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    3M MPro120 Pico Projector Review: Highly Evolved

    Aiptek PocketCinema V10 Pico Projector Review

    3M MPro110 Handheld Mobile Projector: Lightning Review

    3M's Pocket Video Projector First to Hit Shops, 30th September
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    Image of Darksider1972 Darksider1972
    09/03/09

    In reply to 3M MPro120 Pico Projector Review: Highly Evolved
    Call me when this product reached it's fifth generation, 3M still has not used the best LED technology for their Pico yet..
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    09/03/09

    In reply to 3M MPro120 Pico Projector Review: Highly Evolved
    Sorry for the interruption of the movie folks, my Kroger key-chain card blocked the screen for a sec.
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    09/03/09

    In reply to 3M MPro120 Pico Projector Review: Highly Evolved
    This looks pretty good, but I will give it another 10 months. And surprisingly, I actually have a use for this. Awesome.
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    09/03/09

    In reply to 3M MPro120 Pico Projector Review: Highly Evolved
    OK.. the real test for these portable projectors should be driving around your neighborhood and seeing if you can blast a video on the front of someones house..

    You get the idea here..

    PORN ON SOMEONES HOUSE.
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    09/03/09

    @DMF: Suburban Guerrilla porn!
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    09/03/09

    @IN THE FACE!: What's to stop you from just using a power inverter and using a plain old projector to do it with? When you talked about projecting an image on someone's house, it made me think of Talking Heads "Burning Down the House".
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    09/03/09

    @Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.:
    Check it::
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    09/04/09

    @Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: Reminded me of the Kids in the Hall episode wherein a car demanded an apology:

    [www.youtube.com]
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    09/03/09

    In reply to 3M MPro120 Pico Projector Review: Highly Evolved
    Screw battery power!! I want a pico projector with one of those crazy 400 lumen LED arrays that suck power so I can build my own HUD in my car.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    09/03/09

    @gadam07: For just an HUD in your car, I think you could probably use this thing, no problem. Why would you need 400 lumens for inside a windshield?
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    09/03/09

    @Wilson Rothman: Sunlight.
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    09/03/09

    @gadam07: You drive during the day??!!!???
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    11/26/08

    In reply to Aiptek PocketCinema V10 Pico Projector Review
    My guess is that in a few years you will be able to buy some form of a potable computer that has a pico-projector embedded in it.
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    11/26/08

    @Skeptical_Geezer: Yeah, the market for computers we can drink is increasing.
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    11/27/08

    @USB_Humping_Dog:
    I'll take Potent Potables for $1000, Alex.
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    Image of dcjeepguy2001 dcjeepguy2001
    11/26/08

    In reply to Aiptek PocketCinema V10 Pico Projector Review
    Anyone who is dumb enough to drop $300 on a piece of 1st generation hardware like this, either has too much money, or too little sense.


    These things look awful in real life. (Can you notice how the photographer has had to play around with the available light to make the picture look half-decent?)


    Battery-schmattery! In a fully darkened room, you need at least 300 ANSI lumens for the picture to look any good. In a semi-lit room, at least 1000 ANSI lumens. In a fully-lit room, you need at least 2000 ANSI just to overcome the ambient light. How bright is this thing? It probably has an ANSI equivalent of 150 lumens...or less.


    You'd be better off putting the $300 toward one of the many ultra-portables that you can buy for under $700.

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    11/26/08

    @dcjeepguy2001: Ok, ok.... we'll send everybody home.


    Damn you, dcjeepguy2001, with your "sense talkin" and your "facts"... way to ruin the party.


    Good thing we have YOU to remind us that early adopters of first-gen tech are ignorant and wasteful scum! Some of them may have gone ahead and bought this thing and enjoyed it, despite its shortcomings! The joke would have been on them, however, as the industry, spurred by their first-wave success continued to develop better products with more features! Bwahaha!


    Again, we thank you dcjeepguy2001... if only you'd been around to talk us down from our precarious position when the first-gen "portable computer" was introduced!

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    Image of alexmetal alexmetal
    11/26/08

    In reply to Aiptek PocketCinema V10 Pico Projector Review
    Is it just me, or does Aiptek sound waaaay too much like "ape tit" to make you not want to buy one of these? Other than that, very handy. But, ape tit.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    11/26/08

    @alexmetal: Srsly?
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    Image of nachomaans nachomaans
    11/26/08

    In reply to Aiptek PocketCinema V10 Pico Projector Review
    No video input is a dealbreaker as it's the only way to display any content you wish without having to go through some file conversion and transfer voodoo.


