I hope that these companies keep coming out with new pico projectors, so that in a few years they'll be really compelling. In the meantime, I'm going to take a nap.
There's no reason these Pico Projectors shouldn't be able to make a profit in the $100 range.
It's something that the makers know are relatively cheap to make. Few components, small package, light... However, it needs to sell for more because it can...
Brands like COBY & Mintek will certainly pick up on this.
50 lumens is really the minimum, from my experience. As much as it would be nice to have something small like a pico projector, until they get to that level they're just pointless.
I also bought one of those "super small" USB sticks from Sony, the one that is about the size of a dime? The security guard where I work made a stink over me bring my Cruzer in so I bought a sony one. It is so small it fits inside of my badge holder. I showed him!
@Curves: Computer Shopper also did a roundup last fall: [computershopper.com] They seemed to like (talking performance only) the Imation Atom, the Kensington Data Traveler and The Sandisk Extreme Cruzer the best.
The best is the one that doesn't try to install some crap front-end to manage your files on what is just another piece of removable storage... I'm talking 'bout you Sandisk!
@Elijah Dukes' Illegitimate Son: I've got one, but I barely use it at all. My SD+USB cards get the most use, since they work in my camera and independantly as USB drives.
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It's something that the makers know are relatively cheap to make. Few components, small package, light... However, it needs to sell for more because it can...
Brands like COBY & Mintek will certainly pick up on this.
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The In-Camera Red-Eye Fix even fixes the girl's smile!
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They seemed to like (talking performance only) the Imation Atom, the Kensington Data Traveler and The Sandisk Extreme Cruzer the best.
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Yeah, I did that recently to make my Cruiser a bootable drive in an attempt to use it to install XP on a netbook.
But I shouldn't have to. And I definitely shouldn't have to hunt down a separate piece of software to do it, either.
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If only I'd seen this before going for my 8GB Sandisk Cruzer!
Sandisk is second from last on most read/write rate tests, apparently, when it's not dead-last. Laaaaaaame.
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I've got one, but I barely use it at all. My SD+USB cards get the most use, since they work in my camera and independantly as USB drives.