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The last time we saw it, Optoma’s tiny Pico projector was being launched in Japan, and now it’s finally been officially announced for the US. If by chance you’ve forgotten, the PK-101 has a 480 x 320 resolution, 9 ANSI lumens, a 1000:1 contrast ratio, gets up to 2 hours of battery life and has a 0.5 watt speaker. The most important feature of the projector of course, is its miniscule size (51 × 105 × 17-mm / 120g), which, we admit, is really, really, small. We don’t have an exact release date, but we’re assured that it’s “coming soon” and that it’ll run you about $400.

[Via About Projectors]

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Optoma DLP Pico projector “coming soon” to US originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Go ‘head HANNspree, get on down with your bad self. With the holiday season fast approach, HANNspree’s looking to exploit that need to get your ma and pa something special — and by special, we mean completely predictable. To that end, it has introduced the 7-inch SD7021 (pictured) and 8-inch SD80M4MB widescreen digiframes. The former includes an auto-rotation feature, slideshow functionality, inbuilt calender, 3-in-1 memory card reader and 8MB of internal storage, while the latter arrives with three interchangeable faceplates (one shown after the break), a pair of frame stands, audio / video support, an alarm clock, remote, 6-in-1 multicard reader and 256MB of built-in storage space. Both units are up for grabs right now at $49.99 and $99.99 in order of mention.

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HANNspree trots out SD7021 / SD80M4MB digital photo frames originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Further blurring the line between an LCD computer monitor and a bedroom HDTV is Acer, as its P244Wbmii boasts not only a 1080p (1,920 x 1,080) panel but also a pair of HDMI inputs. The 24-inch (TN) display features a 2-millisecond response time, 300 cd / m2 brightness, 20,000:1 contrast ratio and a VGA port for PC purists. Mum’s the word on a price or availability, but all signs point to a Japanese first / only release.

[Via Impress]

Acer’s 24-inch P244Wbmii LCD monitor touts 1080p panel, twin HDMI inputs originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The tiny projector craze has really been heating up as of late, and the introduction of the Kairen Projector X Pro920M only promises to increase the insanity. Measuring a diminutive 3.5 x 1.73 x 3.15-inches (not nearly as small as some), we hear it’s got 10 lumens of brightness, a contrast ratio of 100:1, and a resolution of 640 x 480. The little projector… um, projects a 25-inch image from of a distance of up to 1 meter. It’s going to be on sale in January 2009 in Japan for $400, and we can only hope it makes its way to North America at some point. Until that happens, we’ll just have to make do in our wasteland of medium-sized projectors.

[Via CrunchGear]

Kairen’s Projector X Pro920M is small, but not impressively so originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When your 3LCD projector boasts such middling specs as 3,000 lumens spread across 1,024 x 768 pixels, a 600:1 contrast ratio, and 4.4-pounds heft, you need a trick or two to capture the market’s attention. How about voice guided menus and preventative maintenance advice? Uh, no. We could be wrong but we expect that to add about as much value to this PowerPoint apparatus as Clippy did to MS Office. Yours now for $1,739, and just a small slice of your sanity.

[Vai I4U]

Toshiba’s TLP-X200U projector talks… like Clippy? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When your 3LCD projector boasts such middling specs as 3,000 lumens spread across 1,024 x 768 pixels, a 600:1 contrast ratio, and 4.4-pounds heft, you need a trick or two to capture the market’s attention. How about voice guided menus and preventative maintenance advice? Uh, no. We could be wrong but we expect that to add about as much value to this PowerPoint apparatus as Clippy did to MS Office. Yours now for $1,739, and just a small slice of your sanity.

[Vai I4U]

Toshiba’s TLP-X200U projector talks… like Clippy? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Two diminutive projectors are making their debuts in the coming days. First, Epoq Multimedia’s 2.2 x 2.2 x 1.6-inch Pico Cube projector, which the company says is “about the size and weight of a hen’s egg.” The device packs a LCoS chip and projects VGA resolution, with a 3W LED light source for between seven and 10 ANSI brightness, an 80:1 contrast ratio and expected LED array life of 25,000 hours. The BeamBox Pocket Projector, or W-1, is nearly identical in both size and specs, though this one is “about the size of two packs of cards” and weighs just 190 grams (no weight is given for the Epoq). The Pico Cube will be available online starting mid-November to the tune of $299, while the W-1 will be available November 10th online for £199 (about $350). Needless to say, our excitement for these products is “about the same size as something very small.”

[Via Twice, About Projectors]

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No end in sight for war of the tiniest projector originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What’s better than a single low-power e-ink display? How about eight of them stuck together to form one massive sheet? NEC is indicating it can now tile up to eight displays together to achieve maximum reflective real estate, composed of digital sheets matching standard A4 (8.3- x 11.7-inches) and A3 (11.5- × 16.5-inches) sizes, the latter having only a 1mm border. Eight of those stitched in two rows of four could make a display nearly two feet tall and over five feet wide. No resolution specs are given, and the 10:1 contrast ratio is standard stuff, but these displays do offer 16-shades of grayscale — four times that offered by Oprah’s new favorite thing. Naturally, there’s no mention of when we can hope to start covering our walls with these things, but hopefully NEC will get these out in time for the e-ink market to take off in the latter-half of 2009.

NEC tiling e-ink displays for massive coverage originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Asus is ritzing up its LCD inventory with four new high-end displays this month — the VK266H and VW266H at 25.5 inches (beating out the manufacturer’s current top end) and the VK246H and VW246H at good ol’ 24 inches. They all feature the company’s new Splendid Video Intelligence Technology, run at at 1,920 x 1,200, and have a 20,000:1 contrast ratio, which is a significant improvement over the current Asus flagship’s 3,000:1, but the max brightness is a bit lower. Why two at each size, you ask? Actual specs are identical across the board, but the VK266H and the VK246H have built-in webcams, while the VW266H and VW246H don’t — unfortunately, pricing info is not yet available, so there’s no telling how much extra you’ll be paying to record cringe-worthy YouTube diaries.

[Via PCLaunches; thanks, Vinit]

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