Optoma Pico PK101 Expert Reviews

Optoma picked an appropriate moniker for its Lilliputian-size video projector. The Pico PK101 isn't just small, it's almost inconceivably tiny. It measures just 1.97 inches wide by 4.06 inches long by 0.59 inches thick, and it weighs only four ounces. ...

Crisp, bright display at distances up to about six feet ; incredibly small, battery powered, built-in speaker

Needs a very dark room for best results--and a battery yswap to play a feature-length movie

In addition to its Li-Ion battery, the Pico PK101 can operate on AC or USB power (we used the USB port on a Metadot Das Keyboard). Optoma claims a fully charged battery should last 90 minutes, but ours delivered only 67 minutes while playing a silent, ...

Primed for portable projections

An impressive projector that despite being a first-of-its-kind performs well and offers serious functionality

This tiny Optoma model may be the most expensive and unusual iPod accessory to date.

Extremely small and light, Connects directly to many iPods, Rendered yellows well

Dim compared to traditional projectors, Does not connect to most laptops

The $399 Optoma PK-101 Pico Pocket Projector is an amazing engineering accomplishment, something we might not even have dreamed of ten years ago. But, as was the case with the similar 3M MPro110, this may be a technology in rapid transition

Some toys...uh...gizmos...uh...products rate so high on the cool gadget scale that it almost doesn't matter how well they work, and the price is a decidedly secondary consideration. The Optoma Pico PK101 ($399 direct) is a case in point. What's so ...

Extremely portable, at four ounces. Connects to iPods and standard composite video. Rechargeable batteries

Low brightness limits useful image size. Volume is too low to be useful in most conditions. No audio output connection

No bigger than a cell phone, the Optoma Pico PK101 projector is small enough to carry anywhere and is a particularly good companion for a video iPod.

The Optoma Pico PK-101 projector projects photos or video from anything you can connect to it via composite video and does a very good job of rendering color.

A projector for your pocket

Portable, simple to use, cheap

Very low 320 x 240 resolution, poor colour

Great with mobiles and iPods, but forget films

A surprisingly affordable DLP video and data projector that fits in your pocket. Even if you're wearing particularly tight jeans

Amazingly small and pretty with it. Shows dark scenes well. Audio built in and not as horrific as expected. Not a bad price for cutting-edge tech

The picture is woefully short of brightness, especially at larger image sizes. Colours bleed occasionally. Very limited video connectivity

Small and easy to use, includes second battery

Limited input capabilities, projected images are somewhat blurry

Optoma's diminutive projector makes a great travelling companion, despite somewhat fuzzy image projection.

James Bond would love this pocket-sized projector. Sadly, we don't

Amazing design / Unexpectedly cheap / Some surprisingly good picture elements

Desperately short of brightness / Limited picture size / Connections / More glamorous than practical

Once the sheer wonder of the PK101's presence, or lack of it, has worn off, though, it's time for a heavy dose of reality. For starters, it's pretty impoverished on the connection front, with just a USB for charging and support for composite video ...

Pocket projectors are the next big thing. At CES, WoWWee unveiled the Cinemin Stick and Swivel model, Samsung the MBP200 and Acer's K10 Pico is the most recent launch, announced earlier this month. However, Optoma gets kudos for being one of the ...

Great for the novelty and the pocketability

At £250, it's very pricey for a gadget you could soon tire of