This page shows the Cygnus IMX depixelating lens in action. NOTE: I do not represent Cygnus in any way. I am simply a happy customer who has taken some before/after pictures. While I'm very happy with the IMX lens, it takes a *lot* of time and patience to set up correctly. I am not guarantee that you will get these same results and am not responsible for any unsatisfactory experience that you might have. As they say, "your mileage may vary". However, I have been *very* happy with my lens.
Here is a picture of the lens mounted to the PLV-60. Notice the main part of the IMX lens sticks out about 1/2-3/4 inches past the projector housing. The inner ring of the IMX lens fits snugly over the Sanyo projector lens inside. The little knob you see sticking out of the bottom portion of the IMX lens is one of the adjustment screws. You will spend a long time tweaking this knob increments of 1/16 to 1/8 of a turn.
Here are a couple of BEFORE and AFTER pictures. The first one is of a waterfall image that I use as my computer desktop background. The shadow on the left is the shadow of the camera on the screen. I'm holding the camera right up against the screen, and tilting it so that it takes a picture of the screen to the right of the camera not obscured by the camera shadow. So, the vertical lines aren't really noticeable, but the horizontal pixel structure really stands out. Also notice that the camera is focused more towards the right part of the image...the left part of the image is just a couple of inches from the camera and doesn't focus. NOTE: I have reduced these images to 640x480, but have NOT decreased the color count, in order to provide a clearer picture.
OK, now here is the same image AFTER the lens is put on. This is a bit lower on the waterfall, but you can still see the black strip sticking out of the right-side of the waterfall (a crack in the cliff) which can also be seen in the picture above. Notice how much reduced the horizontal structure is. Remember, this image is from 1 inch to about 2 feet from the camera, given the tilt of the camera. We are *really* close to the screen here! Imagine how good this looks from a couple of feet back!
OK, now, what about resolution? The IMX lens is *not* simply like defocusing your projector. I routinely use the projector with the IMX lens to view the 1360x768 desktop. I can still read the small text from my seating position 13' back. The text is still crisp. Here is a before/after image showing some text on the screen. Camera method is the same. The camera is right up against the screen. You can see the individual pixels that make up these tiny letters. Also, notice again that the camera can't really focus on the right-most part of the image. The horizontal pixel structure is *very* obvious.
Here is the same picture AFTER the IMX lens is added. At first you might think it is blurred, but compare the letter sizes closely with the image above. You'll see that the horizontal structure is basically gone, and instead of seeing individual pixels, you see more of a continuous tone for each character. Again, focusing on this close distance and not getting the camera shadow is very difficult. The image in real life is very sharp.
If you want to view the other pictures of my Home Theater, go Here.