Over ten years ago while I was living in Los Gatos I met a wonderful couple from North Carolina. They were our next door neighbors. Thinking out of the box they came up with a great idea: “drive-in movie night.” Play a movie on their VCR and output via an inFocus projector borrowed from work onto a large white sheet hung over the garage door. What a phenomenal idea and great invitation to friends and family to pop the popcorn and watch movies with the neighborhood. I know that quite a few of you have amped this idea up with DVD or Blue-Ray, surround sound and an even bigger bed sheet. The amazing part about this is how much more advance the projectors have become.
A few years ago a friend of mine was looking into investing in a new home theater system and ran across a couple of HD projectors specifically designed to project in widescreen HD. Major benefits: small footprint, scalable image from 26“ to 110”! Big drawback: any ambient light washes out the image. In other words if you’re watching during the day you better have the best black out curtains.
Funny thing is that since I went on my first sales trip I always dreamed of better image quality coupled with more portability. Sure projectors have shrunk to a very useable size of a large paperback book but I’ve dreamed of an even smaller and more portable version. Well my dream is almost a reality. PicoProjectors -- projectors so small that they can be embedded in cell phones -- represent the ultimate in capability and form factor. Afterall my cell phone is nothing more than a handheld computer. I can install applications, edit MS Office documents, view images and watch movies. Wouldn’t it be great if I could project my sales pitch or movie onto a wall for all to see? And do that without plugging into a separate device? Soon you will be able to do all this!
Pico Projectors for mobile phones:
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