Source: Tom's Guide | Keywords: optoma, pico, led, projector | Themes: Audio/Video Players
If you’re a road warrior, then you may be interested in a tiny LED based projector from a company called Optoma.
The new Pico projector is an incredibly small projector that utilizes bright LEDs to project images. The major benefit of this is that the projector can be very small, and utilize very low power. Heat is also a major concern on traditional projectors, and is largely the reason why most are so big.
Optoma overcomes most of the major drawbacks with the tiny Pico, but obviously there are sacrifices that have to be made in a projector of this size.
The company claims that the Pico uses DLP technology, but don’t throw your hands up in the air cheering just yet. The resolution of the device is limited to just 480i NTSC and 576i PAL. At this resolution, pictures will not be high definition, and the range on the device is small as well. On the bright side, the unit’s light does last up to 20,000 hours says Optoma. Battery life comes in at a modest 2 hours.
The new Pico could be the next greatest things for those on the go who want to bring along a projector for those quick business meetings. Or you can just buy it for some bragging rights.
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I'm supposed to go into a dark room with this? Whazzit? About 10 lumens? I could almost do as well--and a lot cheaper--with a candle and my thumb. Mom'd say I was wasting her money if I got it.
And the brightness? How many lumens? You guys could have at least posted that. It makes a huge difference in screen size and distance.
Nabi, you beat me to it. Although you probably should not underestimate LEDs. They're bright little buggers. LEDs are how more and more houses are being lit - they are quite likely the future light of home, vehicles, and everything else.
They need to post he lumen count....
Wow, no data at all on the dimensions or weight? What's the point of saying it's a small projector if you're not even going to tell us how small? And a little data about how bright might be good. Toms Hardware is going down the toilet with lousy articles like this.
Nice to see these portable devices to come around. There are some pictures from the some conventions around. Based on the, this seems to be reasonable good, when thinking luminance. Thee prblem has been, if I am not wrong, the colour guality.
And a little data about how bright might be good.
Look at the product's site it lacks allot of useful data too.....
A few specs would've been nice. Especially stuff like price and brightness, or the actual size of the image at a reasonable visibility level.
Look at the product's site it lacks allot of useful data too.....
Yeah, everyone jumps on Tom's for not posting lumen info, but neither the product website and brochure mention it either.