Thread: Samsung FtenM

The Samsung F10M is singular in being the first fact LED projector to achieve 1,000 lumen brightness. We lastly saw the 2,000 lumen Casio XJ-A135, but that utilizes a laser to supplement the LED light source. The F10M is directed squarely at business users. Its old-fashioned 1,024x768 answer is excellent fitted to presentations than films, plus the claimed 30,000 hours of lamp life create it ideal for meeting room utilize – it could function for a complete functioning day, every day, for over 10 years.


Different the XJ-A135, the FTenM sparks its LED light source by 3 separate LCD panels, instead than reflecting it off a DLP chip. LCD is an odd option for a business projector, which is most frequently utilized below bright lighting, as DLP-founded projectors tend to be together brighter and more compact.


At just 1000 lumens it was no surprise to search that the F10M's picture appeared excellent when the lights were turned down. The picture presets - such as movies, demonstration and Game - were nearly either overblown or also dark, so as common we found ourselves functioning from the common User circumstances. There are contrast and brightness circumstances, plus colour temperature and colour gamut, but it is the latter that caused the most extreme alters to picture quality.


Colour temperature circumstances commonly add one or two warm and cold circumstances, plus a neutral or sRGB circumstances. In this matter however, there was no neutral circumstances; rather, the sRGB choice was got below Colour Gamut, but selecting it answered in unnaturally dark colours. The common circumstance was somewhat



excellent, while the braod circumstance created wildly over-saturated colours, with violently strong reds. Thankfully, the colour temperature controls too add well control of increase and offset, so those who require accurate colours can utilize these to tweak to their heart’s message.


With the lights on, the LED lamp's 1,000 lumens has a difficult time making the necessary contrast. We got boosting colours assisted, as did moving the display closer. The F10M’s short-throw lens projects a big picture, satisfying our 70in inFocus display at a distance of only 1.9m, with a throw ratio of 1.48:1 to 1.78:1. You will require to direct the projector exactly in front of the display, as there is no lens shift.


Connecting to a laptop through VGA, we observed tearing in one try that was corrected through re-functioning the analogue auto-form routine. Linking through HDMI was straightforward, making a clear, pixel-for-pixel desktop. Our demonstration tries posed some troubles for the F10M, with crisp content and graphs and good colour reproduction.


You can link an outer hard disk or memory stick through Universal Serial Bus, which is handy if you do not need to carry a laptop around with you (however, at 5kg the F10M could scarcely be regarded a movable projector, and it is more fitted to a ceiling mount). The Universal Serial Bus menu lets you browse and show files, videos and pictures.


File format support is well, with Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents entire supported, plus PDFs. More significantly, it will show PowerPoint documents as good as JPEG slideshows. Video playback is fixed to standard definition (720x480) with DivX, XviD and WMV9 supported. Not entier our try videos in these formats played correctly, so you will likely require to re-encode your videos to its instead special requirements.