Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Front Projectors

I'd love to have a projector that had 2 settings. Setting 1 would optically zoom to a given size (say 56" for this example) in mode 1, but then zoom to a larger size (say 80") in mode 2. Since mode 1 is twice as bright as mode 2, you could set the size such that it is bright enough to view during the day with high ambient light. Mode 2 wouldn't need as much brightness, so you could afford to increase the size at night. The projector would have to save some settings in each of the modes (such as zoom, focus, and hopefully also manual offset) so that you could toggle between them in a 1-click sort of way.

In my opinion, this feature would be amazingly helpful in bringing front projectors to reality for many people who might otherwise be turned away due to the less-than-ideal daytime operation.

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