By Desire Athow
Projectors. The very name recalls memories of boring, long presentations in stuffy dark rooms, with everyone trying to hear the voice of the presenter over the noise of the fans of said projector.
Things have changed since those days, though. And they’ve changed a great deal thankfully. DLP (Digital Light Processing), developed by US-based Texas Instruments in the late 1980s, got rid of the bulky lamps usually associated with projectors and removed the need for cooling fans.
Doing so kick-started a virtuous cycle: less energy consumed meant better reliability, smaller, more power-efficient units, and these cost far less to acquire and to maintain.
The MiNi Ray we’re previewing today is DLP at its very best – and we are speaking objectively rather than subjectively here. This is the smallest commercially available projector on the market, one that comfortably fits in your front jeans pocket and is powered by USB.
Yes, it derives its power from the microUSB port of your device thanks to a USB-to-microUSB cable converter – but be aware that the cable only works in one direction.
It barely warms up when used and displays a reasonably good picture for its …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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