By Andrew Liszewski
When you think about it, a video projector small enough to fit in your hand is one of those ‘best of both worlds’ ideas. You get the portability of a device like the iPhone, with the big-screen viewing experience of a projector. And while micro projectors have been promised for the past few years, it’s only recently that we’ve begun to see affordable models hitting the market. Now prior to this review, the only experiences I’ve had with micro projectors was at trade shows where the lighting conditions were never best, and needless to state I wasn’t exactly impressed.
But AAXA Technologies sent us over one of their P1 Pico Projectors which I had the chance to test out in the comfort (and controlled conditions) of my own home. I’ll admit that I walked away with a different view on the technology, and while it’s far from perfect at this point (you’ll have to settle for a few compromises) I’m sure one day micro and even embedded projectors will be as commonplace as digital cameras are in cellphones this day. Hit the jump for my full review.
If you’ve been considering picking up a micro projector, the first thing you should understand is that in terms of resolution, brightness and even color saturation, they just can’t compete with even the cheapest of full-size video projectors available at your local electronics store. So if you’ve envisioned buying one of these as an inexpensive alternative for your board room or home theater, you can forget about it, you won’t be happy. However, if there are times where you really want something more massive than the 3.5 inch LCD screen on your PMP, and have accepted that these aren’t miniature versions of the Barco or Christie digital cinema projectors used at your local cineplex, I think you’ll be content.
The P1 Pico Projector uses AAXA’s proprietary LCOS chip (liquid crystal on silicon) which projects a “usable” (their word, not mine) 12 lumen image with a resolution of 640
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