Hey all. I'm looking for a pico projector for my phone. Any recommendations? Or anyone with first hand experience with one?
I want to use it to watch a movie or two occasionally.
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Howdy - I just purchased an Optima PK320 for the office and found out it makes a great HDTV for home (given low to no light conditions) - also works great with my RAZR
Before that, I had the PK301, but I found the 30-50 extra lumens did make a difference if you wanted an 60" + view
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Thanks, a personal review!
Maybe I should explain a little more of what I want. I don't need it to be a 60'+ view. That's a little extreme for a bedroom. I want to display it across my room, so maybe the size of a 32' widescreen will be perfect.
I can get the room pretty dark, and I just want a projector that will show good brightness, with nice picture quality for movies. I can install external speakers on the side. So sound is not really an issue for now.
Come on I want more reviews! And pictures of some people's set up if possible!
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Keep in mind that projecting "across" your room will create a 60"+ image, unless your room is a closet. Typical throw ratios of these pico projectors are between 1.6 and 2.0, meaning at a projection distance of 10 feet, they will create a 10/1.6 = 6.25 ft wide image to a 10/2.0 = 5 ft wide image.
If you want a ~32" screen, you'll need to project from about 4-5 feet.
The Optoma PK320 (100 lumens, 854x480) is great but expensive ($400+) and the previous model, the PK301 (50 lumens, 854x480) is good, and about $100 cheaper now.
The AAXA P4 (80 lumens, 854x480) is another good option. The fan noise is a little louder than either of the PK's, though.
My personal setup is a Vivetek Qumi Q2 (300 lumens, 1200x800) hooked up to a Roku box, projecting across the room, creating a 90" screen.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...enabled-phones-igo-up2020-pico-projector.html
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Picked this thing up from Amazon for right at 100 bucks shipped. It comes with a bracket that allows you to use it with a case (although it does not specify which case) still on the tablet. It sure doesn't work with the Motorola case that I have which I believe is the standard hard case that transforms into a stand.
Pros:
Sound quality is amazing. Really took me by surprise
HDMI out port
Cons:
Docking is not as easy as it should be, but not nearly as difficult at some of the reviews on Amazon say. Line up the dots, get the right angle and it drops right in.
The angle at which it sits in the dock should be adjustable but its not and its pretty steep
I imagine Bose will come out with a $199 or more version, but I don't see the sound surpassing this one by much if any.
Overall i'd give it an 8 out of 10
Thanks, for the quick review, any chance of some shots? Thanks.
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Thanks, for the quick review, any chance of some shots? Thanks.
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Yeah i can do that....
So was it worth the coin?
I don't get any more than 720p through HDMI port on the XOOM itself and I'm uncertain whether that is even normal operation. I imagine this limitation still persists with the HD dock too? Been curious if Motorola locked the output to 720p in software. Then when it detects it is connected through the HD dock, 1080p output is enabled?
Is it a pleasure to describe you this super amazing device.
Just few years ago a good virtual headset cost thousand of euro.Now with just 69 euro + a regular 5 inch fullhd smartphone probably you can achieve a better results.
At first thanks to a Samsung stand i discover this new economic way for VR and i was shoked for the Field of View 96 degree and the overall experience.
Samsung gear vr is not still in the market and actually would work just with note 4 so i tried to find an alternative.
At first i bough a really cheap vr headset.A sort of google cardboard made of plastic.And even if it was cheap with a small FOV gave me a pretty good sensation.
But nothing compare with the Samsung vr gear i tried in the mall plus the Color Cross were really unconfortable to wear and to adjust.
I did a great resarch and i find out this Homido ready to be buy with great features.
Design 5/5 Look like a cool snowboards glasses very cool wearable without feel like a nerd
Quality 4/5 Simple but very good material and great optic wich provide you a really immersive feeling with 100 fov basically is the same feeling i had with samsung vr gear.Fully adjustable very easy !!!
Comfort 5/5 If i told you color cross were a pain in the ass for more than 5 minutes Homido seems you can fall sleept with this one no problem even if you have a bige nose.Overall they are just comfort as wearing a snowboard mask...
