Bonitor MP302 Pico Projector review

The Bonitor MP302 Pico Projector is tiny, portable, and compatible with both PCs and Macs, but a host of problems makes it a less than ideal choice.

Bonitor MP302 Pico Projector

Bonitor MP302 Pico Projector

The Bonitor MP302 Pico Projector ($289 direct) is a tiny, glossy white pico projector that's compatible not just with Windows PCs but with Macs, a rarity among pocket projectors. It can show photos and videos from its modest internal memory, or emulate your computer's screen over a USB connection. Bonitor pegs it as a consumer-oriented model—mostly for watching videos or perusing photos—that can also run business presentations off a laptop. In testing, however, it presented enough functional and performance problems to make my experience with it notably frustrating.

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The glossy white MP302 uses a three-LED (red-green-blue) light source and LCOS (liquid crystal on silicon) projection technology, and is rated at 15 lumens. It measures 3.9 by 2.1 inches, is just under an inch thick, and weighs 3.9 ounces. Its sole connection is a USB port, for linking to your computer via the included dual USB cable that plugs into two of your computer's USB ports to provide both power and data.

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Read the full Bonitor MP302 Pico Projector review at PCMag

TI Predicts Increase in Pico Projector Phones

Projector chipmaker Texas Instruments predicts a surge in the number of mobile phones with built-in pico projectors coming onto the market, as technology and wireless data networks become more efficient.

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Although phones with pico projectors are not a new concept, TI expects their popularity to grow with trends such as the arrival of faster, 4G networks and the move towards tiered pricing for wireless data.

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Acer C20 PICO projector

The smartphone-sized Acer C20 pico projector hooks up via USB or HDMI and promises a WVGA resolution picture of up to 66-inches with 2,000:1 contrast and 20 lumens brightness.

 

Acer C20 Specs (click image)

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ViewSonic PLED-W200 DLP pico projector

ViewSonic PLED-W200 DLP pico projector information

 Image source: Engadget

ViewSonic PLED-W200 DLP Projector Release Information
 

Manufacturer	ViewSonic
Manufacturer Part #	PLED-W200
MSRP	$499.00
Production Status	Announced
Release Date	APR 2011

ViewSonic PLED-W200 DLP Projector Specifications

General	Aspect Ratio	16:10 (Native) 4:3, 16:9
	Brightness (ANSI Lumens)	200 ANSI lumens
	Contrast Ratio	2000:1
	Display Type	DLP
	Resolution (Native / Max)	WXGA (1280 x 800)
Size	Dimensions (WxHxD)	5.0in. x 1.0in. x 5.0in. (12.7cm x 2.54cm x 12.7cm)
	Weight	1.0 lbs. (0.45 kg)
Connectivity	Inputs	1 x SD Card 1 x USB
	Audio	2 x 10W Speakers
Projection Lens	Lamp Type	LED
	Lamp Life	20000 hrs
	Projection Mode	Front
	Projection Screen Size (Diagonal)	in. ~ 300in. (0cm ~ 762cm)

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MiLi iPhone Projector Accessory

When the iPhone first came out it was a pretty eye catching desirable status symbol. Now everyones, got the damn thing and you're just as likely to see a 14 year old kid wielding the amazing smartphone power as some old rich dude in a Porsche. Hmmm... so what could you do to make your iPhone stand out a bit from the masses and enter the realm of the extraordinary again? Purchase the MiLi iPhone Projector of course.

This unfold-able LED pico projector is designed specifically with your iPhone in mind. Simply flip it open and dock your iPhone. Play any movie or video on your phone and project it up to 70 inches wide. Your friends will gasp in awe at your new pocketable movie theater. What's more, plug in any other AV source or VGA input from your laptop and display that as well. The built-in battery even powers and recharges your iPhone while docked in the projector.

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The MiLi iPhone Projector can also be used with your laptop via other AV sources or VGA input from your laptop. The built-in battery even powers and recharges your iPhone while docked in the projector. It also has a built-in speaker that can boost the volume of your iPhone. It comes with a 100-240V AC Wall adapter for charging, VGA Video Cable, Composite Video Cable, and IR Remote. This will be the talk of your friends and family so be sure to order yours today.

