Projectors have seen enormous growth over the last ten years as a result of cinema lovers as well as the need for business projectors. As projectors have evolved from huge devices to smaller ones (mostly the business ones), and as everything electric or electronic is being ‘tinyfied’, it now looks like your cell phone will soon sport a projector added to the huge list of features.

An interesting point is, of course, quality. Will these super tiny projectors be any good besides to show a presentation? Will it be possible one day to watch a movie in decent quality using your mobile as a projector? And what about battery life?

We’d love to hear what you think via the comments.

Source: Engadget

Sony has announced a new projector (next to the VPL-VW60) called the Bravia VPL-VW200 SXRD. Sony has claimed that their last creation is a combination of the best devices “of three projectors award-winning (the VPL-VW60, the VPL-VW100 and the QUALIA 004) as well as last televisions at end high of liquid crystal display of BRAVIA”.

VPL-VW200 SXRD provides the full HD 24p true courtesy of resolution of cinema of 1080p of an objective of Karl Zeiss Vario-Tessar, asserting a report/ratio of contrast from 35.000 to 1, a level of glare of 800 lumens, a response time of 2.5ms, and a rate of the reinforcement 100MHz. You also obtain the short technology of jet which moulds of the 80” screen right of 2.5m.

Unfortunately this new flagship, with the shape of its predecessor the VPL-VW100,  has a pricetag of $15k. The VPL-VW100 was listed for $8k.

A remarkable announcement, found at http://www.homecinemachoice.com .

” Acclaimed projector brand InFocus has announced that it’s knocking hundreds of pounds off its already impressive-value IN78 and IN76 HD Ready projectors. The Dark Chip 3 IN78 is now £1500 (down from £2,000), while the Dark Chip 2 IN76 is now just £999 (down from £1400). Which makes them both bargains of quite ridiculous proportions, in our humble opinion.”

Of course this is great news for all the customers out there, but I can’t help to remember the following quote

” For the second quarter 2007, InFocus reported revenues of $73.6 million and a net loss of $7.8 million, or $0.20 per share, compared to a net loss of $13.0 million, or $0.33 per share, for the first quarter of 2007 and a net loss of $12.8 million, or $0.32 per share for the second quarter of 2006″.

Let’s us hope for Infocus that they will be able to stop the losses.