Laptop Projectors Unleashed – Battery Life Pico Projectors
by Pixzr on Jul.12, 2009, under Laptops, Mobile Phones, Projectors, Technology
Below is just a ‘casual’ comparison of run length of pico/pocket size (or call it handheld) projectors. It is not a hidden truth that battery life in miniature devices is a big problem for electronics manufacturers but now when the PC age is getting expired, iPhone type mobiles are becoming an integral part of computer culture. The inheritance of computer functionality in mobile phones has gained trend but it will take time to become a sustainable product. Battery life is crucial to everything.
Few Pico Projectors with Battery Life
(comparison may vary on different settings, below is the most casual observations taken from their websites)
- Optoma PK101 Pico Projector: 90 minutes
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Aaxa P1 Pico Projector LCoS Hand-Held Micro Projector: 45 to 60 minutes
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Microvision showcase Pico Projector: 2 hours 30 minutes
- BeamBox Evolution R1 Pico-Projector: 1 hour 13 minutes
- Apolco P3 Micro / Pico Projector: 40 minutes
- Samsung MBP200: 2 hours 40 minutes
- LG shows off HS102 DLP mobile projector: ~2 hours
- Dell’s M109S pocket projector: 1 hour 20minutes
- LG HS102 Pocket Projector: -don’t know-
The shift from PC to Laptop, in the past 5-10 years, was rather swift and everybody feels comfortable with it. Now, everyone who owns a computer also tends to buy a laptop as well. Today, we can see tiny laptops that are almost equal to 15inch length. This miniaturization of laptop has created a new market for projectors’ industry. The problem is, you dont want to watch a movie in a tiny laptop with 12 inch screen. You still need a big screen.
Apart from tiny screens, ‘Battery Life’ for pico projectors is not going to be solved in a near future but atleast when everyone has a laptop, manufacurers can bring the two together to present a good looking sophisticated laptop.
The idea is to embed projectors in your laptop to make your life more comfortable for entertainment and official-business purposes.
Consider this, your team is going on a car to a remote clients’ office to give a presentation. The route is too long, and you planned to watch a movie on your way (forgetting that you also have to give the presentation through your pico/pocket projector as well). The battery is consumed, lets say, 70%; now what do you want to do. Would you feel comfortable using it for the presentation (when the presentation is heavy and it might also includes some video clips). May be ‘NO’. So, what to do?
What I want to suggest is rather not as attractive as hand held pico projectors, or dual pico projectors in mobile handhelds (related post Mobile Phones Unleashed), but an embedded projector with laptops. The advantage is the extra space we can adapt for higher battery consumption and flexibility to use a laptop for entertainment/work or in corporate environment.
Another concept pic
Comments are most welcome.
December 29th, 2009 on 4:59 pm
The main thing to consider when choosing a Netbook is 9in or 10in it might only be an inch but… I think the drawing line is 10in. The 9’s are cool looking but you sacrifice screen and keyboard size also 6 cell battery life is essential with a computer that is truly mobile.
The 10’s have a much more comfortable viewing screen and almost full size keyboard…you can almost forget your on a mini with a 10 but your always aware of the small size with a 9.
That being said the reason I chose the Samsung NC10 was the consistent great reviews I read from actual users.
I like the nearly full size keyboard with great touch, the battery life really is as good as advertised and the white matte finish… no fingerprints all over like I’ve seen on the mirror finish.
The touch pad that is usually the thing people say they are not happy with…is not a problem for me, it works fine when I need it but most of the time I use a mouse.
I really am enjoying my new Samsung Netbook…though not a replacement for a homesize computer it really does have a place as a very mobile satellite unit. I can take this thing anywhere anytime, I don’t think I ever took my 16in laptop out the house.
For the price you can’t beat it !