--- Forwarded Message from Laura A Atkinson <[log in to unmask]> --- >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Microprojector comparison >From: Laura A Atkinson <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:24:52 -0500 w$ACThought this might also be useful to many on this list. Laura ----- Forwarded by Laura A Atkinson/Libraries/Provost/Academic/Univ/Duke on 12/15/2009 06:23 PM ----- Laura A Atkinson <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: University and College Computer Lab Managers <[log in to unmask]> 12/15/2009 06:22 PM Please respond to University and College Computer Lab Managers <[log in to unmask]> To [log in to unmask] cc Subject Re: Mini projector 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 __________________ 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 $559.95 (amazon.com) I'm working on a nice write-up for our blog and can share that once it's done. It'll have side-by-side pictures and video so you can see how they compare. I can tell you the Nextar isn't very impressive to me at all. The Pico is amazing especially for its size, but no good with VGA (unless there's something I haven't figured out yet, which is entirely possible). Laura ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Laura Atkinson Instructional Technology Lab Specialist Center for Instructional Technology / Instructional Media & Language Technology Services Duke University [log in to unmask] ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Jean-Paul Natola <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: University and College Computer Lab Managers <[log in to unmask]> 09/09/2009 09:50 AM Please respond to University and College Computer Lab Managers <[log in to unmask]> To [log in to unmask] cc Subject Mini projector I$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 Jean-Paul *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************