Optoma PK102 PICO Pocket Projector

OK I can't believe I am the first to review this little guy. I got mine yesterday and have been very happy with it. If you read carefully, it does everything it says it will in the specs. It was packaged great, and included three adapters - one VGA, one USB, and one composite video and audio cable.It was brighter than I expected and easily hooked up to my laptop running Vista with no problems. The included Video Encoder worked as advertised (though I am not sure why it can't just play standard MP4 video...) and photos loaded fine. The interface is very intuitive.I did purchase a cheap tripod (~12 bucks) with it and I am glad I did - this thing is so small it would be hard to get it pointed exactly right without.Let's face it - this isn't great for someone working on a projector all day every day - you need better resolution and more lumens. But for the average geek at home this thing is perfect. For occasional use with laptop, or videos, or just still photo slide shows.The unit was even smaller than I expected when I got my hands on it. To say it's the size of a cell phone is no exaggeration.For a $250 this is one gadget you might consider in your arsenal!

I really get into Electronics. I purchased this Optoma PK102 in 12/09 and have had some fun displaying images and videos on different surfaces and watching movies (via a Laptop) on an outside screen. The issues I have deal with the design. First off, the tripod adaptor reduces the standard thread on most tripods to about half size. This makes for a very weak connection which will break if not giving the upmost care. Mine did. Second, the VGA to Pico cable (model# BC-VGUNXX01) will break if used often due to its cheap design .Mine did. The cable will cost you $50 to replace. You have a 60 or 90 day warranty on the accessories and 1 year on the projector. I attempted to contact Optoma on two different occasions via their website, where they state that they will contact you within 48 hours. That didn't happen. After a week or so, I decided to Call Optoma. Typical wait time for tech support. I was switched around a few times before getting to someone who gave me the bad news. Thirdly, Built-in speaker is almost, if not completely, useless. Fourthly, the controls should be on top front where they can be comfortable used, not on the sides where you have to contort your hand. Fifthly, the focus is too sensitive. Sixthly, battery life dies off fairly quickly after a couple months use. Overall, I think they got a good thing going, however they need to do much more R&D to have a really good product.

After the "gee whiz" novelty of this projector fades, you'll discovery it's not really good for anything. It's not bright enough to watch movies even in a dark room, it doesn't work with an iPad, and the battery only lasts a little over an hour. It's kinda cool, but also kinda useless for anything you'd want to use it for.

I ordered this and the 3M MPro 120 to compare them, and for me the MPro was the better choice. The menu select wheel on the Optoma seems to be very tempermental (hard to select what you want) and in a bad location relative to where the unit connects to the computer. I had this connected to my MacBook and I had to manually change the display resolution to get the projector to work. The final straw for me was that the internal storage and video player - a GREAT option if they can get it to work for Mac users - requires a proprietary video encoder that you download to your computer that didn't seem to want to install on a Mac with Snow Leopard OS.The Optoma is smaller, cheaper, and brighter than the 3M projector, and I do like the styling of the unit better than the 3M projector, but if you're a Mac user you may want to consider other options.

The projector is well designed, solid, the package come with three sets of cables so you canconnect your computer or your video source(camera, DVD, etc)One usb cable (included) give you the option to send videos and photos to a 4GB inside storage!!!you need to convert the videos before, but the software came into the package and works very well.The audio is loud and clear instead of the size.You can make a presentation of videos and photos without anything else!!!!Its is quiet, very handy hand easy to use, perfect for fun at nightPerfectly portable even with all the accessories.I'm very happy with this projector, but you must know that it have some limitations:Works very well in dark places and shows vibrant colors, but not as well on normal light conditionsUsing it as PC projector is good for videos or photos (not very sharp) but not as secondary screen or presentations, the letters doesn't look well and it is not comfortable to watch or read.My computer send a resolution of 800 x 600 maybe the equipment works better at 640x480but for computer presentations I don't recommend it.I watched a movie and it get hot but works without problem, of course for a movie you must plug it.Very soon this product will become common in many device specially mobile phonesThe option of share videos and photos to any surface from a device that fit in your pocketis extraordinary, everyone who use it, like it!

We had a projector in the past that was bulky and once the $500 bulb burned out, never used again. I love how small and portable the pico projector is. We used it at our halloween party to play movies on the back of our second story house. We also plan to use it in the desert. The picture quality is great and it's very easy to use. Overall, great product!

I've used this projector several times for slideshows at birthday parties. A microphone has to be used up to the speaker because the sounds is so quiet. I wish I had bought a projector that has a headphone jack so that an external speaker could be used. Other than that, I'm pleased with the projector...I mean, what more do you expect for $150?