Ideally, we would all use our picos in a bat cave, but light blocking curtains do a superb job. The viewing is noticeably best when the room is completely dark and when you project the images onto a smooth, white wall. After adjusting the focus, the large image was still defined and remarkably watchable, but color saturation and contrast took a beating.įollowing in the footsteps of its pico projector brothers, the iPico is rather dim. When watching the image at this large size, it was best to sit as far back as the projector was positioned, which in my case was just a bit over ten feet. Sometimes you just have to redraw the boundaries. I also sampled some nineties music videos through YouTube at almost 96 inches diagonally, which is pushing the manufacturer's suggestion of 50 inches. With the iPico app, you are able to adjust the factory settings for contrast, brightness, and sharpness. I was impressed by the sharpness of the little green men. With a resolution of 960 x 540, this projector provided a better quality picture than the Brookstone Pocket Projector for iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy Beam. I used it every night to watch my favorite X-Files episodes through Netflix at 50 diagonal inches. This time, I chose to keep the iPico mainly to myself. In past reviews, I approached projector setup in terms of entertaining my children. The graphic resembles green, bubbling battery acid. Not only does it display the amount of juice left in your projector, but it also shows the charge left in your iPhone/iPod's battery. My favorite of all the iPico app options is the illustrated battery life meter. At first I scoffed at the magnifying feature, but I have found daily uses for it. The text in the images was clear and easy to read after focusing. I'm reminded of the overhead projectors we had in elementary school, except you can hold this one in your hand and you don't have to wheel it away. You simply hold the camera of your iPhone or iPod over the document(I used my cell phone bill) and the projector will enlarge and display it on the wall. The iPico can also be used as a document camera to magnify your important papers if you are in a bind. Who has time to plan out their internet destinations? I prefer to go wherever the road takes me. By having to list the sites I want to visit, I must pre-plan my trip through the information highway. I had to utilize the option on the app, which is tedious. I could not display the websites if I simply tried to navigate through Safari on my iPhone menu. You do need to add the addresses to the available list on the iPico app. Also, you can visit your Facebook page and project your many browsing sessions of favorite websites onto your living room wall. With it, you are able to access your videos, photos, and YouTube account.
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Since the iPico is specifically designed to be used with your iPhone and iPod, it offers a free and useful app. It does have two rubber grips to add stability, but I'd exercise caution and refrain from letting clumsy hands near it. Instead of acting like a phone sleeve, such as the Brookstone Pocket Projector for iphone, this pico projector acts more like a podium for your device. After about 2 hours of charging, you are ready to slip your iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S or iPod (3rd and 4th generations) onto the 30 pin connector. You must push up the iPhone/iPod connector to reveal the micro-USB port, which is under it. In order to charge, the manufacturer recommends using your iPhone or iPod power adapter. The iPico comes packaged with the projector, a USB cable, and a cleaning cloth. It easily nestled into the cell phone pocket of my purse. 67 inches and only weighs in at about 3.6 ounces. At first sight, I flashed back to my original Nokia cell phone. The iPico is a very unassuming projector. But General Imaging's iPico hand-held projector, with a supported resolution of 960 X 540 and LCoS display knows exactly what it is: a solid pico projector for use ONLY with the iPhone 3GS, 4S, 4 and the 3rd and 4th generation iPod. Having played with several already, I've found that some auxiliary bells and whistles could tempt a gadget lover to excuse low resolution simply because of a novelty attribute, like a fancy carrying case. The fast evolving pico projector market has produced devices that can help us multi-task through our lives.
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