
DLPYoung Optics are mobile phone and digital camera makers to embed pico projectors03/02/2010
Via digitimes Optoma's PK201 and PK301 pico projectors are up for pre-order03/01/2010Optoma's upcoming pico-projectors, the PK201 and the PK301 are now up for pre-order over at Amazon.com. Both use TI's new WVGA (854x480) DLP chip, has USB/VGA/HDMI/A/V ports and internal memory and microSD slots, and can play back several movie and photo formats. Both are expected to ship within a few weeks. The PK201 sports 20 lumens (or 12 lumens at eco-mode) and has one 0.5w speaker and an audio-out jack. The PK201 costs $299. The PK301 is very bright at 50 lumens (it also has a 20-lumens eco-mode). It also has a 0.5w speaker and audio-out jack. Optoma will also offer an external battery pack because the high-brightness mode needs a lot of power. The PK301 costs $399. Texas Instruments DLP pico-projector demo02/17/2010Here's a nice video from the Mobile World Congress show - TI demoing their DLP pico-projector chipsets and gadgets that use it (the Samsung Beam and W9600, LG Expo and NTT DoCoMo dock F-04B). TI releases a new, smaller DLP pico-projector chipset02/16/2010TI announced a new DLP chipset for pico-projectors, which is the thinnest and smallest to date. It has nHD resolution (640x360), 1000:1 contrast ratio, true RGB LED wide color gamut. TI say it also has an improved power efficiency and electronic footprint compared to their previous DLP chipsets. The nHD chipset is 20% thinner than the WVGA chipset and 50% smaller in volume. TI say the new nHD chipset will enter production in 2H 2010, but 'leading manufacturers' already include it in their next-generation designs. Via Engadget. Hands on with the Samsung Beam02/15/2010Engadget has posted a first hands-on with the new Samsung Beam DLP projector phone. They say that it's rather thin, and it can also do a nice trick: the projector can display the image seen by the camera (5mp). Nice. Here's a video: WowWee lowers the price of the Cinemin Swivel to $27502/15/2010WowWee has lowered the price of their DLP (480x360, 10 lumens) pico-projector, the Cinemin Swivel to $275 (from $295). The swivel has a 90-degree hinge, so projection in any angle is easy to do. TI updates the DLP pico-projector development kit01/28/2010TI has announce version 2 of their DLP Pico Projector Development Kit. The new kit adds HDMI direct PC connection (there's also a DVI to HDMI adapter). It also includes a sync signal output and selectable high-speed DMD patterns with a variety of frame rates. The v2 kit will sell for $349 and is available now from TI. Via Slashgear. |