Inspire1000 Digital Art Projector

I do not use the unit for home theatre. In my use for art work it works well. The only problem I had was that an included 4gb flash drive was corrupted and would not "fix" or "reformat". It did not contain critical data and flash drives are available elsewhere. Not good, but not a deal breaker. I think that for artist, the unit is better than trying to jerry-rig a multimedia projector for closer canvas detail work. Art work is what it's made for and that's what it does. The quick set up guide shows the button on top as a power button. I pushed it and nothing happened. For a moment I thought that the unit was failed. The top button is really a sleep/wake button and the true power button is a slide switch on the side. The slide switch actually turns the power on and off. When I slid it to the on position, all worked well. The Quick set up manual might better handle that. The light output is adequate for working on canvas even in well lighted rooms. No problem there. The image is clear and easily adequate for sketching in details for a painting. The unit is well designed and constructed. I wish a USB cable which would connect the unit to a PC was part of the package. The package does include an HDMI cable. I had an issue with the units light Blinking while moving the projected image up/down to adjust the image. I contacted Customer service and they went to a great deal of effort to provide an answer. It turns out the blinking was the normal image adjustment and was actually a positive feature of the unit, not a problem. I was highly impressed with the customer service response both by email and telephone.

The Impression1400 is a serious artist tool for serious artists. Professional artists will find its grids and perspective arrays to be extremely useful and will generally love this projector. I find it an outstanding device in the studio and even outdoors at night where electricity is available (obviously, only in fine weather). It has the power for fairly large artworks. A good investment for the professional. Both vertical and horizontal keystone control are excellent. You can also skew images by moving a single corner. It means you can adjust images to fit odd shapes. Has a mount screw hole for using on a camera tripod (use a ball head to be able to project onto a ceiling. Make sure the tripod is sturdy enough to not tip over). The high and low contrast grayscale modes are a great help when painting. The Impression1400 costs more than similar sized projectors that are intended for viewing videos etc, but I am unaware of another projector that is so well tuned to the needs of the professional artist. Casual or beginner artists should know that the projector will not make artwork better, or necessarily easier to do. It could easily be an expensive toy for anyone inexperienced with perspective and using grids, and potentially a disappointment. Artograph makes smaller projectors at lower price points that might be more suitable but still have useful grid tools built in.

Just got it so still learning but instructions included are sorta worthless as it has pictures for other models all together. There is a web site and phone to call for help though. I think it will do all I need except flip an image which is a shame given that it’s a pricey product. But it’s well made and you get a good image. If you are an artist you’re going to want to get a tripod for it to get best results for sizing and placement

While the picture quality is good, very good in a dimly lit room, there are some really annoying and easily fixable issues. First off, the flash drive is unusable. i could see gibberish files, but couldn't open any, added an image of my own, which was not available when I plugged it into the USB port, though it was clearly there on the drive. I could not reformat it either on Mac or PC. Junk. I tossed it. Why include it? It's obviously garbage. Secondly, the power cord is ridiculously short, doesn't give you much more than table top height to floor. The menus are archaic looking, though functional, and the settings are easy to navigate. Overall, some updated software UI and, dang, do something about the stupid flashdrive and I'd feel like I got my money's worth. I use Apple products so had to buy a USB powered HDMI to lightning cable for the iphone and Macbook to connect, but they did plug-n-play as advertised. So, my own USB drive, another cable and an extension cord and I was good to go. Too bad, since these annoyances should be pretty simple to fix, but adversely impacted my overall response to the product. I don't feel like it's worth the money at this point.

I use it as an enlarger for my painting. Works great when I want to put a picture onto a canvas, big or small. Less time consuming trying to draw it on and everything works out well proportioned. I recommend this product.

I use the Flare 150 to speed up the art process so that I can get on with the painting part more quickly. Can be used anytime and is simple to use.

Seems user friendly. Very small, compact. My only complaint is that its misleading about the connectivity. Bluetooth enabled suggests that you can use Bluetooth tech to wirelessly send images to the projector. This is what I expected. But you have to connect with a cable to your phone, laptop, mobile device. And the cable isn't included, and nowhere in town can I find the right cable. Bluetooth is only for audio. Which i dont need. There is a USB port but that won't dock with my phone either, it has to be a USB storage device. So to get images from my phone I need a special cable with an adapter or I need to transfer the files to my computer then onto a USB. It's a hassle. This day and age technology should allow my phone to connect with this wirelessly, and I felt the description tried to insinuate this but didn't make it super clear to the buyer. Also, a cable or adapter should have been included.