Pioneer's head-up display ambitions - which the company showed off at CEATEC 2010 earlier this year - look headed to a commercial release, with Microvision announcing that it will be providing its PicoP laser projection engine for the Pioneer Network Vision system. We shouldn't have too long to wait until the results start showing up in front of our eyes, either, as Pioneer is targeting commercial introduction of an in-vehicle HUD in 2012.
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Pioneer Network Vision head-up display for in-car PNDs due 2012 [Video]
SlashGear Week in Review – Week 47 2010
Welcome to this week's edition of the SlashGear Week in Review! I hope you had a good Thanksgiving and all those irritating family members you really didn’t want at your house have finally gone home. Early in the week Cox Communications unveiled a new whole home DVR solution that was sure to make fans of TV and movies with packed DVRs happy. The service lets you watch and play DVR programs on any TV in your home.
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PP003 pico-projector slips under the $100 barrier
We're used to pico-projectors being small in the pocket but heavy on the wallet, but the PP003 actually manages to slip in under the all-important $100 mark. Up at $99.99 on Amazon, the downside is a mere QVGA resolution, though you do at least get an onboard media player with memory card slot, AV input and USB Host functionality.
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Casio GREEN SLIM XJ-A255V, XJ-A250, XJ-A155V & XJ-A150 Projectors Unveiled
Today, Casio quietly unveiled their brand new set of GREEN SLIM projectors. The new projectors are now being included within the "green" lineage of projectors, boosting the options for customers, as well as offering projectors in a variety of prices. Casio hopes to cover all of the general bases with these projectors, offering a little bit of everything they can, matching the features with the price. Four new models in all, Casio says that you should experience a far better projection experience with these new models.
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AAXA M2 Micro Projector: XGA resolution and HDMI for $369
With its bigger-than-palm-size scale, you can't really call AAXA's new M2 projector "pico", but for a micro-projector it certainly offers reasonable specs. The $369 M2 supports an XGA 1024 x 768 resolution image at 110 lumens, and has 1GB of integrated storage together with an SD card slot and HDMI input.
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3LCD Reflective chip heads to new projectors soon
If you throw a rock in the projector world you will hit several projectors that use 3LCD tech inside for better picture quality and performance. The latest in chip tech from 3LCD has been announced and will soon land in projectors that home theater fans can purchase. The new chip is called 3LCD Reflective.
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Scosche iClops iPod/iPad webcam and Optoma Neo-i pico-projector dock incoming
The market for iPhone accessories is huge, but it's also 99-percent full of nasty cases we wouldn't want anywhere near our shiny Apple hardware. However, glancing through iLounge's preview of 2011 products and two stand out: the provisionally-titled Scosche iClops webcam, which gives camera-free iOS devices a 2.1-megapixel CMOS of their own, and the Optoma Neo-i pico-projector iPhone dock.
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Canon XEED WUX4000 projector for installations has 4000 lumens
Some of the smaller and simpler projectors on the market can be set up by anyone. When it comes to the really large and high-end projectors, they often need professional installation to work correctly. Canon has unveiled its flagship installation projector for home theater and the thing has some great features.
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Epson ships new PowerLite 1700 series projectors
Epson unveiled the 1700 series of PowerLite projectors back during the summer and the company has announced that as of today the projectors are finally shipping. The models in the line include the PowerLite 1750, 1760W, 1770W, and 1775W projectors. All of the models are less than four pounds and are about 1.7-inches tall making them about as thick as a laptop. The projector line is for the mobile pro or business user looking for portability in a 3LCD projector.
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KLEXL Smart Projector Lets Kids Draw on Walls Without the Mess
For kids, there's a stage they go through that, at any given moment, if they've got some kind of drawing utensil, every wall they can find is a great way to express themselves. The end result is usually a frustrated parent, and plenty of cleaning. A new design from Dario Jandrijic aims to fix that with the KLEXL smart projector, which is a concept designed to let kids have their fun, but without any of the mess.
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Acer C20 pico-projector packs WVGA resolution and HDMI input
Acer has played with pico-projectors before - their K10 came out all the way back in 2008 - but the Acer C20 seems to be taking things a lot more seriously. The smartphone-sized pico hooks up via USB or HDMI and promises a WVGA resolution picture of up to 66-inches with 2,000:1 contrast and 20 lumens brightness.
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LED Escape Light Features Built-In Projector to Make Escaping Easier
If you're in a place every day, then you've probably made note where the escape routes are, especially where those lighted EXIT signs are. But, if you're in a place you're unfamiliar with, and something happens where you need to escape, then finding those things could be easier said than done. That's why the designers of the LED Escape Light won a Liteon Award for their design, which is meant to make escaping from danger easier, and safer.
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