The Mili iPhone Projector is available at thinkgeek for $349.99.

Optoma PK301 pico projector

"The Optoma Pico PK301 is probably the most impressive Pico projector on the market today," commented Product Manager, Richard Stamper.  "With impressive resolution and brightness the PK301 is an essential business tool, brilliantly handling and projecting highly professional looking PowerPoint ® slides, photo and video files.  After work, you'll be watching movies at up to 120 inches using the HDMI input or the built in memory.

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A MicroSD slot allows for up to 32GB of removable storage space with the PK301, whilst connectivity options include mini HDMI, VGA and USB.

Whilst the WVGA (854 x 480) pixel resolution is nothing to write home about, the tiny size and 250g weight make it a perfect portable device for those regularly travelling to make presentations.

Via Tech Digest

Samsung SP-H03 pico projector

Weighing in at 210g, the device aims at super portability and hopes to appeal to those of you who are employed with that oh-so-joyous task of performing presentations.

Graham Long, Vice President of Samsung's IT Business Division at Samsung Electronics said:

“The SP-H03 was designed to be extremely portable, eliminating the hassle and setup issues often encountered by presenters as they travel from organisation to organisation".

“By creating a convenient, portable, powerful and inexpensive device, Samsung is poised to assert its leadership at the top of this market”.

Suitable for projecting images from 9 to 80 inches the SP-H03 gives 30 ANSI lumens of brightness and gives you a 1GB internal memory, but is expandable with a MicroSD card so storing data shouldn't be a problem.

The detachable battery will apparently last up to the 2-hour mark in Eco mode (no word on battery life when not in "eco" mode) which should be just enough for presentations, but if you want to watch movies it sounds like you'll need to hunt for a power socket.

3M Mpro 150 Pico Projector

The MPro 150 is astonishingly minute, weighing a mere 158g. Yes, that’s great for Bond-loving execs looking to mimic Q’s own mini-gadget filled briefcase, but what we’re really after here is image quality. Tucked inside the MPr0 150’s minuscule shell is its MM200 optical engine, which uses an advanced liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) system where most use a DLP engine. 3M claims that this gives you a full colour gamut (reproduction).

Unfortunately, we found the MPro 150’s pictures extremely lacking in brightness. There’s a bit more lumination than the similarly sized Optoma PK101 (the MPro packs 15 lumens) but it still yields flat and lifeless pictures. We suggest you don’t dare increase the picture size over 35in and be sure to turn off or black-out any light source you can find. Otherwise it’s fuzzy heaven.

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Samsung Galaxy Beam: AMOLED touch screen, Android OS, projector

Samsung, which has been making serious plays in the smartphone world, has announced that their "Beam" phone, which has Android and a built-in projector, will soon be shipping.

The phone itself is a real spectacle. It has a 3.7" touchscreen (Super AMOLED display), Android 2.1, Bluetooth 3.0, A-GPS, 802.11n Wi-Fi, an 8MP phone, FM radio, microSD slot and yes, a DLP-based pico projector. It's certainly a never-before-seen set of specifications, and the battery life of 7 hours of talk time is also fairly unheard of.

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Favi RIOLED-Q and RIOLED-V pico projectors

Favi is releasing a pair some time between late February and early March for prices yet unknown. First is the RIOLED-Q (pictured) which sports a pretty 800 x 600 native resolution at 50 lumens -- supposedly the best brightness in class (like the Optoma PK301), along with built-in SD / MMC card reader, battery, three-watt stereo speaker and an ever-so-handy digital keystone correction. Joining the party is the smaller RIOLED-V which is shy about its display specification, but proudly packs a card reader and WiFi to cater its various web apps for YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, Yahoo News, Weather, Email, Internet Radio and web browser.

