Bought what appeared to be the last one in Cardiff Bay, though noticed one on the shelf behind the electrical counter upstairs in Llanelli Living last night. I suspect they'll be this price at anywhere with stock.
Only negatives are the poor resolution (640x360), and 1.5 - 2 hour battery life, though it can still charge while running. Overall I'm far more impressed than I expected to be though.
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dwl99
20 May 171#1
640 x 360 resolution if anyone's wondering
mastablasta
20 May 172#2
No good for watching movies but might be ok for something like a Halloween pumpkin projection.
Is it not better to buy the cheap 1s off Ebay and Amazon (Not pocket) £50-£100 with "1080p"??
spannerzone to AJ92
20 May 172#6
those usually are at best 640x480 resolution that downscales 1080P to 480P. They're cheap and numerous and mostly crappy built but at £50 what can you expect? :smile:
slartibartfastt
20 May 171#4
These low Res projectors are fine if limited. Just know what your laying out for. Plenty of videos on YouTube.
Don't pay too much as you will find you don't use them much.
anewman
20 May 175#5
Good question, don't know the answer. My first question would be whether the projected image itself is 1080p, often these cheap things will put specs like that when it only relates to the HDMI input it can accept. for example look at Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142386069713 which bangs on about 1080p, but get to the small print and output resolution and it's only 320x180.
thegoose126
20 May 17#7
I have one of these although looks a better version. The picture quality is really good despite the low res count. This is while watching movies from a memory stick, plug in a games console or into a laptop and the results are terrible!
slannmage
20 May 171#8
I don't pay much attention to resolution on projectors, it's not like an LCD with pixels.
That said this thing sucks.
anewman to slannmage
21 May 17#12
Anything less than 8K, not interested :man:
David23
20 May 17#9
Micro projectors are still not developed enough to be of a quality worth watching for long periods of time, I guess it was designed for quick presentations etc. Give it a few more years!
buttondup to David23
20 May 171#10
Street preaching will enter a new dawn
geforce to David23
20 May 171#11
Take a look at the Sony CL1, full HD and uses a laser instead of DLP/LCD
slannmage
21 May 171#13
Projectors are like cameras, resolution isn't everything.
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These are still:
£259.99 at Argos http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5781238
£233.50 at Pixmania https://www.pixmania.co.uk/p/philips-picopix-pocket-projector-4350-861860?offerId=791989
Only negatives are the poor resolution (640x360), and 1.5 - 2 hour battery life, though it can still charge while running. Overall I'm far more impressed than I expected to be though.
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Pumpkin video
Don't pay too much as you will find you don't use them much.
That said this thing sucks.