Texas Instruments' Pico projector prototype caught on tape
By Paul Miller 
posted Aug 31st 2008 10:01AM
posted Aug 31st 2008 10:01AM
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Nice !
+1
Looks nice indeed, too bad the battery dies too soon.
Meh.. I'd rather save pennies for the real deal.
think of the wonders this will do if it gets implemented in mobile phones...
How about seeing it in bigger size ? is the quality affected ?
obviously.
your avatar shows my facial expression btw.
You can size it up to 60 inches if you got a very, very dark room. So we ar talking about 7 to 10 lumens.
Sven
No habla. Anyone got a translation?
Mucho Dinero. = You are going to pay through the nose for this.
Loco en La Cabeza. = Crazy in the head.
Policia, abre la puerta por favor. = You busted and going inside for a long time.
where did your avatar pic come from? Retwaq?
@SOOPERGOOMAN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_Emblem
Looks like tic-tac-toe to me.
A1:The guy doesn't say much, in fact he's just trying to verbalize a coherent phrase in spanish during the hole video... and does not succeed. :(
A2:IMO, on a bigger screen the main problem will brightness, and not image quality.
oooh Pron-2-Go!
Its convenient size allows one to Whip it out when the occasion calls!
yeah, but you're not going to be able to keep the projector stable
Is that a real photo of the device in action complete with VERY bright background (where the guys are standing talking)!?
Wow.
Or is that thing in the hand a remote and the actual device making that display is off-photo?...
Watch the video. then ask again ...
Did you see the video? The image moved as he moved the unit... it's definitely projecting on the screen from his hand.
I think this is so cool... the next generation of PMPs and Cell Phones could start using this. It's definitely more rewarding than looking at a tiny screen all the time (and the projected image could be much higher resolution than the LCD display). Now if only there was a way to project the sound at a descent volume without having to come from headphones or tiny speakers.
Yes, the background is very bright. But that's kinda irrelevant because they are projecting it on to a much darker surface. From the photo, I measured a contrast of 3.75:1 ... if everything was linear (and it isn't!), then projecting on to that bright surface would have produced a contrast of 1.6:1. I don't even know why they bother trying to say "1000:1"... that might be achievable only in a very large, painted black room.
I promise it is a real video because I was the guy who was presenting the pico projector on the Texas Instruments booth. There was a real bright light from all directions like on all booth's and it have never been faked it's a real picture.
I don't understand a word but the tech is pretty cool. I'd like to have something like that in my phone. Or at least a phone sized computer with a screen like that. iPhone Pro anyone? (Pro standing for projector of course)
Wow. That and my new E71...no more laptop.
Claro que tiene que ser en Espanol :P
Incorporate this into the next Creative Zen and if it dont sell with:
- X-Fi
- Speaker
- 128 GB Flash
- Crystal clear 3 inch 800x480 screen
- 5 MP Camera
- Wi-Fi
- FM radio
- Voice recorder
- AND mini projector
All in the same credit card form factor with brushed gold back and pure diamond buttons...
...when that dont sell for $199 then people will start to get scared of Apple
seems like the parts would cost more than your selling price.
Those specs are pretty darn close to my N95.
why would they make the demo screen narrower than the image...
you mean why would they make the image wider than the demo screen?
Its a projector, the farther away you are the bigger the image gets.
A feature needed by all these handheld projectors: optical image stabilization.
I think I'll wait until I can get a clear 105" picture on a stucco wall in broad daylight and TrueHD 7.1 surround sound from my phone for under $200 before I start worrying about this.
Okay, whatever...
Tremor amplifier....
Sold. I do enough traveling where I would love to watch a few movies in my hotel room. sadly many hotels lock down their TV's so there are no accessible jacks to output to. This would rock. Now how much. Anything over $300 is a no go by a long shot.
Any word on how hot this thing gets after a couple of hours of running?
anyone remembers the scene from The Island when Evan McGregor used his Nokia phone with a projector to make a video call? Seemed a distant future back then. I guess we're getting closer.
@dghuges: euhrm....I think it scores 4 out of 9.
Not 'pretty darn close' in my book...
Im waiting for the holodeck version.
So what's taking TI and Microvision so long in getting these things to the market?
Claro que tiene que ser en Espanol :P
They're probably waiting until they can slap this into the back side of the keyboard half of a netbook sans screen.
Looks nice!
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Tic, toc, tic, toc, tic, toc,,,,,,,,,,,,,THE FUTURE IS COMING PEOPLE.
LED PROJECTORS ON THE WAY......FULL HD.
STAY TUNED.
is their an eta on the pico, honestly i cant wait to have a really mobile projector, its long overdue
Optoma will go on market at November 2008 with a price at 299 EUR