Hasta La Gadget!

3M’s MPro110 never set out to blow minds, just to wow those who thought projectors could never be this small. According to Gadling‘s hands-on review, it achieved its goal(s). With a brightness of just 7 lumens, the actual image that it produced wasn’t exactly stunning, but it was deemed “far from useless.” The biggest knock was just how limited it was in terms of real-world usage; unless the room was perfectly dark, it wasn’t the most gorgeous thing to look at, which means those midday sales presentations may not fly if there’s a window in the room. In the end, the MPro110 was found to be more of a geek’s toy than a proper presentation tool, but who says that’s a bad thing?

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3M’s MPro110 pocket projector reviewed: okay for geeks, so it’s okay for you originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sure, we frequently come across gizmos so small that tweezers and eyeglass repair kits are needed to dissect ’em, but rarely are those gadgets projectors. With the new wave of minuscule beamers comes a new kind of tear down, and Tech-On has taken the time to split apart and photograph both the 3M MPro110 and Optoma PK101. The splaying gets pretty detailed, too, with us being informed of two large LSIs on the former (one from Weltrend; one from TI) and a hard look at the LEDs of the latter. Have a peek at the writeups and accompanying images below, and see just how long you can go without uttering an “aww” — we’ll bet it’s not long at all.

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3M MPro110 / Optoma PK101 pico projectors get dissected originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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