Vivitek debuts at CES with seven projectors

Vivitek logoTalk about a strong opening — this is Vivitek’s first CES appearance, and it’s come to Las Vegas with seven projectors. With those kind of numbers, we’ll hit the highlights and leave it to you to hit the link for full details. The big light gun is the LED-packing, 1080p H608FD; not for the faint of heart at just under $20,000, but at least you’ll never have to change a bulb to enjoy the 10,000:1 contrast ratio. On the other end of the scale in size and price is the $999, 5.7-pound D832MX that is a 1024×768 HT/business switch hitter. Like we said, there are five more models at the show that you’re invited to peruse in the link, including the D5500 we’ve seen before.

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ViewSonic turns off spell check, launches Fuhzion line of 3D display devices

ViewSonic turns off spell check, launches Fuhzion line of 3D display devices

3D displays are hotter than Hansel right now, and ViewSonic is getting in to the new (old) tech of goggle-driven depth with a line of displays dubbed Fuhzion. First up is the 22-inch VX2265wm LCD, announced last year and sounding quite similar to the Samsung 2233RZ from yesterday. It’s a 1680 x 1050, 120Hz panel with a 2ms response rate, enabling it to tackle the quick cycling that will be required to reproduce a 3D image. The other addition to the line is the PJD6220-3D DLP projector, an updated (or at least renamed) version of the company’s existing PJD6220, illuminating 1024 x 768 pixels at 120Hz and a respectable contrast ratio of 2000:1. The projector is due next month for $1,499, while the VX2265wm drops in the next few weeks for a rather more reasonable $399 — another stat that happens to match Samsung’s offering.

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Sanyo ducks under $2,000 again with 1080p PLV-1080HD projector

This ain’t the first time Sanyo’s slipped in just under the two large wire with a 1080p beamer, but it’s no less proud the second go ’round. Announced here in Vegas, the PLV-1080HD is a Full HD projector with a lens-shifting system for flexible placement, a variable iris, two HDMI 1.3 inputs, a 10,000:1 contrast ratio and 1,200 ANSI lumens. $1,995 gets you in, and it’s shipping right now.

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CES 2009: Samsungs Show Projector Phone

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Well, surprise surprise: Logic Wireless doesn’t have the only projector phone at CES this year. Fresh off the plane from Korea comes the Samsung Show, a Korea-only projector phone that uses TI’s DLP technology rather than the Logic Bolt’s LCoS system to project images onto a big screen.


I got some hands-on time with the Show, but nobody I talked to knew much about it. It’s a somewhat bulky candybar-style phone. It runs a proprietary OS, and includes support for Korea’s DMB-T digital TV system. It uses Samsung’s TouchWIZ user interface, which involves a touchscreen and movable widgets.


The Show’s projector has five options: “File Viewer,” which shows movies in a large-screen format; “Album,” for photo slideshows, “Story Telling,” which appears to project animated Korean children’s stories, TV, and Flashlight, which is just a flashlight. You now know as much as I know, and pretty much as much as the Samsung PR people seemed to know. This phone will never, ever come to the US.


More details on the Samsung Show will come out later this week, Samsung reps said. Many more photos after the jump.

Samsung MBP200 Pico Projector Has a Mini Screen Stand

The Samsung MBP200 has a limited 480×320 res, but has a built-in media player, LCD screen and includes a tiny stand that can turn a piece of paper into a screen. A baby screen!

The LCD is 2.2 inches across and 320×240 pixels, and the player itself is compatible with images, office docs and video codecs like DivX, Xvid, WMV9 and flavors of MPEG. It uses the Texas Instrument DLP for its projection.

Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) today announced a new mobile phone accessory, the award-winning* MBP200 Pico Projector. The Samsung MBP200 is the ultimate wireless accessory, offering advanced features designed to enhance the mobile experience.
Compact and lightweight, the portable MBP200 can connect to mobile phones and laptops and by utilizing the DLP(R) pico chip from Texas Instruments it allows users to transform their traditional two inch screen to a 50-inch viewing screen allowing others to share in the video experience. In addition, users can easily transfer files and project content independent of an attached source via the microSD card slot. The MBP200 has a simple shape and design with touchpad controls on the right side of the device for easy navigation and a 2.2-inch QVGA LCD screen which allow users to view content privately.
Samsung’s MBP200 offers the latest entertainment features and independently supports standard Microsoft Office and PDF formats for display. With the MBP200, users can listen to music and create playlists, as well as view video, pictures or PDF, PowerPoint, Word or Excel files.
The Samsung pico projector delivers a superior picture from a mobile device and is powered by a miniaturized version of the same imaging technology found in DLP HDTVs, home theater projectors and large-scale cinema houses. The unit can accommodate a range of projected image sizes – from an 8 1/2 x 11 standard sheet of paper to a large 50-inch screen. For added convenience, the MBP200 comes with a small screen holder with a telescoping pole hidden inside, which can instantly turn a standard sheet of paper into a screen to view movies, document files or pictures. The 3.5mm standard jack allows users to enjoy their own headphones or speakers, or the built-in external speaker allows the MBP200 to play audio directly from the device.
Samsung MBP200 Pico Projector Specifications

