VuPoint Slide Projector is not worth the hassle
938128
This COULD have been a contender if only the SD card socket were more substantial and easier to insert/retrieve the card.  Also, the slide/negative trays are flimsy in the extreme, and easily broken.  I have no argument with the technical aspect of lighting or image capture; they seemed to work just fine. However, the SD card was often not recognized until the VuPoint machine formatted it again. Formatting by other means, computer, camera, etc did not work. This was just too much hassle for me. Not recommended.
4700075
First, Im amazed that anyone could produce an LED projector for under $100.  Considering the price, its fairly bright, and well, it does work. Until it doesnt.

I got about an hour max from it before it died.  I tried it using different input sources with some success and was testing the unit with an iPhone using AirPlay, but the LED went out and the lamp never worked again.

So the rest of the review are my initial impressions before it failed.

I love the LED lamp.  Its a pleasure to turn on a projector and have an image in 15 seconds, and the ability to turn it off and on with no problems, something you cannot do with most traditional projectors.  It does not run hot, only slightly warm, and the fan is decently quiet and didn't bother me.  The projector is small and light and looks good.

The focus mechanism is pretty rough plastic-on-plastic and binds occasionally. Closest focus is 42 inches, lens to screen, yielding a 29 x 19 image.  I didn't have a chance to test for maximum image size, though its listed at 130 inches in the instruction sheet. It would be nice if it focused closer which would give a brighter image in a small conference room with a limited number of people viewing.

Onscreen menus are confusing and illogical.  Perhaps with practice I would have gotten the logic of them.

The woefully inadequate instructions are on 1 sheet of paper, both sides.  If I didn't have experience with many different brands of projectors, I would have been baffled.

My main use of the projector was to be for slide shows using jpegs via an SD card which plugs directly into the projector.  Its a great idea, but vertical (portrait) images are displayed sideways, even ones from a card taken directly out of a camera. It is possible, by diving into the menus, to rotate the photos on an individual basis, but who wants to do that with every vertical photo?

There are some controls for picture quality, but I thought the reproduction on jpegs was pretty wretched: blown-out highlights, neon reds and oranges in the flesh tones,and too much contrast, even though I played with the settings.

Projection throw is straight out from the projector (difficult to explain without a diagram). Most projectors throw an image that extends UP from the center axis of the lens, since the assumption is that it will be on a table and the image needs to be above the projector.  Or if mounted near the ceiling, it will throw an image below the projector, which is what you want.  This unit just projects straight out, like an old style slide projector.  Not a deal breaker, but does influence how much keystone correction you can apply.

Speaking of keystone correction, I assume that this projector just tilts the LCD panel inside the projector, which does give a degree of correction, but makes it difficult to focus both top and bottom of the image.  Again, this is what you get with a sub-$100 machine.

I don't usually comment on other reviewers, but there are a number of reviews here who for a number of reasons (including the same date of April 29) are from people who have reviewed no other products on Amazon and have suspiciously similar gushing 5-star reviews.  Take these with a grain of salt.  Youve been warned.

Who is this for?  Assuming that it lasts, Id say it would be a good toy for the kids to show photos, videos, games, etc. on a large screen, but for serious use or home theater?  Look further.
1936117
Bad. Mounting hardware stinks, you'll need your own. The drywall anchors included were too short for the screws so I had to patch those holes. None of the projector mounting bolts fit my projecter.
120421
The projector works but the only way to use the streaming feature is to download and use a PAID service through roku.  Bummer.
2803814
I bought this projector to replace my Optoma HD70.  I have a room in my house as a designated theater with the screen, chairs, sound, lighting..you name it.  I thought this would be an easy install.  I was so wrong!  Here is the problem...Unless you have the space to mount the projector around 2 feet above or two feet below the top/bottom of the screen, this projector is totally useless!  You can't mount it at screen height or even just slightly above/below.  To read about this, go to the "projectorreviews" website.  I wish I had read this ahead of time.  I figured that since the throw ratio was correct for my room, I was all set.  Not so...
Optoma seems to have made an excellent projector for the price based on image quality, color and inputs.  But, don't make my mistake, do your research and make sure you have the clearances in your room to install this projector in the few places that it can be placed.  As a side note (no pun intended), you need to be dead on straight with the screen because there is no horizontal keystoning at all.  This wasn't a problem for me, but it will be for some people.
In the end, I would say this: The projector seems very good for the money, but since 75% of the potential buyers for this product will be sliced away because of placement issues, I would stay away from this one.  If for no other reason than you may not be able to resell it after you want to upgrade.  Remember, placement will be a problem then too!  There are many other projectors that do not suffer from this that are in the same price range.  I like Optoma for budget-minded home theater enthusients, but this one is off the mark for the average home.

