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Best small projector 20159/2/2023 As it is, the daisy chain of cables going from Lightning to MHL is a bit kludgy, but perfectly workable. The PicoPro would be kickass with Apple’s streaming technology. Celluon also offers the PicoAir, a wireless-only model (Miracast/DLNA), which is available for $299. (Celluon included one with our review unit.) For Android and Windows Phone users, the PicoPro offers a wireless connection via Miracast and DLNA, a pair of streaming technologies that mimic Apple’s AirPlay. For use with an iOS device, this cable must be plugged into Apple’s Lightning Digital AV Adapter, which is sold separately for $44. It comes with an HDMI-to-MHL (Mobile High-definition Link) cable. We got about three hours out of the battery Celluon claims battery life is between 2.5-hours (Wi-Fi) and 3.5 hours (HDMI). ![]() The PicoPro measures just 6 inches by 3 inches by 0.5 inches, and weighs just 6.7 ounces (189.9 grams). We’d have to back out onto the patio to get enough distance to project anything that big. Unfortunately, our house isn’t big enough to get an image that size. The company says projected images are watchable up to 250 inches, or five times the size of our living room flatscreen TV. The resolution is 1920 x 720p (16:9 aspect ratio) - yeah, we know this is weird. Rival LED projectors are closer to 2,000 to 1. Celluon claims the PicoPro has an incredible 80,000-to-1 contrast ratio. Most other pico projectors are LED-based, and are noticeably dimmer, fuzzier and lower contrast. The PicoPro’s secret is that it’s powered by three lasers - red, green and blue. Dimming the lights would obviously help, but in a lot of situations it wouldn’t be necessary.Īt home, in the Kahney family’s darkened living room, it served as a great little home entertainment projector, throwing up a perfectly bright and watchable image that measured at least 100 inches. We’d have little trouble giving Keynote or PowerPoint presentations in full daylight. ![]() Here at the Cult of Mac offices, which are bright and sunny, the projector threw a perfectly clear and readable image up onto the bright white walls. Like most pico projectors, it’s designed for on-the-road presentations rather than home entertainment. It’s a great little portable projector that goes way beyond my expectations.īuilt by Celluon, a Korean company best known for laser keyboards ( like this R2-D2 model), the PicoPro was announced at CES 2015 last month and is just starting to hit store shelves. It’s battery-powered and silent, dead-simple to use, and can be slipped into a jacket pocket. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of MacĬonnected to my iPhone 6 Plus (it’s about the same size, though twice as thick), the laser-driven PicoPro is capable of throwing a big, bright, razor-sharp picture on the wall in full 720p HD glory. PicoPro projector sitting on an iPhone6 Plus.
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