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RoyalTek RPJ-2000 pico projector

RoyalTek's maiden entry into the pico projector market has resulted in the RPJ-2000, where this standalone projector sans internal memory will rely on 3M's 2nd-generation LCoS engine. Out in Taiwan and Europe, this model has received the go ahead from Apple to be used with the iPhone and iPod. It runs quietly thanks to Quanta's fanless technology, and retails for around 219 Euros across the Atlantic for the basic model. iPhone and iPod owners who want to hook up their devices to this will have to fork out another 30 Euros for a connectivity kit. RoyalTek has targeted a 60,000 unit sales in 2010.

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Light Blue Optics "Light Touch" coming to CES?

Light Blue Optics are rumored to launch their first product, the “Light Touch” at CES (Jan 6th).

LBO’s pico projector modules are Holographic Laser-based, and apparently allow the user to touch the projected image to provide user input.

Their modules support WVGA-QVGA images at 10 lumens. LBO’s proprietary technology has an ultra-wide throw angle and the ability to correct for optical aberrations using software. The projectors can switch between conventional front projection onto a wall and a novel table-down projection mode where the device is placed on a table and the content is projected down onto the surface in front of it. LBO has recently raised $15 million.

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Microvision and Intel create gaming rig with Show WX pico projector

Players of first-person shooter computer games traditionally play while seated with a keyboard, mouse, and fixed monitor.
However, these hardcore gamers soon may be unleashed from their stationary position to enjoy a realistic virtual combat experience with life-sized video images, projected on walls, ceilings and floors, all from a weapon-styled projection game controller they hold in their hands.

Among the first consumers to try a prototype of such a product will be the players and spectators attending the Intel(R) Extreme Masters PC gaming tournament in Edmonton, Alberta on Friday, Dec. 11 through Sunday, Dec. 13. Intel Corp., sponsor of the event, has invited laser display technology supplier Microvision, Inc. (NASDAQ: MVIS), of Redmond, Wash., to give gamers a first look at a new technology that projects a follow-you-anywhere video image - up to 200 inches across - from a handheld game controller.

Game players at the tourney who give the prototype a spin will experience "an immersive, 360-degree feel," promises Ian Brown, Microvision's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "The company's laser projection engine can show a distortion-free image on nearly any flat or curved surface. Consequently, the game goes along with the gamer and reflects the character's position in three-dimensional space."

It's no coincidence that Microvision also happens to be a main mover behind the emerging consumer-electronics product category known as "pico projectors." In September, the company started shipping its first SHOWWX(TM) laser pico projectors - based on its PicoP(R) display engine - to customers in the Asia Pacific region and Europe. But the game tournament demo in Canada will show off the versatility of Microvision's PicoP display engine beyond the streaming movies, music videos, camera-phone snapshots and business presentations which are the media most likely to be shown with pico projectors.

"The game application takes advantage of our PicoP display engine's infinite focus," Brown says. "We believe that Microvision's technology can be used to create a new level of realism and interactive freedom for gamers. As the worldwide market for video games exceeds $50 billion, we are very excited to partner with Intel to showcase this new advance in gaming technology to the world's best gamers at Intel Extreme Masters."

"Intel believes that radical innovations like Microvision's laser projection engine will continue to drive the gaming industry forward," said George Woo, Intel Corporation's Marketing Manager of the Intel Extreme Masters. "We are pleased to demonstrate how Microvision's technology and the Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 processor Extreme Edition can create a new way for gamers to become immersed in the game world."

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Microvision is happy to announce that they have teamed up with Intel to create a brand new gaming system that will help motivate gamers to get up from their chairs and really get into the game. The prototype that they have created is a first person shooter game, but the controller is actually the character’s rifle. Instead of using a fixed monitor, the system uses Microvision’s SHOW WX projector, which is mounted to the gun controller. The game system allows the user to move around his room to display the digital environment. In other words, when the player turns left, the character turns left. The character’s movement is still depending on buttons on the gun, but this technology allows the gamer to experience the game in a way that no one else has yet to attempt. Microvision and Intel plans to display the technology this weekend at the Intel Extreme Masters PC Gaming Tournament in Edmonton Alberta. “The game application takes advantage of our PicoP display engine’s infinite focus,” Brown says. “We believe that Microvision’s technology can be used to create a new level of realism and interactive freedom for gamers. As the worldwide market for video games exceeds $50 billion, we are very excited to partner with Intel to showcase this new advance in gaming technology to the world’s best gamers at Intel Extreme Masters.”


