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RufusW
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Busan
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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Looks sweet. 2 Major concerns I'm sure haven't been properly addressed:
1. Battery Life
2. Heat.
Cell phones already have bad battery life, I cant imagine how short the battery life is with a projector running.
Some cell phones get hot just by talking on it. I've read that these microprojectors get pretty toasty after like 10 minutes. Put the 2 together, and I'm wondering if I can make scrambled eggs on my phone after watching an episode of Family Guy.
If the battery life is stellar, and the device won't give me swamp-ass when I put it in my pocket after use, than I'd say its a homerun. |
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AgDragon01
Joined: 13 Nov 2008
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Yeah I "ZOMG"d about them too - until I looked into them. I haven't completed scoping them all out, but the one that was recommended to me was the Optoma Pocket Pico Projector. The reviews I read said that the battery life is around 1.5 hours and, more importantly, the screen size is only good at 24 inches, even though it's advertised at 60 inches.
I guess my imagination was going wild, thinking of pulling out a projector from my pocket, going to the top of my apartment building with a few friends, and watching a movie on a blank wall the size of a movie theater screen. Don't think that's going to happen in the first gen iterations of pocket pico projectors, but here's hoping for the future! |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 2:59 am Post subject: |
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| Would be cool if you could buy a separate power brick (around the size of an iPod Classic) that would give you 4X the battery life, and also serve as a nice stand for the projector. |
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Robot_Teacher
Joined: 18 Feb 2009
Location: Robotting Around the World
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| Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 4:57 am Post subject: |
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320X200 graphics resolution blows. Neat litta gadget idea though that I'm sure will proliferate into a phenomenon of micro HD video recording and playback on the go; micro HD video everything on the go.
Who's playing a video on me? |
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