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w$ACThought this might also be useful to many on this list. 

Laura


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At last, I'm finished with my microprojector comparison pages. Just in 
time to help you with your holiday shopping, or maybe your spring semester 

shopping. 

http://www.duke.edu/web/ddi/2009/video/picture.htm
http://www.duke.edu/web/ddi/2009/video/presentation.htm
http://dukedigitalinitiative.duke.edu/page/microprojectors-1

Bear in mind that since we made our purchase, Optoma released a new VGA 
capable Pico. 

Laura


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Here at Duke we're doing a pilot program with five different models of 
microprojectors. What do you want to project? A laptop or an iPod/iPhone? 
Because different ones handle that very differently. I haven't been able 
to thoroughly get to know these five yet, but in my initial testing, 
without consulting the documentation too much so as to approach them more 
like a user will, the tiniest ones (Pico and Nextar) aren't connectable to 

anything but an iPod/iPhone. The 3M is tiny AND comes with a VGA 
connector. The Dell and Samsung are not nearly as micro but still a lot 
smaller than your average projector and give great quality images and are 
VGA ready. 

These are the prices I found when I was looking into them - may not be 
what we actually spent. 

Nextar Z10 Micro Projector
$186.99 (buy.com) 
3M MPRO110 Micro Professional Projector
$294.95 (bhphoto.com)
Optoma Technology PK-101 Pico Pocket Projector
$294.95 (bhphoto.com) 
Dell M109S On-the-Go Projector
$449.00 (dell.com)
Samsung P400 DLP Lumen Pocket Ultraportable Projector
$559.95 (amazon.com)

I'm working on a nice write-up for our blog and can share that once it's 
done. It'll have side-by-side pictures and video so you can see how they 
compare. I can tell you the Nextar isn't very impressive to me at all. The 

Pico is amazing especially for its size, but no good with VGA (unless 
there's something I haven't figured out yet, which is entirely possible). 
Laura
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Duke University
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I$E2Aom sure most of you use standard size projectors,  but can anyone 
recommend a GOOD quality mini in the price range of about 1000.00 give or 
take
 
thx
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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