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Just after having heard the shocking news about Dell and its most petite LCD projector, Dell has gone and done it again.  Shortly after its sibling’s birth, the 7609WU DLP WUXGA projector is introduced. With its astonishing 1920 x 1200 WUXGA Native Resolution, most people will find it hard to complain about not seeing every detail of the picture.

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Recently, Sanyo announced its new PLV-Z3000 LCD Projector featuring a 120Hz full HD 1080p display resolution and a 5:5 pull down for producing images as true to the source as possible. Sanyo boasts that this is the industry’s first LCD projector to have the 5:5 pull down feature.

With a 5:5 pull-down mode, the PLV-Z3000 can increase the smoothness of video even if the source includes scenes with a tremendous amount of motion. Thanks to the projector’s “Dynamic Predictive Frame Interpolation Technology” which predicts motion differences between frames, it enables the projector to generate five interpolated images to fill the gaps. These extra images improve resolution and eliminate motion artifacts. Additionally, Sanyo claims that this projector can take 24 fps material from HDTV broadcasts and display the content in movie theater quality.

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We at Gadgetell have covered 3M’s Projector for the cellular phone at the beginning of the year, and it appears that 3M has already gone into production and is planning to release the MPro110 sooner rather than later. 

The MPro110 would be the first projector marketed exclusively for cellular phone usage.  The projector itself is an LED lamp that is able to project a 640 x 480 image with a 50-inch diagonal on any appropriate blank wall.

More details about he handheld projector after the break.

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The projector market is about to have a new competitor with the IN80 from InFocus.  It is able to process 1080p images, and project them on the wall at a 4 meter diagonal. 

Other features include a Texas Instruments DLP DarkChip system with BrilliantColor, as well as Integrated Pixelworks DNX 10-bit video processing.  It also has a 2,500:1 native contrast ratio, and 1,300 ANSI lumens of brightness.  It also comes with HDMI inputs. 

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Optoma announced their groundbreaking handheld projector.  Smaller than your average smartphone, the Optoma Pico projector utilizes Texas Instruments DLP Pico chipset.  The unit can be used with iPods, smartphones and digital cameras.

Imagine projecting your movies for all to enjoy or showing off your amazing vacation photos to the teeming masses.  Or perhaps you’re tired of lugging around a laptop and giant projector for business presentations.  Now you can do it all from this tiny projector. 

The product will be first shown at Texas Instrument’s InfoComm 2008 booth C909 and will be available in limited distribution in Europe and Asia in late 2008, with a worldwide launch in 2009.

No pricing notice yet.

press release [Virtual Press Office] Company site [Optoma]

Sony just announced a new projector, the VPL-VW40, which has many top-of-the-line features for a (yet unspecified) lower price than previous models. It is capable of full HD (up to 1080p, 1920 x 1080) resolution, it has a 15,000:1 contrast ratio and adjusts automatically to the level of lighting that is being projected for optimal results (this feature is called Advanced Iris 2). Connectivity wise, it has 2 HDMI input ports and it also features Sony SXRD, which is Sony’s response to Texas Instruments’ DLP technology, to deliver crisp images. Match this up with a 300-inch screen and this quiet projector (22dB at its loudest) could be the centerpiece of your new home theater setup.

Press Release [Sony] Via [New Launches]

Have you ever been in a meeting and wanted to show everyone your mobile device’s screen?  Project-a-phone has got just the product for you with their new ICD-5000 Image Capture and Display system.  The device allows users to mount their cellphone, PDA, or even MP3 player - and project the device’s display onto any computer monitor, projector, or TV.  Project-a-phone says that the ICD-5000 is targeted at industry professionals in sales, marketing, application development, and advertising.  In the past, they launched their ICD-3000, which features a 640x480 capture device.  The new 5000 model has a 5.17 megapixel device that captures screenshots up to 3.15 megapixels. 

If you remember back at CES, Bill Gates was talking about the future of mobile devices and how soon, you’ll be able to set your phone on a table and it will project the picture on the wall or a big screen.  I’d say this device is pretty close to meeting that concept already.  You can pick one up on Project-a-phone’s website for $395.

Read [TGDaily] Via [CrunchGear]

Back at Bill Gate’s CES keynote, he was making use of prototype mobile device projectors.  These projectors display exactly what is on your cellphone or PDA screen so you can beam it onto any wall or even floor.  Explay is responsible for the latest projecting cellphone dongle.  Their new device, which is still in testing, is a matchbox sized projector that hooks up to your cellphone.  The company has plans to incorporate the technology into other devices.  No word yet or pricing or availability.

Via [Gadget Review]

Sanyo has release four new, high-end LCD projectors. These are not designed for the average home theater, rather commercial applications (but they make look awesome in your living room). The LP-HD2000 (2048x1080), the LP-WP80 (1366x768), the LP-XF46 (1024x768) and the LP-XP57 (1024x768).This is not saying that a 2048 x 1080 projector wouldn’t look good in your dedicated home theater room but with a price tag of nearly $140,200 you might want to look else where. The other units drop in at $46,000, $11,000 and $10,300. These have 300W, 7,000 lumen lamp running a 1,000:1 contrast ratio and the smaller ones projecting between 3,000 and 12,000 lumens with a 1,000 to 1,300 contrast ratios. Now as I said, they would look sweet in your living room.

Read [HD Beat]

Dell announced two aggressively priced, high-brightness projectors, the 2400MP and 1200MP. Both have a drop-tested carrying case, full featured remote control, PC support, S-video, composite video, component video and RS-232 connectors (cables included: VGA, S-video, composite video, USB, VGA to component, RCA audio and mini pin to mini pin). The 2400MP offers the best lumens per dollar in the industry.

Priced at $1,099, the Dell 2400MP is an XGA 1024x768 resolution projector and the only product in its class priced less than $1,100. It features a 3,000 ANSI lumens brightness rating, a 2,100:1 contrast ratio, DarkChip3 DLP Technology to produce crisp images from a compact device weighing only 5.5 pounds.

Ideal for presentations in small to mid-sized rooms, the Dell 1200MP is a bright, fully featured SVGA 800x600 resolution projector with another breakthrough price: $699. With 2,000 ANSI lumens, the 1200MP is up to 42 percent brighter than its predecessor. The 1200MP weighs less than five pounds and has a high contrast ratio of 2,100:1.

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