Wii Projector does not inspire confidence

by JC Fletcher { Sep 27th 2007 at 12:45PM }

Okay, we'll start with the good news: this projector, while compatible with everything with an A/V out, was designed with the Wii in mind. It even includes a Wii composite cable in the package. And it's white, which is the universal sign of "this thing is made for the ~~iPod~~ Wii"

The bad news (which sounds like good news at first): this projector is cheap. We appreciate it when things are inexpensive, but $170 is suspiciously cheap for a projector. Even one that doesn't display in HD. Of course, we aren't sure we'd trust sensitive equipment like this from the same company that brought us the dashboard sensor bar stand at any price.

According to the website, it displays in a resolution of 960*234, which is definitely a mistake of some kind. We hope it's a mistake in the product description and not in the product design. Check after the break for a screenshot from Ghost Squad, resized to 960*234. We didn't use a widescreen game for this exercise, but at a vertical resolution of 234 pixels, it wouldn't be much better.

[Via MaxConsole]

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Tags: dragon, projector

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jeff @ Sep 27th 2007 1:12PM

I think I will stick with my optoma HD70.

EricLMcCormick @ Sep 27th 2007 1:14PM

Not only is that resolution wack, so is the light output. It uses a 50watt bulb and puts out "8-120 ANSI Lumens. My LED flashlight puts out more then at. You picture is going to look like shit if you can see it at all.

Sam Nova @ Sep 27th 2007 1:57PM

960 sounds right to me.. but in a WRONG way. I have seen this trick of information once for a digital photo frame. They just take the resolution of 320 'pixels' and since they got independent RGB they multiply with 3, so you end up with 960 which sound way better than 320.