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BenQ Releases New LED Projector

image_bin-0609BenQ is now officially shipping their lamp-free GP1 LED Projector shown at CeBIT. It’s true it doesn’t have a lamp, but its light source is LED. Being promoted by BenQ as the world’s first pocket projector with LED technology (it’s not, though) and integrated USB video reader, the tiny 22-oz. (barely over one pound) mini-projector offers USB-based projection of video and PC images at 100 ANSI lumens powered by digital LED lighting.  It’s got what BenQ calls “wall color correction” (which means, if your living room is painted yellow, it will color-correct the image to remove some yellow so that blues look blue, whites looks white, etc), as well as a built-in 2-watt speaker, (allegedly) 20,000+ hours light life, iPod/iPhone dock (optional), instant On/Off, and tripod compatibility. It is the kind of projector you can store in a drawer and pull out when you want to project a big game or a movie.

One unique feature is that you can store photos (as JPEGs) and video clips on a USB thumb drive for spur-of-the-moment projection. In other words, you don’t need to connect the projector to a computer to display images. The 15-80” image in 4:3 native format (16:9 is selectable but doesn’t utilize the entire projection area, thus, you’ll get less light output) is adjustable with digital zoom and preset picture PC and A/V modes.

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