Service 5/5 I ordered 5 for all my family for 69 each and i get in 5 days saturday and sunday included with no additional charge trought a very fast shipping from China to Florida US
Conclusion:AMAZING product wich work better than i expected.
Amazing for 360 stereoscopic vr video and let
tell you 3D compared with this technology is already the past.Now you feel inside de video.The future vs the past.Even the box is really nice .For sure i will buy more for Christmas if you don't try you can't really undestand the real power of this headset.With S4 best VR i ever tried
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I have went through the same exact experience as you when it comes to the whole VR thing. I have the color cross and imcardboard both foam and card board models. I also had the Oculus rift DK1. The Oculus Rift DK1 was able to show me what the future of vr was going to be like, but I sold it because of the nausea issues caused by bad reoslution and lag.
The color cross kills the bridge of my nose after a couple of minutes and the lenses are barely useable. Also cardboard pressed on your face from the actual cardboard models just kinda sucks. I ordered the Homido a couple of days and have seen very little posts about it. I am glad I found this post as it gives me some confidence that it might actually be useable.
It would be nice to get a decent VR experience in a portable package.
The Homido does not TRULY "fit" devices larger than 5" since the display is cut off all around the device. The view width is only 4.1" so no way a 5" wide display like the Note 4 will truly fit, since a large part of the display is cut off. There are posts and feedback about this and forces you to reduce the image size to not get cut off and this makes the resolution worse with an image already split into two smaller ones.
Very misleading for Homido to say it fits devices larger than 5" and hurts perception of the product. Homido should have made the frame bezel thinner to TRULY fit devices larger than 5" phones.
I;ve been using my Homido also on my Note 4, and i must say its not bad at all.
The one thing that makes me wonder is that movies look kinda bad... and not only SBS, but some good quality 1080p movies. I know that the screen simulation is really big... but still makes me wonder.
Anyone tested gear vr also ? I would love to know if it worths the extra money.
The support and variety of games is wider ofcourse, but anyone really tried both to tell us his opinion ?
Point is a lot of the display is cut off, so the image used to fit is smaller, so not using the optimum pixels for the best picture. Gear VR is better since uses the maximum the display can fit since zero cut off. Homido is a nice designed device constrained by the fact that phones need to be 5" diagonal or less to fully fit the view area.
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Anyone tested gear vr also ? I would love to know if it worths the extra money.
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I was able to find these two articles that talked about their experience watching movies on the Gear VR:
http://www.roadtovr.com/samsung-gear-vr-preview-oculus-cinema-watching-a-2-hour-movie/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2686...better-than-the-oculus-rift-in-some-ways.html
I demoed the Gear VR for the S6 at the local Samsung store and it was an unbelievable experience, although I could still see the screen door effect even with the S6's 577 dpi while watching a sample video.
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The one thing that makes me wonder is that movies look kinda bad... and not only SBS, but some good quality 1080p movies.
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I would love to get the Gear VR, but I don't have a Samsung phone, so now I'm learning towards the Homido; however, after reading your comments about watching movies on the Homido now I'm not so sure anymore. Were you able to improve the movie watching experience on the Homido?
Actually i sold it, was getting a lot of screen cut on my note 4 since Homidos opening aint as big as the note 4 screen.
I believe that the ideal for homido would be a 5" 1080p screen
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I believe that the ideal for homido would be a 5" 1080p screen
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From what I've read so far, you'd also want an OLED screen. Ideally, it should also have at least 500 dpi.
Hello all,
I have became curious about this technology and wanted some feedback and recommendations on which one is best for our phone, my main use will probably be, movies and a little of gaming.
Thanks...:good:
Howdy,
I bought a cheap 20 Euro VR headset and also the Homido VR headset which cost me 80 euro and I ended up selling the Homido! simply because the screen is placed way to close and it's horribly pixilated which I was soooo disappointed about :crying:
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Virtual-Real...roid-System-/161584765016?hash=item259f33d858
Go for something like this, not much pixelation and cheap to buy :good:
The Homido VR did have better FOV and overall was of better 3D quality due to it having nice Optics for it. I would go for something like I showed you but find something with good lenses for an overall better 3D experience ^^
Thanks for the suggestion.
