smallest projectorElectronics manufacturers offer sophisticated buyers another miracle of technology - the smallest projector that can fit in your pocket. They promise to satisfy the need of a modern mobile person for large-scale entertainment, even if only a smartphone and a mini-projector are at hand. Portable, pocket, mini and picoprojector are the names of one fashionable gadget.

Big and small

If at the word “projector” an association arises in your head with an apparatus that scrolled films with filmstrips in kindergarten, your ideas are hopelessly outdated.

Among the manufacturers of such gadgets there is an opinion that the future of television is behind modern projectors, or rather, their symbiosis with TVs.

As for the mini-options, progress over several years has reached unprecedented heights.

Portable projectors were initially targeted at office users as a presentation tool.

To expand the circle of users of these toys, manufacturers began to add built-in speakers and built-in memory, video support. The result was a successful combination of a projector and a multimedia device, on which you can watch movies, photos.

With a handheld projector, you can watch footage on a fairly large screen almost everywhere, even in the taiga, there would be a flat surface as a screen. Moreover, such devices are already placed in the palm of your hand and become even smaller.

Significant advantages of weightless projectors

In the reviews for different models, approximately the same properties are noted:

  1. The main plus of the portable device is precisely in its portability.
    With him, you can watch a video of a large company in the country, at a party, even on the street.
  2. Compact and lightweight. It can be taken on travel. Dimensions tend to decrease. Already, mini-projectors the size of a phone weigh 250–290 grams.
  3. With such a modest size, the display diagonal is impressive. On some models, it reaches 10 inches (2.54 meters).
  4. Built-in batteries increase the mobility of these devices. On average, the charge lasts for 2-3 hours - just watch the movie.

The disadvantages of mini projectors

  1. Image quality is not the best yet. In order to make it clearer, you need to look in the evening or at night, that is, in the dark.
  2. Without a smooth light surface, watching a movie will not work. Of course, the projector can be taken anywhere, but is it worth it? Where in the forest to find a white screen or at least a stretched sheet?
  3. The built-in battery is still quite small. Where in the same taiga to find a socket to charge the battery?
  4. Some observers have noted poor sound quality, but consider this flaw insignificant.

Who needs a mini projector

  1. Office workers, students, and schoolchildren will appreciate the possibilities of a handheld device when demonstrating presentations to a wide audience.
  2. A light and small projector does not take up space in baggage and is useful to travelers. If you don’t watch a lot of films in the field (even if you find a screen), then on the train, for example, watching films with the whole company will be great entertainment.
  3. There are examples of how, with the help of this gadget, young people organized the romantic atmosphere of Hollywood right in the car. The film was broadcast on the ceiling of the car.
  4. At holidays and parties, a mini-projector will also not be superfluous. Often the size and weight of multiple props is of great importance.

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Browse Popular Models

If you read on the Internet any review of projectors from various manufacturers, it becomes clear that in general these gadgets are similar.

Let's go through the features of some models.

  1. Chinese DOOGEE P1 Smart Cube P1 is similar to a Rubik's Cube. Manufacturers call it the smallest in the world.Its weight is 290 g, and the length of each face is 62 centimeters. In this case, he will be able to show the image up to 90 inches.
  2. Minibeam Nano projector from LG. Its manufacturers also claim that their model is the most compact, lightest, smallest. And the truth is, its weight is 270 grams, and the dimensions are 108 x 103 x 44 millimeters.
  3. Aiptek PocketCinema T30. Very small, like a cell phone, and beautiful.
    Can become an iPad projector. The kit has a small tripod. If you install an iPad or smartphone on it, you get an impromptu mini-cinema.
  4. Philips PicoPix projector (PPX2480) has its own 2 GB memory and SD card slot. Therefore, you can connect a smartphone, phone and have access to an unlimited video library.
  5. Moonlite is a projector specifically for iPhone. It is rather a children's toy, albeit a high-tech one.
    The principle of operation resembles the work of projectors with filmstrips. The device is attached to the iPhone, slides with stories are inserted into it (go in the set). Using the flash on your phone and a special application, you can watch fascinating tales at night.
    Pictures are accompanied by sound next to the application. Therefore, parents do not even have to read the labels.
  6. DuRing from the Chinese company Baidu is a very unusual, ultra-compact type of projector. This is a mini-cinema, but not in your pocket, but on your finger. It is made of titanium alloy in the shape of a ring.
    The company has not yet announced the free sale of unusual jewelry. It is not known when it will be launched into mass production. But it is known that with miniature dimensions (22.8 grams weight and 18 millimeters wide) it can project an image with a diagonal of 50 inches.
    And without recharging this ring can work up to 15 hours!

DuRing from the Chinese company Baidu

The future of portable projectors

Judging by the reviews on the Internet, these small devices are still not enough to meet the needs of consumers. There are claims to image quality, sound, insufficient battery power. But they are constantly being improved, and a great future awaits them. Positive aspects - compactness, lightness, mobility - make a pocket projector a popular gadget.