It’s that time of year again and AAXA Technologies is knocking it out of the park with their Black Friday Deals!
Here is the lineup of amazing deals:
First, AAXA HP2 Halloween Holographic Projector and Rear Projection Mesh Screen is a screaming $119.99! A deal so good it’s scary.
This small projector provides a handful of spooky Halloween movies. These specters, ghouls, and skeletons create a real fright. It’s never too early to be thinking about Halloween.
Second, the AAXA P7 1080P Projector (Refurbished) is $299!
The P7 is an all around fantastic Pico Projector. It provides a clear picture that can connect to a large variety of devices in such a small form factor. Whether it be a smart phone, laptop, camera, gaming console, portable storage, or streaming devices the AAXA P7 Pio Projector will not disappoint. It will provide a cinematic display with over 2 million pixels.
Third, the AAXA 4K1 4K UHD Projector (Refurbished) is only $679! What a deal!
The 4K1 is AAXA’s cream of the crop, so a deal such as this cannot be passed. This Mini Projector provides a super clear experience in such a small shell. With Dual Watt speakers and Quad Cast LED’s the viewing experience is sublime. With a price tag of $679 AAXA is providing something very special for Black Friday.
Get your Mini Projectors, Pico Projectors, and Refurbished Projectors for all this holiday season. Don’t skip on AAXA’s Black Friday Deals!
Scenes from Paul Walker’s The Fast and The Furious projected on a huge wall by the Brookstone Pocket Projector Pro and the AAXA P300!
Who will be the main course in this years holiday pico/pocket projector review: Brookstone’s Pocket Projector Pro or AAXA’s P300?
Since it’s the holiday season, we’re going to be stuffing our homes with friends and family. So you’re definitely going to have to keep them entertained with something when they’re all sitting around in their food comas. Well this year you can prepare for it. The time is right buy some new gadgets and what better thing to get than a mobile projector! This year we’re going to compare projector recipes so you’ll have something to serve as entertainment. So we’re going to compare the Brookstone Pocket Projector Pro ($429) and the AAXA Technologies P300 ($389). There are some good ones out there, but we’re going to compare this new Brookstone pico/pocket projector with something fairly comparable in price, features, and brightness.
The Ingredients
The AAXA P300 is battery powered (battery Included) and lasts upwards of 60+ minutes on a single charge. Now the Brookstone Projector has the “optional battery” that will keep it going for 2-hours, which is really good. The down side is that the battery is going to cost you an extra $99 bucks! So the total to make the Brookstone completely portable is around $529…again, a side dish to think about.
While we’re on addition features, both the Brookstone and the AAXA have keystone correction. The really cool feature of the Brookstone is that is has a USB output to give you the ability to charge other devices on the go, if you buy the external battery with it. The features that the AAXA P300 has that the Brookstone doesn’t is an onboard media player to project video and text files or play your music directly from a its built in MicroSD reader(up to 32GB) or through its full size USB port to read from a USB memory stick.
The Recipe
These projectors are very portable and pack some great features, some more than the other. However, the side dishes of any meal only complement the course, which in this meal review, is the projection quality. The Brookstone Pocket Projector is rated at 200 ANSI lumens and the AAXA P300 comes in at 300 ANSI lumens; both of which have a resolution of 1280 x 800 (WXGA). The contrast ratio of the Brookstone is 1000:1, while the AAXA P300 is at 2000:1.
The Main Dish
Now on to the main course of this holiday projector review! Both these projectors are about 4 feet form the wall and are so we can see how well they compare to each other.
You can see that the brightness of both these projectors are very bright! The AAXA P300 does have a more vibrant range of color to its projection quality. Although the brightness of the AAXA is rated at 300 lumens and is a bit brighter, the Brookstone does a a good job itself. The brookstone is rated at 200 lumens but seems to be a bit brighter than that, guessing maybe hitting close to 250 lumens instead. But projected from the same distance you can see that there is a difference.
So putting the whole thing in perspective, the Brookstone Pocket Projector Pro is small in size and very bright for its size, comparing fairly well to the AAXA P300’s 100 lumen advantage. However, things to keep in mind from this is that the price is a little steep and gets really pricey if you want to add the battery to the package. For the AAXA p300 that is a little bigger in size, but at a reasonable price, you’ll get those few extra features; the battery, onboard media player and USB/MicroSD memory reader ability.
Here are the specifications
Brookstone Pocket Projector Pro
AAXA Technologies P300
Battery Sold Separately ($99)
Battery Included60+ Minutes on Full Charge
200 ANSI Lumens
300 ANSI Lumens
1000:1 contrast ratio
2000:1 contrast ratio
Aspect Ratio:16:9
Aspect Ratio:16:9
Image Size:Up to 115”
Image Size:Up to 120”
1280 x 800 (WXGA)
1280 x 800 (WXGA)
2x 1.0-watt speakers
2x 1.0-watt speakers
No Media Player
Has Onboard Media Player
Inputs:HDMI
3.5mm Audio-Out
DC Input
(MHL micro USB to HDMI cable, micro and mini HDMI adapters Included)
It seems that many gadgets are starting to couple a micro or pico projector right on to the platform. TI’s OMAP4 chipset will be able to drive 3 different displays simultaneously and includes a pico projector.
The way Slashgear describes the new OMAP4 based device, the three different displays and pico projector look as if they are going on to a sort of smartphone or tablet-based reader.
The significant bump in processing speed on the OMAP4 will be due to the dual 1GHz ARM A9 cores. Even though processing speed is increased, the chip set should also be more efficient giving users roughly 145 hours on a 1,000 mAh battery.
The video displays on the OMAP4 will allow for two onboard screens and an external display which can be used in place of the onboard pico projector. For example, if you want to watch a movie while keeping your browser and email open, you can plug your video out in to an external monitor. If an external monitor is not on hand, you can play your movie directly on to a flat surface via the built-in projector.
CES 2010 – Las Vegas, Nevada – MSI unveils its concept prototype – the MSI Projector PC.
According to Engadget, the MSI Projector PC blasts HD video at about the quality of a micro projector. They also mention that the brightness is notably a step above the pico projector levels.
Essentially, the MSI Projector PC is a micro projector with a PC and DVD drive built in to it. The plan is to pair it with their wireless mouse and keyboard for living room use. The advantages are merely novelty as one can easily plug in a laptop or PC to most pico and micro projectors as it is. MSI conveniently bundles up the idea in to one small package.
