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Optoma DLP iPod projector. 4.2 oz, runs on battery
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Looks kinda interesting, but I don't see myself ever buying one... unless it drops to 50 bux or something.
globeandmail.com: A pocket projector
Enormous feats of shrinkage like that don't come along very often, though. So when they do, you sit up and take notice – as you will the first time you see the Optoma Pico Projector ($430 (U.S.) list price). It's a long-awaited, much-rumoured projector about the size of a cellphone: 2 by 4.1 by 0.7 inches, weighing 4.2 ounces.
A pocket projector? Are you kidding? This isn't just a new product – it's a whole new product category.
Regular projectors, of course, are big, heavy, expensive, sometimes noisy machines. They're standard equipment in corporate boardrooms where PowerPoint jockeys hold sway, in classrooms or auditoriums, or mounted to the ceiling in home theatres, where they provide extra-large movie-watching goodness.
But there are lots of times when a 100-inch screen is overkill – and yet a 2-inch iPod screen doesn't quite cut it. Those are the times when you need something in between. In those situations, a completely silent, ridiculously simple micro-projector like the Pico really shines.
You'd have to be a jaded gizmophile indeed not to be impressed the first time you turn on this tiny, shiny black box. In the centre of the short end, there's a very bright light-emitting-diode lamp. Inside, there's a miniaturized Texas Instruments digital-light-processing (DLP) chip, similar in principle to the ones that drive some full-size HDTV sets. Together, they produce an astonishingly bright, clear, vivid video or still image. That's right – from a projector you've pulled from your jeans pocket.
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Interesting, but as you mentioned, a bit pricy for a gimmick.
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That is really cool. Want.
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Just saw an ad with the local street pricing here in Canada: CAD$499. Ouch.
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i find it difficult to load ripped movies on my yet unhacked touch so i'll skip this one.
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Originally Posted by PB2K 
i find it difficult to load ripped movies on my yet unhacked touch so i'll skip this one.
Try Handbrake for ripping for the iPhone/iPod touch. Works fine and it's free.
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I've got loads of movies on my iphone. The issue with these devices is they need lower light because the smaller light source can't produce the lumens.
So, a completely dark airplane with no courtesy lights on, and the projector under my arm, I could probably project nicely on the stowed tray back.
Way better than the video glasses, I believe.
The issue for me is, max size of projection is 50 inches max for this sort of category. Some get 38.4, some a little more.
Still, it's way better than lugging around the projector I carried with me last time I was out...
(Last edited by vmarks; Nov 12, 2008 at 08:16 PM.
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On the plane, I'm happy enough with the iPhone itself, if I'm watching it myself.
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