TI's DLP Pico technology unveiled in new round of pico projectors
By Darren Murph 
posted Jan 7th 2009 11:30AM
posted Jan 7th 2009 11:30AM
At last year's CES, Texas Instruments was simply demonstrating prototypes of its DLP Pico technology; this year, it's officially showcasing the real deal. The aforesaid chipset is currently residing within the WowWee Cinemin line and Optoma's PK-101, but here's something you didn't know. Evidently, the chip will also be a critical part of pico projectors from Samsung (the MBP200 with an SD card slot), BenQ (the GP1 with an integrated USB port; available in March for $599) and Toshiba (TDP-F10U Mobile LED Projector). Also of note, BUG Labs will presumably be introducing a module of its own dubbed BUGprojector, which will enable legible beaming of 480 x 320 images at just eight inches away along with stereo playback and a brightness of 9 lumens. Lastly, TI itself has announced that a DLP Pico Projector Kit which sports an HVGA resolution, a universal power supply and a few other integral components necessary for integrating it into consumer, industrial and medical products.Read - TI's DLP Pico roundup
Read - TI DLP Pico Projector Kit
I can see this as part of PMP's & mobile phones standards in 2015 .... but 480 x 320 is to low for me ... what about 1280 x 720.,,,
I made a comment before about logical steps forward in this technology, and people took it as me saying that you somehow cant say bad things about it. This is another step forward. It is a bit low, but if you want higher, you're just going to have to buy a regular projector. This little guy is obviously intended to be portable........meetings and such.
It would still be great to have it along for traveling. My eyes get tired from watching movies on my laptop. Soon enough, maybe in the next couple years, you will be able to pack all the tech from a full size projector into a small form factor. It seems the major hurdle right now is the brightness.
At that price and at that resolution this thing better come with pong.
I can't wait to see what happens next year with this technology. I hope they go 1280x720
That must have a tiny colorwheel. Wonder how it will hold up against bumps during transport.
No, it is likely that each RGB LED chip is turned on as required for the color data.