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What happened to the LED projector?
In early 2006 I looked at one of the first LED projectors - the SP-P300ME. Since it used LEDs to project images as opposed to traditional lamps, it was incredibly small (172mm wide, 95mm deep), ultra-quiet and weighing just 700g.
With brightness rated at a pitiful 25 ansi lumens, it needed a near pitch black environment to display a viewable image, but it was the first of its kind and, as you can see from my first impressions, it was able to project a perfectly watchable 80in display.
The SP310 soon superseded it, but at a Samsung press event last Christmas I was told that there are no new LED models planned. Indeed, I've heard very little regarding new LED projectors from any manufacturers.
Yesterday, Optoma announced its latest 'miniature' projector - the EX330 (pictured below). Although the 165W lamp means it can project much brighter images, it's bigger, heavier and, at £821, is more expensive than Samsung's £499 LED model.
We'll be getting in a review model soon, but personally I'd like to see more LED projectors.
Posted by Will Stapley on May 2, 2008 | Permalink
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