I made the Google Cardboard one to see if I would like it before I invest in it and I loved it so I will be buying a more advanced pair. I saw some on Ebay that had bluetooth remote for $28 free shipping
spacecowboy618 said:
I made the Google Cardboard one to see if I would like it before I invest in it and I loved it so I will be buying a more advanced pair. I saw some on Ebay that had bluetooth remote for $28 free shipping
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I got a cardboard V2 and it works very well
I picked up the View-Master goggles (like Cardboard v2 but plastic construction) when they were on sale for $20 a week (or so) ago. I'm using them with my Zenfone 2 with good results.
A couple thoughts though:
- I'd recommend Bluetooth headphones with this - the headphone cord will be pinched by the closure if you are using wired. You can also hear the built-in speakers through gaps in the case, but you lose stereo effects.
- It is a bit heavy on the nose - I find it is more comfortable pushed up higher on my face.
- They are really cool & I do recommend them.
I went through (and discarded) a few movie apps before settling on "VRTV free". Some of the others had more difficult controls and didn't seem to get the spacing right for the 3D effect (very obvious on text where it was "double vision" instead of 3D). VRTV has a virtual theater mode for 2d movies and then 180 & 360 modes for 3d files. It also has a "re-center" command which is important since I am getting some gyro drift (in fact I came here looking for some sort of calibration app).
About to buy the Z2 and have been researching here. I find that the phone has A/B partitions, and in the "Massive Links" thread there's a link to a dual-boot patch... unfortunately that link is broken.
I am suspicioning that Oreo would break dual-boot anyway, but I sure liked multiboot on my old Razr. Any prospect for this?
Also I find that no one here criticizes the projector mod. Is it actually useable? I mean is it bright enough for a decent image and are colors decent? Any idea what kind of light engine it has? How far away can you project with a decent image?
The projector is decent enough in a dark room. I've used it a few nights to watch movies on the roof with my kids, they love it. I had it going from a foot above the floor to my 10ft ceiling. Colors were good, it was not 'crisp' but it was also being projected onto my roof that is textures not a smooth surface.
No one knows how the A/B partitions work?
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About to buy the Z2 and have been researching here. I find that the phone has A/B partitions, and in the "Massive Links" thread there's a link to a dual-boot patch... unfortunately that link is broken.
I am suspicioning that Oreo would break dual-boot anyway, but I sure liked multiboot on my old Razr. Any prospect for this?
Also I find that no one here criticizes the projector mod. Is it actually useable? I mean is it bright enough for a decent image and are colors decent? Any idea what kind of light engine it has? How far away can you project with a decent image?
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So I finally got my free projector and it is great. Tried watching without the screen wasn't impressed but after the screen arrived I was happy (Wish app was my friend here $16 72" screen. Projector has it's own battery lasts for a 2 hour plus movie easily. I would not expect it to be watchable in a sunny area but I pull the shades hang up the projector screen and get a very nice watchable 72 inch picture.
I upgraded from a Pixel 4XL and sound quality of Pixel Buds is less in my Pixel 6 Pro. I checked and the settings are the same on both phones. Anybody else having same results?
Check your isp aint lowered your audio bitrate to skimp on what you pay for, when you upgraded, it could be they cant provide everyone top quality, audio is first to take the hit in skimping on service... put sim back in old fone to test. Poor signal drops audio bitrate first followed by streaming visuals, see, you'd notice it less in visual than audio. If you notice it in audio, plug in a ps3 using wifi hotspot, check the graphics, if they are lower quality than your used to, then you'll know.... now that the ps5 is out, watch the same happen to the ps4, lowered graphic quality.
Example:
I live in a common stair with 6 houses. If all six opt to buy 150mb service, we'd only get around 50mb actual speed, because they cannot provide full 150 to all through the very thin fibre optics, they are currently rewiring my street from inch thick fibre to 3 inch thick fibre...
This is the case thoughout the uk.