Monday, February 23, 2009

Pocket Projector

I love this piece! A mini projector; the size is: 5inch x 2inch x 1inch.

It cost RM1,799.00

It's an Aiptek Pocket Cinema V10

You can get it at Unisoft Sdn Bhd (Tel: 03 - 5192 4921)



I'm not advertising for Aiptek or Unisoft.

I saw it in the newspaper and I surf the web for more information; and I like it. I will get one!

With this gadget I can carry a projector in my pocket and use it to do presentation.

The good thing is it do not use bulb which is costly; it uses LED.


Using a white LED light source and LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) display, the Pocket Cinema V10 can project up to a 127cm (diagonal) image - that's 100cm by 75cm - and a display range of between 25cm and 180cm.

The 10 lumens brightness figure does highlight the fact this isn't the brightest of projectors; entry-level home/business models easily achieve 2,500 lumens. (A 100W bulb puts out about 1,300 to 1,700 lumens. 10 lumens - that's around one tenth the illumination of most home cinema projectors.

The Aiptek Pocket Cinema V10, a mobile projector comes with an SD card slot for photos and a USB connection for uploading files to the 1GB internal memory.

The VGA (640x480) resolution, 4:3 aspect ratio and paltry 0.5W built-in speaker.

There's good file type support (JPEG, MP3, AVI, ASF, DAT, MOV, M4V, MPEG, RealMedia and WMV)

A USB socket enables connection to a PC.

The V10 does have a practical business use, as a presentation tool. However it can't run Microsoft Office.

However, it seems that this gadget had poor video quality and not bright enough. The projector needs almost complete darkness to display a quality image unless you view the image at 15inches.

Ehm ... do I still want to buy the Aiptek, or,

would it be better to get a slightly bigger Mitsubishi PK20?






My fellow blogger Moo_t has advised me to buy this:

Dell M109S Palm Projector

Size: 3.64" x 4.12" x 1.46"
Weight: 0.80 lbs
Brightness: 50 ANSI Lumens (Max)
SVGA native resolution: 858 x 600

The M109S utilizes mercury-free LED light source of usage life up to 10,000 hours.

I think Dell might be a better choice. But is 50 Lumens bright enough to do powerpoint presentation, Moo_t?

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wait! Don't buy
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=108744

"is not really designed to project the display output of a computer or laptop, although you can plug a video iPod in via a 3.5mm AV jack."

Seems like the usb is only for file transfer.

Purple~MushRooM said...

RM1,700? Let me see if I can source something similar from china at half the price. Maverick, why not you be the distributor then. Am sure u will make some money out of this venture. Haha! Good idea?

Purple~MushRooM said...

Mav, the exact same thing selling on china ebay for USD200. The pictures are exactly the ones you have posted, but I'm not sure of the actual products. Shld be the same as well.

Maverick SM said...

Hasilox,

Thanks and I had read the review; just that it is tempting to have one which is so cute and small.

Purple~Mushroom,

Ya, it is USD200 which and after tax and duties is RM1,800 here. I am still pondering over whether I should buy this or buy the Mitsubishi.

Anonymous said...

I think it is a 1st generation product mean to be trash. 10 lum are rediculous. It is so dim that the projection is never bright and big enough, compare to a 14 inch notebook screen. And the sharpness is a eyesore.


Go check with Dell projector
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/projectors?c=my&cs=mybsd1&l=en&s=bsd&~ck=mn
Take a look at M109S, RM 1699. 50 ANSI Lumens.

Anonymous said...

Easy lah just get both projectors lor.

Maverick SM said...

Moo_t,

Thanks a lot and I think I will get Dell M109S. However, 50 Lumens? Is that good enough for presentations in powerpoint?

Anonymous said...

Hi Mav,

Lumens are like the horsepower in your car, there's never too much!

Stay away from wimpy boy toy & get one where you can burn out your retina!!

Cheers.

Maverick SM said...

KC,

I want to know how many Lumens is needed for powerpoint presentation; that would help me decide which one I need.

allen boyle said...

i see some interesting pocket projectors at http://www.shopofdeal.com and they are designed and made in China

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