Mitsubishi makes us busy with their new projectors. Dubbed as the WD510U and WD500U-ST, both projectors features 1,280 x 800 native resolution with 16:10 aspect ratio, 4,000 hours lamp life, Texas Instruments DDP 2230 DMD chip with DLP technology, VGA inputs, DVI-D with HDCP support, 3.5mm audio jack, contrast ratio of 2,000:1 (WD510U)/ 2,500:1 (WD500U-ST) and 2,600 lumens (WD510U)/ 2,100 lumens (WD500U-ST).

The Mitsubishi WD510U and WD-500U-ST are priced at $1,495 and $1,695, respectively.

Careful assessment of customer needs is one of the most essential factors to create an innovative product and enlarge one’s market share in a particular industry. As a market leader for mobile computing products, Toshiba truly understands this principle. The launching of its latest feature-rich mobile projector, TLP-WX100U, highlights this.

The product is offered at a very competitive and affordable price, and targeted particularly at business users and educators. Priced at $959 and granted a 3-year standard limited warranty, the Toshiba TLP-WX100U is designed to meet customized business consumers’ needs in terms of mobility, convenience, quality display, performance and cost. Weighing just 4.0 pounds, less than 3-inches high and about the size of a hardcover novel, business users could easily bring it around for business presentations. It is slim enough to keep in any bag while traveling without taking much space. This new mobile projector utilizes 3LCD technology for outstanding color reproduction and offers an impressive 2,200 ANSI lumens for bright display in any setting. Its 1280×800 native WXGA resolution with 600:1 contrast ration displays a superior and brilliant image for professional presentations and larger-than-life images for digital home entertainment. Continue Reading…

Aiptek Pocket Cinema

Have you ever missed your TV while going to a distant place with not many up-to-date electronics around? Or have you missed a home theater if you have one of course? Probably yes, and if so, you should know that now there is a new cool gadget that can help you. It is Aiptek Pocket Cinema that can bring a pleasant cinema atmosphere anywhere. However that may be, Pocket Cinema gadget is not a naturally born tourist – it is a delicate device. Delicate and small enough to fit in your pocket just like an average mobile phone. In spite of its small dimensions, it allows to display images or movies on a wall or screen or any other clear surface in fact. In work Aiptek Pocket Cinema is specified to show a 50 inch picture with not even slight distortion or bloom effect.

Aiptek Pocket Cinema can be a really good entertaining gadget if you follow the entire manual guide notifications. Thing is that Aiptek has designed a very interesting, useful and stylish device, but unfortunately it is user unfriendly in a range of aspects. Let’s start with the image quality. It is an Aiptek Pocket Cinema’s weak spot. It will make a nice clear and bright image on a prepared surface. 50 inches (approximately 120 centimeters) in diagonal are not bad, and the VGA resolution is suitable enough – 640 x 480 pixels. This is a maximum size for 6 feet (180 centimeters) distance between the projector and the image. The minimum size is 6 inches (15 centimeters) in only 8 inches (20 centimeters) of distance. A proper adjustment is done easily with the help of a tripod in the kit. Continue Reading…

After months of waiting the Optoma Pico projector is finally here, but is it as good as we were promised.

Watch the video to find out whether it cuts the mustard.

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JVC DLA HD750

JVC made its debut of four new projector at CEDIA, the DLA-HD750, DLA-HD350,DLA-RS20 and DLA-RS10. Lots of companies are pulling in to a full HD projectors like Panasonic that in turn giving way to a much tougher competition.

Highlights of these released projectors comes with its own D-ILA (Digital Direct Drive Image Light Amplifier) Technology implementing the Liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) technology and two of which is a THX Certified, for assurance and quality picture. Contrast ratios comes with 30,000:1 for DLA-HD750 and DLA-RS20, 17,000:1 for DLA-RS10 and 15,000:1 for DLA-HD350. Continue Reading…

Optoma introduces the world’s first Pico projector which is based on the DLP Pico chipset. This new portable projector by Optoma is said to be smaller than most of the smart phones. On connecting it to the ultra mobile device, this four ounce device lets you share photos, videos as well as view clearer and sharper images which are up to 100 times larger than they appears on the small screen.

“The Pico Projector is the next step in sharing visual media for today’s ultra-mobile consumers. Fitting in your shirt pocket, the Pico Projector can display pictures, videos or any content from a mobile media player or smart phone” says Jon Grodem, director of Product Management for Optoma. “Optoma’s Pico breaks free from the limitations of the 2 or 3 inch displays found on today’s mobile devices. This category defining projector creates a new benchmark for sharing content-on-the-go.”

The new Optoma Pico Projector uses the LED technology which results into a colorful and vivid image. This small device works on the DLP technology thus providing the highest possible contrast. Continue Reading…

It is always difficult to house many devices in small spaces. Working in confined and cramped up spaces is made easier by the new ultra-short PCL-XL51 projector by Sanyo. Well it produces a 1024 x 768 resolution for a size up to 80inches and about 3inches away.

The Sanyo PCL-XL51 offers 2700 lumens brightness and a contrast ratio of 600:1. With an aspect ratio of 4:3 it provides PJ network interface.

With so many projector coming up. Sanyo has come up with this innovative PLC-XL51 that resolves the problem of so enumerous professionals.

The PCL-XL51 projector supports WI-Fi, WEP 64/128-bit security and is compatible with Mac OS. It also provides an SD memory card slot. The Sanyo PCL-XL51 carries a price tag of $3,995 and will hit the markets in September.

Vivitek has released its latest portable projector named D220 MX in the D220 series, in the Indian market. This stylish and powerful device boasts to be just 0.9kg/1.98lbs in weight and measures only as much as a palm size.

It claims to deliver easy and efficient operations with its auto source detection and auto image optimization setup, vivid image with 2200 lumens, 1024 x 768 native resolution scalable to 1280 x 1024 and delivering stylish appearance.

An ideal projector for people who are constantly traveling, it has the smart cooling system with an Off-n-go feature that saves wrap-up times. It comes with an integrated intelligent cooling circuit, ensuring that the projector cools down fast when it is shut-down and unplugged.

Besides, the D220 MX also features built-in password authentication system that improves the security level and avoids unauthorized usage of the projector. The vibrant image colors are offered by Vivitek’s CEP (Color Evolution Processing) technology, which elevates the color performance by using unique techniques and algorithms. This in-turn reproduces vivid and lifelike colors similar to those displayed by the Trinitron technology.

Sanyo has announced a new PLC-XW60 projector. The manufacturer claims that the latest projector is the smallest and lightest XGA LCD projector.The projector weighs just 3.6 pounds and measures 10.4-inches x 2.176-inches x 7.40-inches (H x W x D).

Sanyo’s XW60 projector uses lighter optical components that reduce the lamp size by 39% and a new reflector design for a 44% lighter lens.

The new projector is capable enough to throw an image of 100-inch from 9-11 feet away.

Besides, it features a brightness of 2000 lumens and resolution of 1024×768 with a 4:3 aspect ratio.

The PLC- XW60 projector is equipped with a built-in 1watt mono speaker. Component and composite inputs are also included with the projector.

Sanyo plans to ship the PLC-XW60 projector in the US market in April at the price of $795.