Via AboutProjectors, Microvision press release

Sparkz iPhone/iPod Dock and Projector

Billed as being the ‘world’s first iPhone/iPod portable projector’ – make of that what you will considering the above named products (and certainly with reference to the Qingbar MP101 and iJector) – the Sparkz iPhone/iPod Dock Pico Projector sports a 3M LED LCoS lens offering 15 lumens brightness and a resolution of up to 640 x 480 (1024 x 768 is also represented) allowing for projections of up to 60”, comes with integrated stereo speakers and as well as serving to also charge any docked iPhone or iPod the device will also happily work with a host of other AV equipment, such as DVD players, camcorders and gaming consoled (including portable gaming devices such as the PSP) thanks to the addition of an AV port. It also comes complete with its own tripod allowing you to easily set the device up to project on walls (though it can be used sans tripod if you’re looking to employ this as a bedside table dock).

The Sparkz iPhone/iPod Dock Pico Projector which is billed as offering a battery life of up to 2.5 hours based on a full charge along with an LED life of up to 50,000 hours will set you back some $495 which, considering the price points of the aforementioned other iPhone/iPod projectors, is a pretty sweet deal.

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Fujitsu F-04B Smartphone With Modular Pico-Projector

The F-04B isn't your average touchscreen QWERTY slider. If you want to slim things down, the 3.4-inch screen and slide-out keyboard can be separated, and you can also attach an 854 x 480 pico-projector in place of the keyboard.
When separated, the keyboard communicates with the screen via Bluetooth, and can act as a keyboard, microphone, speaker, and game pad. It also serves as a remote control when the pico-projector is used.

The F-04B is like no smartphone you've ever seen. It's modular, and consists of up to three layers that slide together to make a Bluetooth-connected smartphone sandwich. This device has a display unit with a 3.4" touchscreen and a keyboard unit, each with its own Lithium-Ion battery. The full QWERTY keyboard can be removed, allowing you to use the phone as a thin touchscreen device. On its own, the keyboard acts as a microphone, speaker, and gamepad.

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Optoma Pico PK 100 simplified model for $199

The PK 100 will join the previously introduced PK 101 ($229) and PK 102 ($249) models.

Model PK 100 ($199 estimated retail) is billed as a more simplified version of the miniature DLP-based Pico projectors the company has introduced in the past.

The new model is designed for general purpose use and features composite-video inputs for connection to similarly configured digital cameras, game consoles movie cameras and similar devices.
The projector is expected to be broadly distributed, especially through Optoma's online retail partners, according to Jon Grodem, Optoma's product marketing director.

The unit features the same tiny .17 DLP DMD chip used in Optoma's earlier models, and is powered by three LED lamps (red, green and blue) capable of outputting up to 11 ANSI lumens of brightness at a 1,000:1 contrast ratio.

The PK 100 will join the previously introduced PK 101 ($229) and PK 102 ($249) models.
In related news, Optoma said Apple has agreed to expand the distribution of the PK 101 model to up to 170 Apple stores nationwide beginning in October.

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Microvision Ships SHOWWX Laser Picoprojector

In case you missed the projector before, it is a small plug-and-play projector that is capable of projecting an image of 12-inches to 150-inches depending on ambient light. The PicoP display engine keeps the image in focus no matter how far the projector is from the projection surface.

The resolution of the projector is 848 x 480. Pricing and availability for the SHOWWX is unknown.

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Optoma Pico PK102

Small enough to fit in a shirt pocket and light enough to carry around like a cell phone, the PK102 differs from its older, less talented cousin, the Optoma Pico PK101, by being able to connect to a wider range of sources. Or to no source at all.

