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 Totally Surprised! May 1, 2009
Daniel Whang (Atlanta, GA United States)
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
I bought this as I often give presentations to small groups and wanted a "portable TV" when traveling. I was torn between this and the Dell M109S. I did a ton of research on both items and bought the Samsung in the end, even though it was $200 more. The Samsung is MUCH brighter, has sound, and can be bought from Amazon with its better customer service than Dell.
I used it to watch an entire movie with a group and they loved it. We projected it onto just the plain wall and the brightness was just fine with a lamp light turned on nearby. You won't be able to use it during broad daylight for a movie (presentation perhaps).
The thing I love about it is that it's on full brightness all the time! My friend bought a $1500 projector a while ago and he's always concerned about bulb time, the brightness level, etc. I don't have to worry about any of it. It's so refreshing to have a projector where you don't have to worry at all about conserving the bulb. It's a HUGE stress reliever. That's what you want in a portable projector, one that you can just pack and go and not worry about everytime you use. The bulb will last the lifetime of the projector.
Yeah, the 800*600 resolution isn't HD, but it's ok. It's good enough for presentations and movies. You're never going to use HD for presentations - putting up tons of text onto a screen will drive the audience crazy!
I carry the projector in my laptop bag with all its accessories. So in on medium size bag, I have my Dell M1210, the Samsung P400, and all the necessary wires and power. It's great!
The only negatives are that the power brick is huge! It's about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the projector. The second negative is the sound. I read reviews that the sound was decent, but it's only decent for presentations. But for movies, it's not the best... having a portable speaker would greatly help. I have the Logitech MM portable speaker which is great and tiny.
And oh! One huge thing that I hadn't read is that the Samsung has a tripod mound. The Dell does NOT. Because these projectors are so small, using a tripod greatly stabilizies the projector.
Excellent Price/Value September 14, 2008
C. Lee (Tucson, AZ)
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
I have it almost 1 month. It works well. Now I can enjoy 100+" Display with this 600+ dollars. Of course, I need to close the curtain when I use this 150 ANSI lumens only project. But don't forget: It's LED, i.e. it is supposed to be used for 10 hrs, 365 days a year, and 5 years long. And it weights 2 pounds only! I am really satisfied with it... as long as it can operate as long as a normal LED product should do.
very good so far December 6, 2008
Robson (NJ)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I was very skeptical because of that LED technology and only 150 lumen
but I have to say I am very nicely surprised. Sure with bright light in the room the image is quite dim but who watch movies during the day??? Same thing and quality as in theater. It can be still visible with full light in the room but when you dim the light quality is like in regular LCD screen, really great colors and contrast.
I was thinking about buying 52 inch LCD TV soon to my living room but I've changed my mind, what for paying over 4 time as much money and have 52 inches heavy, non portable screen when I have 80 inches which I can bring with me in my laptop bag! plus I can watch it anywhere I want, on the wall, on the ceiling etc. It's also great addition for a party, I can display some images or video clips on the wall with music from my computer.
For a moment I was undecided between viewsonic PJ513DB projector which was much cheaper but the cost of the bulb is just not worthy. With samsung I don't have to worry about bulbs at all, and it's half the other projectors weight and it's also quieter. Although the power supply is like a brick :) I definitely recommend it.
Excellent image, size, weight, color; power supply is big though June 10, 2009
Mitch Haile (San Jose, CA and Boston, MA)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This projector is awesome, for what it is. It is best suited for presentations, as the native resolution is 800 x 600. I was able to drive other resolutions, such as 1280 x 960, but the image is relatively fuzzy at those resolutions for looking at small text or web pages. For PowerPoint, I can't tell a lot of difference, and for my slides, the 800 x 600 is fine for PowerPoint.
I am driving this with a MacBook Pro using Apple's DVI->SVGA adapter. Works great out of the box.
Some reviews has mentioned that this projector is challenging in low-light situations. I have found is more than suitable in my office, where I have it sitting on my desk, pointing at a wall for an 80" screen size. The projector is about 10 ft from the wall. With the lights off, the image is, of course, much nicer, but even with the lights on, colors are good and the image is more than readable.
There is a bit of a "screen door" effect when looking at the image up close (a few inches) but it's unlikely your audience is going to be that close to the image.
Physically, the projector is very small. It's about as tall as a package of dental floss and takes up about the same desk space as a paperback book. Although it is very light at 2 lbs, beware that the power supply weighs about 1 lb as well, which I hadn't considered when looking at the weight.
There is a focus knob on the left of the projector, though there is no adjustable foot on the bottom. There is a threaded hole on the bottom for mounting, most likely upside down, and a software setting can be used to flip the image.
The case is very slick plastic that attracts fingerprints, but regardless it is very sharp.
Because the bulb is an LED, the projector puts out very little heat compared to most others, and it doesn't seem to have the complicated shut off procedure that most projectors have. There is a little bit of fan noise from it, but it's low enough that I don't mind having it on my desk.
I was surprised, but the project comes with a remote that enables access to the on-screen menus, toggling the source input, and so on. The remote is about the size of an iPhone, but a bit thinner. It uses a circular battery like a watch does, but I imagine it will last a long time.
So the only real negative for me is the huge and weighty power supply. However, given the low price, the great quality, the eliminated consumable cost of $300 bulbs, this project is perfect for presentations and other low-res work like video conferencing. However, if you want to use it as a desktop monitor, you're going to want something that can do higher res. As another reviewer mentioned, this projector doesn't come with a carrying case, so an older camera bag or something might be handy to protect it before throwing it in your carry-on. I intend to travel with this projector, and will update this review with how it fares in a few months.
I am very, very happy with this product.
Review March 8, 2009
Fred N. Evans (Virginia, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am very impressed with this product. I have been watching for it to become available. I saw the 1st video review on Tiger Direct and it does exactly as they said it would. Watched a movie last night with it. Granted it is not as bright as the 2000 lumin projectors, but in a dim light room, it does just fine.!! The ONLY drawback is 800 X 600 resolution is all it will do.
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