The iPower Sight can — according to the manufacturer, iPowerUp — take what is on your phone, tablet or computer screen and enlarge it, projecting an image up to 200 diagonal inches from a device that is itself pocket-size. Both measures may be a shade optimistic. No doubt the projector is small, at about 4 [...]
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Vivitek outs the Qumi Q7 HD LED pocket projector
February 19th, 2013
mrinal If diminutive, portable projectors catch your eye on the regular, Vivitek’s latest may be worth a gander. The outfit has announced the Qumi Q7 HD LED pocket projector at CES, touting up to 800 lumens of brightness and a 30,000:1 contrast ratio. Packing 720p native WXGA resolution at 1,280 x 800, the unit is also [...]
Sanwa’s iPhone pico projector gets spec bump, trebled brightness
February 19th, 2013
mrinal Sanwa has revamped the PRJ011 iPhone charging sleeve-cum-pico-projector we saw back in January. The new PRJ016 packs a 1,850mAh battery that can recharge your handset up to 80 percent and also power the projection mode if you want to enjoy a movie, or a spreadsheet, blown onto your wall. The 35 lumens DLP device has [...]
3M, Roku team up for Streaming Projector
February 19th, 2013
mrinal 3M’s partnered up with Roku to provide a “big-screen” cinema experience from the comfort of your home. Announced today at a joint event, the DLP-based Streaming Projector is a 4.3 x 4.2 x 2.0 inch palm-sized device that can project images in WVGA resolution up to 120-inches across walls or any other smooth surface of [...]
Sony unveils Laser Light Source Projector, claims brightest output in the class
February 19th, 2013
mrinal Sony doesn’t always break ground on new technology, but it tends to go big when it does. The company’s new installation-grade Laser Light Source Projector (similar to the VPL-FH36 you see here) serves as a textbook example. While it’s far from the world’s first laser projector, it’s reportedly the first with a 3LCD laser — [...]
Acer breeds LEDs with lasers, new hybrid projector
August 9th, 2012
mrinal Acer usually graces our pages for its pico projector range, but the company’s taken a leaf out of the high-end book for its latest non-portable model, the K750 LED-laser hybrid. The world’s first combo projector spits out 1080p, just as you would expect, at a contrast ratio of up to 100,000:1. Acer claims the color [...]
NC State’s new efficient pico projector raises hopes for smartphone cinema
July 17th, 2012
mrinal A team at North Carolina State University has developed a new liquid crystal projector that could spell the end of bulky and noisy cinema gear. Conventional tech passes unpolarized light through a filter, but the process is so inefficient that nearly 50 percent of the energy is wasted just keeping things cool. Fortunately, the Wolfpack [...]
Oregon Scientific’s Portable WiFi Projector comes with a hinge, flirts with your ceiling
January 17th, 2012
mrinal A projector from Oregon Scientific, you say? Nope, it’s not one of those clock and weather projectors, but rather an actual DLP pico projector. At CES 2012, the company was kind enough to show us an early prototype of its Portable WiFi Projector that’ll handle FWVGA (854 x 480) at 1,000:1 contrast and a good [...]
Light Blue Optics touch interface pico projector hits FCC
August 10th, 2011
admin If you have been reading SlashGear for a while, you might recognize the Light Blue Optics tech that has just crossed the FCC. We have talked about the projector and its touch interface in the past. The Light Blue Optics turned up back at CES in 2010 as an interesting device that turned any flat [...]
Nikon Introduces New Coolpix S1100pj with Built-in Projector
October 7th, 2010
admin Nikon has announced that it has upgraded its projector-wielding Coolpix compact. There are more megapixels, high definition movie capabilities and an even brighter projector, as well as a body redesign and new color options. Last year Nikon introduced the world’s first compact camera to feature a built-in projector, the S1000pj. As well as the front-facing [...]




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