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Posted On: 12 September 2005 By: Jay Oatway Filed Under: Beating a Different Drum | Future-Stuff-That-Goes-Ping | Info-slavery | Rise of The Creative Class | Toys For Geeks | Video Replaces Writing

Road warriors rejoice; soon you’ll be able to make a boardroom presentation with a portable projector weighing a scant 500 grams. Epson has unveiled a prototype Mini-Projector using an LED light source:

With a footprint of just 13.8 by 10.3 centimeters (just smaller than a sheet of A6 paper) and a slender profile, the 500-gram prototype can fit easily into the palm of your hand. The mini-projector can be viewed at first hand by visitors to the IFA trade show to be held in Berlin, Germany, from September 2 to 7.

Although the company has no immediate plans to market the mini-projector, company representatives believes that the prototype demonstrates just how compact mobile 3LCD projectors could one day become. “Projector using 3LCD technology already have advantages in terms of bright, natural images that are easy on the eyes,” said Koichi Kubota, general manager of projector marketing at Epson.

The projector will also afford your living room more space when you set up the ultimate home cinema. All you need to do is connect it with your handheld DVR and presto, the world’s smallest big screen system:

The AV700 features a massive 7+ inch screen capable of full DVD resolution playback, and 100GB of storage. With support for a wide slew of codecs for audio, video, and still.

And if we dare to dream, the two devices could one day even be connected wirelessly.

The future is always getting smaller.

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