Projectors Archive

  • Casio shows off the Green Slim Projectors, for gamers

    Casio shows off the Green Slim Projectors, for gamers

    Posted on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Gamers listen up. You know that 40-inch LCD you’re proud to show your friends when playing FIFA 11, the one that cost $1100. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a much bigger screen for that same price? Have you forgotten about projectors?

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  • Sanyo’s new 2K projector boasts industry-high 10,000 lumens brightness

    Sanyo’s new 2K projector boasts industry-high 10,000 lumens brightness

    Posted on June 9, 2010 | No Comments
    If you thought the Sanyo 3D projector we've shown you a couple of days ago was impressive, think again: today the company announced [JP] the LP-HF1000L, a projector for "professional use" that not only boasts 2K (2,048×1,080) resolution but also produces 10,000 lumens brightness. According to Sanyo, no other projector in the industry can keep up with that number (via AC 100V, at least).

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  • NEC outs 3D-enabled projector

    NEC outs 3D-enabled projector

    Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Comments
    And yet another 3D-related news item. This time, it's NEC (or NEC Display Technologies, to be more exact), which today announced [JP] a new 3D-enabled DLP projector. The announcement comes not even one week after the company priced and spec'd their 3D-powered desktop PC.

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  • Sanyo debuts world’s shortest-focus (and 3D-ready) projector

    Sanyo debuts world’s shortest-focus (and 3D-ready) projector

    Posted on May 18, 2010 | No Comments
    We're about to get yet another 3D-enabled piece of hardware, and this time, it's a projector. Sanyo's PDG-DWL2500J, announced today in Japan (press release in English), is not only "3D ready", but it also boasts the world's shortest projection distance (just 32cm to project images that are 80 inches in size) for projectors weighing less than 9kg.

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  • Japan’s DoCoMo announces new mobile projector for cell phones

    Japan’s DoCoMo announces new mobile projector for cell phones

    Posted on April 22, 2010 | No Comments
    It's not that there's a shortage of mobile projectors, but when DoCoMo (Japan's biggest cell phone carrier) announces [JP] a model for its 55 million customers, it deserves a mention. DoCoMo specifically suggests using the F01 with Fujitsu's uber-cool "Separate Keitai", a cell phone that breaks into two parts (and that's currently available on the Japanese market only).

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  • Optoma GameTime projectors now available

    Optoma GameTime projectors now available

    Posted on April 14, 2010 | No Comments
    While we've come to know Optoma mainly for their pico projectors, they do make larger versions as well. Case in point, their latest product line, the GameTime series. Targeted at computer and console gamers, the GameTime line use DLP tech from Texas Instruments support resolutions specific to the Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3.

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  • Help Key: Why 120Hz looks “weird”

    Help Key: Why 120Hz looks “weird”

    Posted on August 12, 2009 | No Comments
    I've been testing an HD projector here at the house and, in its initial, out-of-the-box setting we found that the picture was ridiculously "sharp." The picture, I suppose, looked like an old Dr. Who episode where the action on screen is smoother than the background, creating a jarring disparity when watching movies with lots of movement. It's sometimes called the "Soap Opera Effect." We decided to do a little digging to figure out why. Most film is recorded at 24 frames per second, but your LCD TV probably either displays at 60 fps or 120 hz (hertz is just a measurement of frequency per second). There are three main ways to cope with this.

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