PS - My local Best Buy store has this mounted in their Magnolia Home Theater Center.  It doesn't work in there either.  They can't hit the screen correctly because the screen is not low enough.  If it is in mine, it might be in your's too, so go take a look.
689994
Projector quality is not good enough. Focus doesnt work correctly: If you focus the center of the image the borders are unfocused.
I lost USD80 because the cost of returning the product would be expensive.
2257038
This is my first projector. That being said, all I have to compare it to is projection tv, lcd, and plasma hdtv's. The picture is not as realistic as the new lcd or plasma, but it's putting out a 92" screen v/s a 52". I had a samsung plasma 3dtv that never worked right (still in a battle with samsung to get my money back. They make good products, but pray you never have trouble. Their help is a joke at best. 8 months  and counting) Sorry, bit of a sore subject. The  dlp link 3d is very nice. It seems to have a much more popped out effect than the tv's do. My wife said it was much more noticeable to her as well. The pic. is really good on most hd content, however the one thing I have noticed is it seems to be focused on main object's, but the distant stuff is not. Almost like it has a depth perception problem. The funny thing is I don't notice it when in 3d. The X games were where it really had a focus problem. As the screen showed the distant motorcycle it was blurry till it got close up every time. And yes you will have to refocus after it warms up every time. Best to turn it on a few minutes before viewing, and it does get hot. I put a lap top fan with a usb on mine. As far as the menu there's not much adjusting you can do most of it is grayed out and won't let you adjust it. Not sure why its even on there if you can't do anything with it. Maybe firmware updated later or something. Still pretty annoying. For instance the brilliant color only works if you set it to bright mode (In my eyes does not look very good. I like the user mode)  it sets it to 8 and you can adjust nothing on it. User mode is the only one that can be adjusted. Then all you have is brightness, contrast, gamma, sharpness, and color. No brilliant color adjustment. The regular color does not do anything good. I bought the viewsonic vp3d1 3d converter box from amazon.(you have to have a converter box or 3d computer to view 3d. it's 3d ready not 3d) The converter box works great on my direct tv, ps3 games, and 3d blu ray player. Gran turismo 5, call of duty black ops, resident evil, despicable me, and tangled all looked really good in 3d. I have the panasonic bdt310p blu ray player that converts 2d to 3d bought from amazon. This feature works well on the blu ray, but will not function on dvds because the projector won't let you adjust the resolution. True 3d looks better anyway. I have the ultimate 3d heaven 3d glasses bought from amazon. They're cheap and they work great. I bought a 4' x 8' white panel board at my local lowes store. It makes a very good pic, it's lite, you can curve it, and it's only $12. I have not tried the vga yet only hdmi. The video plug will not work with anything I have found. The specs say it has component hook up, but it does not. I bought a component to hdmi converter for my wii $30 bought at amazon. That's the only way to hook up a wii on this projector I know of. Looking forward to many movie nights and sporting events on this projector. The bottom line right now is if you want a 3d projector with led so you do not have to worry about the bulb life, this seems to be the only one out there. p.s. If you have ps3 and plan to watch 3d movies on it you may have problems I have the 40gb. It and the 60gb will black out at points and sometimes will not work at all. Playing blu rays in these models will also burn up the system. I was told this was addressed and fixed in the newer slim 160 and bigger. Not sure how true that is. I just know my 40gb will not function right even with the most up to date firmware. Except on games.  Pros: You have a very portable 30" to a 120" big screen that's a 1/4 the price of an projection tv 82" looks as good plus led. Very good 3d effects. Long bulb life. Good color. Head phone jack.  Cons: focus issue. Connectivity. Very limited adjustment. Need to be pretty dark for a good pic. the darker the better. No power button on the remote it has a slide switch on the side that's not user friendly. If it's not mounted down it will move the projector.
1952860
Despite the fact that it's listed quite clearly that this supports component video... it does not. At least, not without a hard to find adapter that converts component signal into a vga (vesa) connector.

This is extremely annoying oversight and it's disappointing that they couldn't just include the adapter with the unit. So I have no idea until InFocus ships me the adapter as to the quality of this projector.

You would think that a projector that makes such a big deal about displaying HD would have a common HD connector like HDMI or component video jacks. I assume that once I get the adapter the projector will display an HD signal as advertised. Note to Amazon: please change the description to say that it has COMPOSITE video input, not COMPONENT.