As with the PK101, the PK102 can connect to a composite video source like a digital camera or camera phone. In addition, it can connect to a computer's VGA port or to a component video source. It can also read an assortment of image and movie files from USB memory keys or from its 4 Gbytes of internal memory—enough to hold 6,000 pictures or eight hours of video, according to Optoma. Battery life is 60 to 90 minutes, Optoma says.

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Syndiant introduces world's first Wide SVGA and smallest WVGA pico projector panels

World`s First Wide SVGA 1024x600 Microdisplay and World`s Smallest WVGA
(854x480) Microdisplay

DALLAS--(Business Wire)--
Syndiant, enabling consumers to enjoy a large screen experience in handheld electronics, introduces four products that support WVGA, SVGA and Wide SVGA resolution in pico projectors, while maintaining the ability to meet cost, power and form-factor requirements.

Three of the new products are LCOS microdisplay panels featuring Syndiant's patented all-digital smart panel VueG8 technology. The panels are ideal for the embedded or stand-alone pico projector market.

The three new LCOS display panels are:

* The SYL2030 offers the world`s smallest WVGA (854x480 pixels) microdisplay at only 6 mm tall with a pixel array diagonal of 0.21 inches and a 5.4 micron pixel pitch. The SYL2030 is intended for the high volume embedded pico projector market by enabling very thin (< 7 mm) optical modules that can fit into a large number of handsets and other handheld devices.

* The SYL2041 supports SVGA (800x600 pixels) and WVGA (854x480 pixels) resolutions.

* The SYL2061 is the world`s first microdisplay to provide Wide SVGA (1024x600 pixels) resolution for pico projectors.

Both the SYL2041 and SYL2061 use a larger 9.4 micron pixel pitch to provide a larger active array size for higher brightness products using LED illumination.

"While high quality mobile content becomes increasingly available, the small size and low resolution of mobile devices displays limit the viewer`s experience," said Mark Harward, CEO Syndiant. "We are enabling the pico projector market by providing the world`s smallest microdisplays with the highest resolution and the smallest form-factor." Syndiant`s fourth announced product, the SYA1012 ASIC controller, is an important advancement for pico projectors using Syndiant`s VueG8 LCOS display panels. It converts video signals into an efficient format used by the company`s LCOS display panels, which enables integration into a wide array of pico projection systems due to its high level of programmability and interface flexibility. "We are seeing very high demand for our microdisplays," continued Harward. "The previous generation pico projectors were limited by the microdisplay performance so they did not meet the threshold required by consumers. With our exceptional resolution, color saturation, and low cost, we are confident that Syndiant is providing the market with the right price/performance to allow the pico projector market to rapidly grow - at a rate much faster than analyst predictions." Engineering samples are immediately available with production quantities available in Q4 2009.

About Syndiant

Syndiant manufactures the world`s smallest and highest resolution light modulating chips used in ultra-portable projectors small enough to embed in a cell phone. Syndiant`s patented technologies provide a large screen experience in handheld electronics, such as smartphones, notebook computers, portable media players, video game consoles and cameras. The company is headquartered in Dallas, with a branch office in Taiwan. For more information, visit www.syndiant.com.

Via reuters.com / press release

3M MPro120 Second-Generation Pico Projector

The MPro120 can be classified as a second-generation pico projector in that it replaces the MM100 projection engine of its predecessor, the 3M MPro110, with 3M's MM200 engine. The MM200 was initially shown at CES 2009 as a non-integrated component. Like the MM100 engine, the MM200 uses LCOS (liquid crystal on silicon) technology.

According to 3M, the MM200 engine is able to achieve a clearer and crisper picture than the MM100. Battery life is extended up to between 2 and 4 hours, depending on brightness setting (up from 40 minutes in the MPro110). The new projector has a rated brightness of 12 lumens and lamp life is now rated at 20,000 hours. It also adds two integrated, half-watt stereo speakers.

The MPro120 is available since September 1, for an estimated street price of $350.

Via PCMag