Portaprojectors allow you to set up a theater whereever you go, but without a suitable projection surface, your images will be dim, distorted, or otherwise difficult to view. When a smooth white wall isn’t available, a portable projection screen can come quite in handy. These instructions tell you how to make a screen quickly and [...]
It’s a bit disappointing to correct this previous rumor, but it turns out that Apple’s new tablet computer, the Apple iPad, includes no pico projector. Rest assured that a number of third party projector accessory devices will allow you to use the iPad as a mobile theater/presentation factory.
We will find out officially on Wednesday when Apple holds their press event, but the latest rumor claims that the new Apple Tablet device will include a pico-projector. How’s that for an exciting possibility? From iCurumba: This sleek slate tablet will be powered by an Intel Atom processor and have 34nm Intel NAND flash memory [...]
The AAXA M1 Micro Projector is an in-betweener: bigger than most “pico projectors”, but smaller most larger “portable projectors”. It can project an image of up to 66 lumens brightness, or up to 100 inches. It has 1GB of built-in memory and 1-watt stereo speakers.
Of course any test provided by a manufacturer is to be taken with a grain of salt, but Syndiant has posted on their blog a comparison of their SYL2041 projector chip against three other portaprojector technologies. In this test, the Syndiant chip appears brighter and clearer than its competitors. From the Syndiant Blog: January is [...]
From Digitimes: Hewlett-Packard (HP) is planning to push two major PC systems for 2010 – tablet PCs and notebook with integrated mini-projectors, according to Monty Wong, vice president and manager of personal computing systems group at HP Taiwan. The mini-projector notebooks will be produced mainly by Quanta Computer. HP is considering placing the projector on [...]
Syndiant, another of the main players in the growing portaprojector market, is aiming for the higher-resoluation end of the pico projector spectrum, utilizing their VueG8 technology. They soon hope to release chips capable of projecting HD video from a pocket-sized device. From PCMAG: Syndiant, a maker of high-resolution microdisplays for pico projectors, and Foryou Multimedia [...]
Favi Entertainment has announced two new portaprojectors, the RIOLED-V, a Wifi-capable media-playing consumer-oriented device, and the RIOLED-Q, a brighter, larger device for business presentation or theater use. From PCMAG: Favi Entertainment announced two LED-based pico projectors, one a bright business projector (the RIOLED-Q), the other a WiFi-enabled consumer model with integrated Web apps (the RIOLED-V) [...]
One of the main portaprojector technologies is Texas Instruments’ DLP (digital light processing) chips. Several other technologies exist, however, and the competition is fierce between the key players in the burgeoning portaprojector industry. From Dallas News: Texas Instruments Inc. is probably the only company at the Consumer Electronics Show using Pez candy dispensers to showcase [...]
The SHOWWX Laser Pico Projector from Microvision is one of the newer laser-based portaprojectors shown at this years Consumer Electronics Show trade show. A pocket-size laser projector and a set-top box which delivers Web content to your television were named among the best products in an annual competition as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) prepared [...]
