolution and video performance.
Resolution is defined by using standard industry terms SVGA, XGA, SXGA and
UXGA, which are terms that define the number of pixels in a display. An SVGA
display has 480,000 pixels (800X600), an XGA has 786,432 pixels (1,024X768),
an SXGA has 1,310,720 pixels (1,280X1,024) and a UXGA has 1,920,000 pixels
(1,600X1,200). We utilize the latest in video electronics to improve the
video performance over normal projection devices.
Our current product offering is as follows:
Mobile Projectors:
InFocus LP120, ASK M1 and Proxima DP1200x are digital mobile projectors at
1.98 lbs (.9kg) with 1,000 lumens, 2000:1 contrast ratio, XGA resolution, a
zoom lens, data/video connectivity standard and DLP technology
InFocus LP70, ASK M2 and Proxima DP1000x are digital mobile projectors at
2.4lbs (1.1kg) with 1,100 lumens, 1100:1 contrast ratio, XGA resolution, a
zoom lens, data/video connectivity standard and DLP technology.
Meeting Room Projectors:
InFocus LP240, ASK C40 and Proxima DP2000s have 1,000 lumens, SVGA
resolution, weigh 5.78lbs (2.6kg), with 0.55” polysilicon LCDs.
InFocus LP250, ASK C50 and Proxima DP2000x have 1,300 lumens, XGA
resolution, weigh 5.78lbs (2.69kg), with 0.7” polysilicon LCDs.
InFocus X1 has 1,100 lumens, SVGA resolution, weighs 6.8lbs (3.1kg), and has
analog connectivity, Faroudja Video and DLP technology. The X1 is the first
cross over projector designed for business and home entertainment.
InFocus LP500 has 2,000 lumens, SVGA resolution, weighs 5.7lbs (2.59kg), has
analog and digital connectivity, Faroudja Video and DLP technology.
InFocus LP530 has 2,000 lumens, XGA resolution, weighs 5.7lbs (2.59kg), has
analog and digital connectivity, Modular Design, Faroudja Video and DLP
technology.
InFocus LP540, ASK Proxima C160 has 1,700 lumens, XGA resolution, weighs
7.5lbs (3.4kg), has analog and digital connectivity, a user-defined keypad,
an interactive LCD display, automatic horizontal and vertical keystone
correction, with 0.79 polysilicon LCDs.
InFocus LP640, ASK Proxima C180 has 2,200 lumens, XGA resolution, weighs
7.5lbs (3.4kg), has analog and digital connectivity, a user-defined keypad,
an interactive LCD display, automatic horizontal and vertical keystone
correction, with 0.79 MLA polysilicon LCDs.
InFocus LP650, ASK C200 and Proxima DP6500x have 2,500 lumens, XGA
resolution, weighs 9.35lbs (4.24kg), and has analog and digital
connectivity, Faroudja Video and DLP technology.
Installation and Integration Projectors:
InFocus LP815 and ASK Proxima C410 are .99” LCD-based projectors offering
installation quality and meeting room flexibility. These products have 3,000
lumens and significant flexibility for a sub-15 pound projector.
InFocus LP820 and ASK Proxima C420 are .99” LCD-based projectors offering
installation quality and meeting room flexibility. These products have 3,200
lumens and significant flexibility for a sub-15 pound projector.
InFocus LP840, ASK C440, and Proxima DP8400x are .99” LCD-based projectors
designed for larger venues. These products have 3,500 lumens and significant
flexibility for a sub-20 pound projector. With interchangeable,
user-replaceable lenses, motorized lens shift and full connectivity, they
can be adapted to almost any application.
InFocus LP850, ASK C450, and Proxima DP8500x are .99” LCD-based projectors
designed for larger venues. These products have 4,500 lumens and significant
flexibility for a sub-20 pound projector. With interchangeable,
user-replaceable lenses, motorized lens shift and full connectivity, they
can be adapted to almost any application.
Home Entertainment Projectors:
InFocus ScreenPlay 110 has 1,000 lumens, DVD 480p resolution (848x480),
weighs 5.7lbs (2.59kg), has analog and digital (DVI) connectivity including
High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection decoding, Faroudja video
processing and DLP technology.
InFocus ScreenPlay 4800 has 1,100 lumens, a 2000:1 contrast ratio, weighs
6.8lbs (3.1kg) and has analog connectivity, Faroudja video and DLP
technology.
InFocus ScreenPlay 5700 has 1,000 lumens, native 16:9 resolution, a 1400:1
contrast ratio, comes calibrated to D65 color mastering standards, weighs
9.5lbs (4.3kg), Faroudja video processing and DLP technology.
InFocus ScreenPlay 7200 has 1,000 lumens, true High Definition 720p
resolution (1280x720), comes calibrated to D65 color mastering standards,
weighs 9.5 lbs (4.3 kg), has analog and digital (DVI) connectivity including
High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection decoding, Faroudja video
processing and DLP technology.
Projection Solutions:
ProjectorNet is a client/server based software application designed to allow
IT and facilities personnel to manage multiple projectors from a single PC.
Utilizing a standard Microsoft® MMC snap-in, ProjectorNet gives
organizations the power to manage projectors over the network, just as they
would other shared computing and communication assets such as PCs and
printers.
LiteShow offers users wireless freedom through cable free digital
projection. LiteShow is Wi-Fi 802.11b compliant and uses industry leading
128-bit data encryption to ensure security. LiteShow is also platform
independent and works with all InFocus, ASK, Proxima and ASK Proxima
projectors with a standard M1-DA connector.
Light Engines for Rear Projection Products:
IROC has 720p resolution (1280x720) and a 16:9 aspect ratio. It is designed
for use in 50”+ diagonal rear projection televisions.
InFocus Light Engine enables a new category of large area (>50” in diagonal)
ultra-thin rear projection displays that are thin and light enough to hang
on a wall. This product integrates proprietary, patent-pending engine and
screen technology with a micro display device currently using DLP
technology.
Thin Display Products:
The TD30 is a 30” diagonal thin display product that is four inches thin,
built with active matrix LCD technology, and offers a 50,000 hour backlight
life. The TD30 can be connected to a wide variety of data sources including
DVD’s, computers, and live television feeds through its five video
connection and two data connections.
The InFocus ScreenPlay 61” micro display television was recently announced
and is expected to be available in the second half of 2004. This product
incorporates the InFocus Light Engine and delivers a vibrantly colored, high
contrast, high definition, scalable image in a form factor thin and light
enough to hang on a wall.
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