Drinkstuff's Micro SD Card Projector may be simple, but specs disappoint

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On Friday, Drinkstuff will begin selling its Micro SD Card Projector, touted as an incredibly simple way to watch video footage from a memory card or a connected games console or DVD player.

The trouble is, the £99.99 price tag is just way too high for a projector with far too basic specifications.

Let’s face facts — most people are moving towards digital, so while a projector with RCA composite leads (you know, the red, white, and yellow phono plugs) may be simple, it’s hardly future proof…

BenQ releases three new high definition home cinema projectors

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BenQ has announced the launch of three new high definition video projectors in the UK. The W10000, W9000 and W500.

W500

The W500 provides a 5,000:1 contrast ratio, features HQV (Hollywood Quality Video), operates at 28dB, and can project 720p content. It also offers upscaling of standard definition content.

Its Multi-Dimensional Diagonal Filtering technology should prevent ghosting, and it has horizontal and vertical lens shifting, and “professional inputs” – presumably / hopefully this includes HDMI.

It retails for £699.

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Any wall's a cinema screen with Alien Tech's AL-100 TV projector

alien_tech_al_100_tv_projector.jpgAnyone in the market for some high definition projection goodness can safely skip over this fairly budget affair from Alien Tech, a budget compact projector that will turn any wall into a cinema / TV screen.

Its 960 x 240 barely qualifies it to handle standard definition content, but it’s compact and self-contained, and can throw an optimum image just 80 inches from the wall.