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Projectors Pico have not really taken off, as some people thought they would, but Optoma has an interesting new take projector on the compact genre: it's called the neo-i, and it combines projector an iPod/iPhone speaker dock with a "tabletop".

Although the neo-i $449 is cheap, its information is better than your typical Pico Projector. The neo-i is a 50 ANSI lumens DLP projector, the WVGA (854 x 480 pixels) resolution in 16: 9-format with a "full-bodied" 16-watt stereo system offers (Yes, it is integrated directly into the dock). The neo-i also runs, use one... Expand full review

Projectors Pico have not really taken off, as some people thought they would, but Optoma has an interesting new take projector on the compact genre: it's called the neo-i, and it combines projector an iPod/iPhone speaker dock with a "tabletop".

Although the neo-i $449 is cheap, its information is better than your typical Pico Projector. The neo-i is a 50 ANSI lumens DLP projector, the WVGA (854 x 480 pixels) resolution in 16: 9-format with a "full-bodied" 16-watt stereo system offers (Yes, it is integrated directly into the dock). The neo-i can be performed also through an optional external battery pack, and the onion is rated to 20,000 hours. (Yes, it will be replaced at some point.)

In contrast to the much smaller PK301 Pico Projector, which told us, has the same light engine, Optoma is the neo-i as a portable device not classify. However, on 12.8 cm by 8.9 inches deep by 3.1 inches tall and weighing 2.5 pounds, the device is small and light enough to take account of "portable."

Take the Optoma neo-i out of the box and the first, what, you notice, is that it just a luxurious design sport not. The look and feel on the essential end of the spectrum are, and if you turn it on, the menu system is pretty blah as well as. We would be a little more forgiveness were a $300-we were product, but at $450, hoping for a bit more.

The neo-i key feature is that houses integrated dock, the iPods and iPhones. You have three options for access and control your media selection: from your iPod/iPhone screen or scroll wheel, which contain IR remote control or the illuminated Control Panel on the neo-i itself.

The credit-card size remote control is small and it's hard, that same size different round buttons, especially in a dimly lit environment. Not the IR buttons we find everything, what strong and often had to press several times to get to the desired location in the menu system.

The projector has connectivity, HDMI (1.3) and VGA ports, you can connect the laptops, Blu-ray player and other digital media boxes like Apple TV or the Roku player. (An optional accessory kit for the connection of the iPad be.) A breakout cable included, can standard AV composite (yellow, red, white) video sources and use.

As for the picture and sound quality, we tested the neo-i had with a Blu-ray movie (we connected a Blu-ray player via HDMI) and some digital movies, we stored on an iPhone. These films were for the record, "Horton Hears a who official digital copies that came with Blu-ray versions"Bolt,"" and "Bedtime stories." Their file sizes were to 1.4 GB.

We would have tested more video apps on the iPhone, but we discovered that most seem not to support, video output. (We assume that this is a constraint that the Apple or the individual app developers, on the content-it's no fault of the neo-i.) But the result is dass-- at least to the current Zeitpunkt--you videos from the iOS Netflix app see can not.

The marketing material for the projector says, that you can project an image in General up to 120 inches, but we remained dark kept in the range from 42 to 50-inch and rooms (when the lights turn off a big difference in the picture quality makes with a projector).

All in all was satisfactory for casual the image map and much better and brighter than what you receive from many smaller Pico projectors, providing just not the same brightness functions. However, because the resolution is not too high, the image was definitely soft compared with what of even an entry-level 720 p LCD TV would get. (The problem with a projector-especially not HD Ones--is that the bigger the image the softer the image gets project).

Another drawback: the neo-i does not support 1080p input. 480I, 480 p, 720 p and 1080i works just fine however. (It is not a big deal for a non-HD projector, but it us cause some confusion, when we first hooked our Blu-ray player, which had been set to 1080p.)

More than the image of the digital copies, we had the Blu-ray image, we has been projected on our iPhone. But although the difference was visible, it was not very large. Clearly, if you a Blu-ray disc with this projector project be, you are no HD picture project. It is rather larger view a DVD, or perhaps a light step, especially as you go down with your image.

We do not expect the world from the built-in speakers and we can not say, they sound all that great (most TV loudspeakers deliver superior sound). But, enough played the speakers loud, clear enough, which is wichtig-- listen to dialogue and a big step up from the muted sound of almost all Pico projectors.

Conclusion
Finally we came to like the neo-i, and appreciate the convenience of the iPod/iPhone dock built into the device which is a big plus and the future of these types of "portable" projectors.

As for its value is the crucial question of how you plan to use it. Optoma sees it as an entertainment projector, rather than a business projector could, and access to makes some attractiveness for dorm room use and travel with the children to places where you have no access to a TV, however. Maybe could you come this projector, but as a bedroom or playroom with TV LCD in the price, would get a better picture for the money from a 37 - or 40-inch LCD set.

For those between this model and the Optoma PK301 - Choose the tries we one of the best Pico projectors are-this projector is of course much smaller and is really a Pocket projector. We want to better his simple, black design.

These benefits aside, the PK301 built-in speakers are really tiny and not output almost to do as much sound as the neo-i speakers. Also, your iPhone or iPod connect, you need an optional AV cable, close the kind of pain (the PK301 has a MicroSD card slot and the integrated media software, so that it is better, you play your content from a memory card).

After all the neo-i a better projection than the PK301, but it offers a full-size projector, which does not include a battery-powered option directly out of the box is clear rather.

Before buying this, I would say, if you really think how you can use it in. Can a computer in it, but it has to be used really primarily with an iPhone or iPod. It will replace not the LCD TV image quality, but it is an acceptable replacement-at least temporarily.