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This unit also has an HDMI connector and a VGA port, allowing you to project from a digital TV or PC.
With its PicoPix Micro, the Philips brand offers you a mini projector equipped with a Wi-Fi card perfectly compatible with the AirPlay functionality, practical for wireless projections. It manages a reasonably sharp-looking 50-inch image, which should do very nicely for small-scale presentations, and we love its powered-by-USB feature – the lack of a dedicated power cable really pushes it portability claims.Where to buy your Philips Mini Projector? More information on the Philips PicoPix Micro Mini Projector
OK, so it's not going to blow off any socks, and nor is it great for watching movies, but it gets so close to versatility that we're impressed.
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Final verdictĬonsidering it's 25% the size and price of most portable data projectors, Philips PicoPix PPX2055 is very appealing. While it would be great to have the option of connecting a USB stick for laptop-less instant presentations – as seen on previous incarnations of the PicoPix – that would necessitate both a battery and an array of controls on the device itself.
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As no speakers are supplied you have to rely on your laptop's we swerved this for our test presentation by carrying a mini Bluetooth speaker, which we positioned underneath the PicoPix PPX2055's projection. In use it's quite loud, running at an average of 50 decibels, though it fluctuates randomly, and peaks at 60 decibels. Great though it is, we can't recommend the PicoPix PPX2055 with a MacBook Air since it crashed ours during tests. A contrasty, sharp enough 50-inch image is assured – and that's probably plenty for most small-scale presentations. Picture quality isn't akin to a home cinema of any kind – it's neither bright nor nuanced enough – but it's certainly good enough to get anyone wondering what an extra few hundred lumens could do. Engaging the PicoPix PPX2055 is no more complicated than choosing a shortcut on the desktop of a laptop, and hitting OK on the first and only set-up screen. It's rudimentary in terms of design, but keeps things ever so simple.
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Since there are no controls on the PicoPix PPX2055 itself, the Picviewer 2 software is all-important – and highly impressive. So does this pocket-sized projector offer enough to light up the market? We liked
We also noticed that the USB cable used is very stiff, and can easily jog the (exceptionally lightweight) projector itself. The spinning DLP colour wheel is always audible, so it's worth considering drowning out the sound with a simple wireless Bluetooth speaker to connect up to the laptop you're using. You actually need darkness for good results Detail depends on placement, but on a 50-inch image it's enough for most presentations.
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Put a good deal closer, at about 90cm from a screen, and we managed a perfectly sharp, bright 50-inch image, so it's here that we'd set its usable limit.įocussing it via the PicoPix PPX2055's only physical control (a small wheel above the LED lens that's rated to last 30,000 hours) its RGB LED lamp produced colourful images with plenty of contrast, though it's much better with the bold colours of presentations and graphics than with the skin tones of movies and TV. From about 2.5m from a screen we achieved an 80-inch image, though there are issues that render this a bit pointless the image is just too soft, and it's not bright enough. The same process on a netbook running Windows Vista worked fine the Picopix Viewer 2 software loaded up quickly and gave us a choice of mirroring our netbook's screen on the PicoPix PPX2055 or extending it to become a second screen, as well as choosing between three brightness levels.