News on the Mitsubishi Pocket Projector

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A representative from Mitsubishi called me today to say that the PocketProjector LED DLP Projector "should be available by December 1st, 2005 in time for the Holiday season." NAME REDACTED said that when the unit is finally made available, all purchases will be through Mitsubishi's corporate office in Irvine, California.

Brightness: Approximately 250 LUX Resolution: SVGA (800 x 600) Weight: Approximately 1 lb.

The product has been delayed several times. Earlier press releases announced this product for the first time in February, 2005. It was supposed to be available in July, and then that was pushed back to September. Now we have a date of December 1st, 2005 (a little more than one week away!).

NAME REDACTED told me that the most current specifications sheet is available on the Mitsubishi website (PDF). The target street price for this unit remains at $799.

This projector will only have 250 lumens of brightness. The average projector sold at Best Buy for $1,000 has about 1,600 lumens. That would explain why Mitsubishi has only been doing demos of the PocketProjector in total cave-like trade show spaces. It is capable of XGA (1024 x 768), but the specs still seem to prefer SVGA native (800 x 600). The PocketProjector has an optimum display size of 40" to 50".