Features File viewer, picture viewer, music player, video player
Projection Panel HVGA (480*320)
LCD 2.2″ QVGA(320*240)
Audio Output 3.5 mm Standard Stereo Earphone Jack
Storage microSD slot (up to 16 GB)
Picture Viewer JPEG, GIF, Animated GIF, MBP
Music Player MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, WAV
Video Player Video CODEC: DivX, Xvid, WMV9 Simple Profile, MPEG-2, MPEG-4; Audio
CODEC: MP3, AAC, WMA
File Viewer Adobe PDF (.pdf)
MS PowerPoint (.ppt)
MS Word (.doc)
MS Excel (.xls)
Text (.txt)
Size/Weight 107.3 x 48.8 x 19 mm / 160 g

The MBP200 will be available later this year. For more information about the MBP200 and Samsung’s entire line of mobile phone accessories, please visit www.samsung.com/newsroom.

Logic Wireless’ Logic Bolt makes luminous appearance at CES

Logic Wireless, a new startup has jumped right into the CES mobile fray with this, the mini projecting Logic Bolt. Logic Wireless assumed all rights to this device from ChinaKing — which we saw early in the summer of 2008 — and have tuned it up and have it here at the show. Featuring a quad-band GSM chipset, 3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, projected display size of 36 to 64 inches, and a rated talk time of 2 to 3 hours. Video can apparently blast on for two hours or more using content on the phone or VGA input from other devices. Logic Wireless aims to ship a dual-mode GSM / CDMA set with live video conferencing, four times brighter projector, and Windows Mobile supplanting the current Java OS sometime in the future. For a suggested $100 on-contract price or $600 off, we’re thinking if they can make this happen, we’re definitely going to be picking one up.

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Sharp shows off the XV-Z15000 1080p projector

Sharp’s chosen to focus on creating an affordable 1080p home projector, rolling out the single chip DLP-based XV-Z15000. Ready for the discerning customer with $2,999 in their pocket, it features a 30,000:1 contrast ratio and 1600 ANSI brightness, plus Keystone Correction ready to take care of any type of distortion that may crop up. Projector heads can put this up against the PT-AE3000 and company when it ships in March.

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Toshiba announces TDP-F10U pico projector

We just heard about Texas Instruments’ new DLP Pico tech being stuffed into an array of new teeny projectors being debuted at CES. One of that bunch is Toshiba’s just announced TDP-F10U. This little bundle of joy is similarly sized, shaped, and spec’d to a lot of other mid-sized picos, boasting an SVGA, 800 x 600 resolution with an 800:1 contrast ratio, weighing in around 1.4 pounds. It’s expected for sometime in March 2009 and will run you roughly $599 if you want to get one of your own — and we fully expect that you do!

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3M’s MM200 micro projector seeks integration within cellphones, cameras

The MPro110 has picked up some pretty positive vibes in the burgeoning pico projector market, but 3M is already looking well beyond that. At this year’s CES, the company is debuting the LCoS-based MM200, a micro projection engine that is destined to find its way into cellphones, handheld accessories and digital cameras of the future. Reportedly, the device can project a 50-inch image while only drawing a single watt of power, and best of all, it’ll be “available for consumer purchase in 2009.” Yeah, as in, this year. One more look is after the break.

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Microvision’s PicoP-based SHOW WX pocket PJ makes debut

While Microvision isn’t new (per se) to the pico projector arena entirely, it certainly lacks the namesake of, say, Dell or Optoma. Of course, it’s not letting that fact damper its excitement about the PicoP-based SHOW WX. The pre-production device is being unveiled today at Macworld, and it promises to boast a 25% package-size reduction over the company’s own SHOW prototype. The diminutive beamer will eventually arrive with a WVGA native resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio, a battery good for around two hours of usage and a chassis that measures just 4.6- x 2.4- x 0.6-inches. The outfit anticipates that commercial production will get going in Q2, with mass availability ready by 2H 2009; regrettably, pricing still remains a mystery.

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