Comments on: Pico Projectors at CES – and Pico Projector Cameras and… http://www.projectorreviews.com/blog/2011/01/06/pico-projectors-at-ces-and-pico-projector-cameras-and/ Thoughts on home theater projectors being reviewed, related products, and tips for users Fri, 03 May 2013 09:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Art Feierman http://www.projectorreviews.com/blog/2011/01/06/pico-projectors-at-ces-and-pico-projector-cameras-and/comment-page-1/#comment-119812 Art Feierman Sat, 21 May 2011 00:40:59 +0000 http://www.projectorreviews.com/blog/?p=1016#comment-119812 Vjtalka, It's the nature of such things. It's not even technology. Not long before the first mobile phones with a camera, digital cameras started at VGA 640x480, and even lower... Now we complain about a 2 megapixel camera - one more than capable of producing an 8x10 print... PQ improves as well, and integrated products tend to be more of a compromise, be it these new devices, or a basic home theater in a box... Thing is, most folks are more than happy with such compromises. If we want the capability, we can afford it, and it's availalable at a price that some can afford, then most of those will buy it. Certainly I do enjoy my new gadgets. My iPad last year was and is a major revelation. I don't have to be the first guy to buy such things (I tend to balance with price). and I waited a couple of months. (I'm about to spring for the iPad2, which does something I really need, that mine can't do, but that's another matter. Hey, at least I get to play with these toys for free. I had fun with the Viewsonic camcorder and I'll write it up soon as I can. It's not for everyone, but it sure garnered a lot of attention, as I was sitting around the Jefferson memorial, in the shade, in my trip back east last week, and checking out a video clip I had just shot, by projecting about a 30 inch image on the white marble wall (in the shade). The students walking by were in a buzz. Vjtalka, It’s the nature of such things. It’s not even technology. Not long before the first mobile phones with a camera, digital cameras started at VGA 640×480, and even lower… Now we complain about a 2 megapixel camera – one more than capable of producing an 8×10 print… PQ improves as well, and integrated products tend to be more of a compromise, be it these new devices, or a basic home theater in a box…

Thing is, most folks are more than happy with such compromises. If we want the capability, we can afford it, and it’s availalable at a price that some can afford, then most of those will buy it. Certainly I do enjoy my new gadgets. My iPad last year was and is a major revelation. I don’t have to be the first guy to buy such things (I tend to balance with price). and I waited a couple of months. (I’m about to spring for the iPad2, which does something I really need, that mine can’t do, but that’s another matter.

Hey, at least I get to play with these toys for free. I had fun with the Viewsonic camcorder and I’ll write it up soon as I can. It’s not for everyone, but it sure garnered a lot of attention, as I was sitting around the Jefferson memorial, in the shade, in my trip back east last week, and checking out a video clip I had just shot, by projecting about a 30 inch image on the white marble wall (in the shade). The students walking by were in a buzz.

]]> By: mini projector review http://www.projectorreviews.com/blog/2011/01/06/pico-projectors-at-ces-and-pico-projector-cameras-and/comment-page-1/#comment-119716 mini projector review Fri, 20 May 2011 16:47:02 +0000 http://www.projectorreviews.com/blog/?p=1016#comment-119716 Expect to see even more cameras/camcorders integrated with with pico projectors. Im not sure if it´s a good thing tho...think about firt time when cams were integrated to mobile phones; they were horrible. Ofcourse they get better over time, but do customers has to pay for options they don´t realy need ? I mean where can you get a phone WITHOUT a camera ? Probably it will be the same thing with pico projectors. Im sure most customers like to have cams with their phones (or projectors), but what if you like to have high guality photos/footage ? You have to buy seperate cam(corder) AND pay for the price added to phone/projector...ohwell, such is life (and tech...) btw, as you implied, they are all going 3D; pico projectors with camcorders, TV,s laptops, mobiles , life...oh wait, life is ALREADY a 3D (or more) Expect to see even more cameras/camcorders integrated with with pico projectors. Im not sure if it´s a good thing tho…think about firt time when cams were integrated to mobile phones; they were horrible. Ofcourse they get better over time, but do customers has to pay for options they don´t realy need ? I mean where can you get a phone WITHOUT a camera ? Probably it will be the same thing with pico projectors. Im sure most customers like to have cams with their phones (or projectors), but what if you like to have high guality photos/footage ? You have to buy seperate cam(corder) AND pay for the price added to phone/projector…ohwell, such is life (and tech…)
btw, as you implied, they are all going 3D; pico projectors with camcorders, TV,s laptops, mobiles , life…oh wait, life is ALREADY a 3D (or more)

]]> By: DavidK http://www.projectorreviews.com/blog/2011/01/06/pico-projectors-at-ces-and-pico-projector-cameras-and/comment-page-1/#comment-78362 DavidK Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:09:10 +0000 http://www.projectorreviews.com/blog/?p=1016#comment-78362 Thanks for the CES update but I'm afraid I'm not one of the zillion who seem so excited about portability. Anything interesting at CES on the Home Theater projector front? Anything new from Optoma? A quieter, higher contrast replacement for the HD20 perhaps. :) Thanks for the CES update but I’m afraid I’m not one of the zillion who seem so excited about portability. Anything interesting at CES on the Home Theater projector front? Anything new from Optoma? A quieter, higher contrast replacement for the HD20 perhaps. :)

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