Acer K10 pocket projector hands-on

Acer's K10 pocket projector was propped up aimlessly amongst a flurry of Aspire netbooks, and being that we're the caring individuals that we are, we had to stop over and show it some love. The 800 x 600 resolution actually looked great, though the image was decidedly faint in the well-lit hall. Size wise, it's a real winner, but we still don't see this being all that useful in areas that are even mildly splashed with daylight. Have a look below to see what we mean.

Acer K10 pocket projector hands-on

[billybennett Posted Mar 4th 2009 2:32PM]

That picture reminds me of Number 5.

[Argot Posted Mar 4th 2009 2:33PM]

I was gonna say that! :)

[bobsakamano Posted Mar 4th 2009 2:58PM]

looks like a one eyed willy version of johnny 5

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 3:30PM]

need input, stephanie!!!

[skylined Posted Mar 4th 2009 4:02PM]

I was going to post a comment saying the same thing, then decided not too. Then realized that the fact that someone else had already posted it was very likely, so decided to check out the comments for this. lol

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 2:37PM]

His name was Johnny 5.

[wyldtek Posted Mar 4th 2009 2:52PM]

He's alive

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 12:33AM]

malfunction! Need Input

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 2:39PM]

Put a digital tuner in it and I'll bite.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 3:26PM]

Don't flame me, but who is the target audience for these things? I think it's cool and all I just can't think of anyone that would buy them.

[Dan Fruzzetti Posted Mar 4th 2009 3:35PM]

Look at the light hitting the top (flat) edge of the light bezel. Is the image being clipped or is there just an efficiency loss there? Either way that's unacceptable.

[00shitz Posted Mar 4th 2009 3:47PM]

100 lumens is pretty much useless

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 4:56PM]

100 lumens + 800x600 sounds great for this class of product

I used the Dell mini projector which has only 50 lumens, and it was pretty sweet for throwing Hulu episodes of Arrested Development and the Office up in a dark room

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 8:13PM]

For 12 hours of the day it's fine.

[billmiller Posted Mar 4th 2009 5:13PM]

Is this a good buy for the price if it hits this side of the Atlantic??

[JasonHamilton86 Posted Mar 5th 2009 12:08AM]

Wow. Nice to see so many others recognized the iconic character in this projector. If I get one, I will definitely mount it like this.

"Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?"

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 1:29AM]

Of course, kids these days probably see WALL-E, not Johnny 5.

"Directive?"

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 2:49AM]

i have it for two days now and i'm actually surprised.
the great idea to use the same power source as notebook is very nice. just pop the thing in a meeting room without projector, charge it with your notebook power and go.
but they should keep in mind other vendors for the power source tip, not many acer notebooks in business environment:)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 4th 2009 11:50PM]

I could project a better image with a candle and my thumb. Consideriing that projection is one of the oldest forms of entertainment, going back to the caveman, you'd think they'd have some respect and release these things in a more completed form.