Pico projectorssmall enough to fit in a shirt pocketare still relatively exotic beasts, but they're getting less rare, if not exactly common. One indication of that is the growing number of models, including some from companies you may never have ...

Low cost. Built in audio offers reasonably good-quality, if low-volume, sound

Connects only to composite video sources. Hard to focus. Static images leave ghost image on screen

Small enough to fit in a shirt-pocket and priced for a tight budget, the Ray Displays Ray Pico Projector delivers a good enough image to be useful, if not overly impressive.

With so much attention going to the newest designs for small projectorsboth palm-tops (small enough to fit on a palm) and pico-size (small enough to fit in a shirt pocket)it's easy to forget that standard projectors, with far brighter images and ...

Highly portable. Bright. Reads files from USB memory keys. Optional adaptor for Bluetooth connections

Audio volume too low to be useful. Bluetooth app for easy presentations currently available only for BlackBerry Bold

The NP62 from NEC Display Solutions of America is a bright, highly portable data projector with XGA (1024 by 768) resolution and a reasonably high quality image.

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Fits in a shirt pocket. Connects to computers and video sources. Rechargeable battery

Although brighter than the first-generation version, it's still not very bright. Audio is barely loud enough to be usable

The 3M Pocket Projector MPro120 connects to computers and video sources, boosts brightness over 3M's first-generation MPro110, and fits in a shirt pocket.

The Optoma HD20 is what you'd have to calland this is no exaggerationa game changer. It's one of the first two 1080p projectors announced for a $1,000 street price as a new product (well...technically, the street price is $999, but we always round ...

Breakthrough price for a 1080p projector. Reasonably high-quality image for 480p and above

Falls down a bit on image quality for 480i (standard-definition) television signals

The Optoma HD20 brings a new level of affordability to 1080p projectors, with reasonably good image quality for 480p signals and above.

The rule of thumb for data projectors has always been to match the native resolution of the projectorthe actual number of pixels in its display engineto the resolution you're using on your computer. Otherwise, you'll degrade the image when the ...

Bright, high-quality image. Ample connection choices include analog and digital ports for PCs. WXGA (1,280 by 800)

Can't control the mouse pointer or page through a presentation using the projector's remote

The Canon LV-8300 is relatively bright and lightweight, scores well on image quality, and even handles full-motion video reasonably well.

The BenQ Joybee GP1 ($500 street, and backed by a standard one-year warranty) is the kind of product that stands out in the crowd. It's not perfect, but for the moment at least, it's the most impressive example of its breedthe palmtop (also known as ...

Highly portable. Surprisingly loud audio. LED light source with 20,000-hour lifetime. Shows photos, presentations, and video from USB memory key

Some minor image quality flaws for data projection

The BenQ Joybee GP1 is small, lightweight, and bright, and it offers built-in audio, making it the most impressive palmtop projector yet available.

When the first wave of palmtop projectors (aka pocket projectors) came out about three years ago, the Toshiba TDP-FF1AU Mobile Projector was the best of the crop. So when Toshiba introduced its second act, the TDP-F10U ($600 street, which includes a ...

Highly portable. Relatively bright for its size. LED light source with 20,000-hour lifetime

No audio. Doesn't handle TV video signals wellloses details in dark areas

Toshiba's second-generation LED palmtop projector, the TDP-F10U, improves on the first-generation Editors' Choice model, but it doesn't keep up with the competition.

To address K-12 schools' needs for interactive whiteboard projection solutions, Epson created the PowerLite 410W widescreen projector. It offers native WXGA resolution (1280x800) for use with widescreen computers, 16:10 interactive whiteboards and ...

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The ViewSonic PJ513DB ($450 street) is the kind of projector that anyone on a tight budget should loveand not just because of its low price. What makes the PJ513DB appealing is that it gets the basics right, starting with a suitably high-quality image ...

Low cost. Reasonably light. Easy setup, with well-designed, easy-to-use menus

No remote mouse control. Optical zoom is too meager to be useful

The ViewSonic PJ513DB succeeds as a no-frills, low-cost portable projector with fairly high-quality images for presentations, and even for video.

Pico projectors are the newest attention-grabbing gadgets in town. They fit into a shirt pocket, weigh a few ounces, and bring a new convenience to projecting large images wherever you happen to be. (Think of the Princess Leia hologram in Star Wars, ...

Fits in a shirt pocket. Connects to computers and composite video sources. Rechargeable battery.

Low brightness limits useful image size. No audio. Does not come with a cable for connecting to an iPod.

The 3M MPro110 is one of the first projectors that can fit into a shirt pocket and the first of its size that can connect to a computer.