EDITED REVIEW: I now give this ONE star. The lamp died after less than 90 minutes of use, so I'm returning the whole thing for a refund. I have no idea what the HD looks because the lamp died before the HD adapter arrived. Extremely disappointed in InFocus and this projector.
4568899
Would SAVE your money and buy a better projector.  This projector is more of a toy than a real projector. Giving it 3 stars (because of cheap price) and probably should only give it 2 because the description is FALSE ADVERTISING.  The projector is DEFINITELY NOT 1000 lumens.  I have had 2 other 10 and 6 year old projectors that were 1000 lumens that did cost 6 and 4x more.. This projector is extremely dim and dark.  I would estimate it at about 400 lumens and one really has to strain to see the images and video.  Even at night with all the lights out, it is extremely dark. It is NOT sharp despite using 1080i input by HDMI. Fuzzy rather than grainy. Speakers are tinny and weak but one can live with that - especially since it has an audio out jack to plug in headphones. Nice lens cap and light weight and decent tilt screen controls are pluses. I wish this company would may a really higher lumens (brighter) projector for $300. I would buy it in a second.

However, you get what you pay for - very dark and mildly fuzzy images.  For $100, I guess one can not complain.
NOT recommended. One really needs to buy a name brand projector with at least a really 2000 lumens for about $400 to get anything half way decent of a picture.
3389535
to make this project from my ipad mini i had to buy
1) a lightning to *micro* (NOT "mini") hdmi adapter, and
2) an hdmi to micro hdmi cable, because the included adapter sucked, i think it damaged the receptacle on the projector.
to even test the backup battery function, i will have to buy a loghtning to micro usb adapter.
to make this project from my macbook, i had to buy a display port to hdmi adapter.
it worked perfectly for a little while once i had bought all the necessary adapters. now it seems to struggle with shading, and dark scenes in movies/shows will have a lot of strange, distracting black lines. probably not a problem with slideshows and stuff.
it's works, is attractive and feels solid, but all the workaround, extra cost to make it work, and the imperfect projection has me a bit annoyed at this point.
3740230
Worst projector ever, do not buy!
Bad video quality, bad sound.
3470714
The projector does in fact have many nice qualities, but if you see it up for sale you should definitely pass on it, as it has a major defect that affects all of this line of Sony projectors, as well as many other older LCD projectors. Though it will vary with each individual unit, with normal use, the blue polarizer will start to get damaged, leaving a permanent blue streak in the video that will only grow over time. There's no setting or bulb replacement that will fix it. From what I've found from research, it seems like these polarizers were made with an organic compound that breaks down over time (supposedly newer LCD projectors have polarizers that are made with inorganic compounds that won't break down like this), and there's no simple solution to fix it. Sony support claims that to fix it will cost around $2,000, so it doesn't make much sense to send it back. It's ridiculous that even though it is inherently defective, Sony won't stand by and support their customers.
If you do pick up one of these, you should be aware that they could go bad at any time, and aren't build to last at all. If you're curious to learn more, just google "VPL-HS51 blue smear".
2832317
Do not buy this projector ... it worked for 10 minutes and goes black ... I tried to contact the manufacturer and they have no contact info ... I looked on-line and found a lot of complaints with the same problem I have ... I found out it is a faulty power board ...
1632904
It wasn't much better than holding a slide in the light without using a viewing device.  I later purchased a Kaiser lighted 3x viewer which I like better.
1478279
I went into this purchase under the impression I was getting a cheaper, competent alternative to the upper-tier Optoma projectors and, maybe thanks to my high expectations, I was sorely disappointed. I had been borrowing an Optoma HD141X  for a few months as a sort of third monitor for gaming, movies, etc. and wanted a projector of my own, but I figured $545 was just a little too much for me. After looking around for a decent amount of time, I decided that this projector seemed to be what I was looking for in a much less expensive form. Upon opening the box, I immediately noticed just how much cheaper it seemed and how much needlessly larger it was built. Setting it up was a pain in the ass; the adjust nubs are difficult to access and don't provide much of an angle. The image is most certainly not 16:9 because it didn't come close to fitting the 16:9 screen I had. The focus is a frustratingly narrow window of sharp image. The keystone adjustment requires similarly ridiculous precision since it's a physical dial on the back. It claims it can "support" 1080p, but it just resizes and reframes the image, making it useless as another desktop window. Again, maybe it was just the high expectations, but this model fell completely flat for me and is nowhere near the quality of the Optoma.
2953791
The Optoma ML500 projector is a good buy, compact, light, good resolution and very nice features, too bad that they don't all work...The transfer of PowerPoint presentation from pc to the projector was one feature that I was looking for and made me decide to buy this particular model.  However, after spending hours with their technical group and getting different answers everytime I called, it was noted that this feature does not work, therefore a pc is required to project your PowerPoint slides. I wish they would have mentioned it before I made the purchase!
1825487
I'm not at all pleased with this product. I bought this one for the family and a much smaller portable unit that was to be a gift for one of the kids. This unit's picture was so awful it went directly back into the box after our first attempt at set up. The image was too dim and unclear to read any words. Additionally, the fan noise was incredibly loud and obnoxious. Conversely, the little, much cheaper portable projector (half the price) has a clear, vibrant image and very little noise.