    What's the battery life like? How long can it be used before recharging?


    What about projector lamp life? Does it still matter with these new projectors or is it a thing of the past?


    Does it get very hot?

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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    11/26/08

    @nachomaans: It does have composite video input, just not VGA/component input.


    It doesn't get very hot, and can run for two hours without any issues. You can hold it in your hand with zero burning. They manual recommends you power it down after two hours though for best picture results.


    Battery life is probably about that, though the manual doesn't say and the battery lasted throughout my testing.


    And yeah, LEDs last a long time.

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    Image of DisposableInterloper DisposableInterloper
    11/26/08

    In reply to Aiptek PocketCinema V10 Pico Projector Review
    Is it just me, or is the UI a ripoff of Sony's Cross Media Bar?
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    11/26/08

    @DisposableInterloper: Similarities exist... And yet there are similarities between balloons and condoms as well.
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    11/26/08

    @bpapa9013: I have been known to intentionally pop a hole in a balloon.
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    11/26/08

    @Sora57: And your mom has been known to ride a condom in France....


    ZING!!!

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    11/28/08

    @BeautifulAgony: WTF? Grow a sense of humor, douche
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    11/26/08

    In reply to Aiptek PocketCinema V10 Pico Projector Review
    I don't see how it is even worth it. I mean, if it had a VGA port on it, then I can possibly see the point in getting one. Most of the people in my office usually travel to show presentations, and if they were to have this product with a VGA port, it would be added convenience, instead of me having to pack a standard size projector for them to carry. But seeing how all of the laptops don't have a video out or an s-video out, this would be practically useless.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    11/26/08

    @xAnarChisTx: As BcBeBop points out, this is really a nice tool for salesman. They could always have a PowerPoint ready to show a prospect no matter where they are (admittedly, in converted format), and that is worth the price. Plus, there is something to be said for being an early adopter for a technology like this that will impress the person watching it even if they could care less what you are showing. Like Wilson, I was not too sure about this concept previously, but I am convinced now.
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    11/26/08

    In reply to Aiptek PocketCinema V10 Pico Projector Review
    Hey... is that a projector in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?
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    11/11/08

    In reply to 3M MPro110 Handheld Mobile Projector: Lightning Review
    The MPro110 says the resolution is 1280x768. Which is it?
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    11/11/08

    @zigziggityzoo: EDIT: the MPro110 WEBSITE says that.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    11/11/08

    @zigziggityzoo: Thanks for calling that to my attention, I got caught up in some kind of VGA cable vs. VGA resolution confusion, so I clarified above.


    That said, in the gallery, the shots of Chappelle on Bravo are 640x480, coming off the composite vid cable. The movie shots are 480p content, running at a higher resolution via the projector's VGA port.

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    11/11/08

    In reply to 3M MPro110 Handheld Mobile Projector: Lightning Review
    I always it would be cool to use the garage door as a screen and have movie night with the neighbors. 350 isn't that bad either.
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    11/11/08

    @shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog ★★★...: Oh wait, 40 inches? Nevermind.
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    Image of FredicvsMaximvs FredicvsMaximvs
    11/11/08

    @shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog ★★★...: That's a cool idea, though: mount it to the hood of your car, and you've got a drive-in movie anywhere you go!
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    11/11/08

    In reply to 3M MPro110 Handheld Mobile Projector: Lightning Review
    The issues you raise, Wilson, are fairly easily to correct, I would think, so this could be quite the gadget to carry wherever your laptop might travel. While it might be more useful for road warriors to be able to watch a DVD (or - ahem - online "movie") on the wall of a hotel room, it still might be worth the price. Admittedly, when they address the issues you raise.


    I am just amazed that they can build a projector this small. I won't date myself by mentioning the size of the first computer projector I purchased. Or the price. The quality was not as good as this, either.


    Excuse me while I go cry.

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    11/11/08

    @Monty: we can all get an age range for you by your avatar...
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    11/11/08

    @laxman15: Hey, what can I say - I like my Dad a lot.
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