Nick- I have been searching for the perfect technical solution to my traveling and not having access to my home theater much of the year but stuck in a hotel room with their crappy TV sets. I haven't watched a Hotel TV set in nearly two years but have been somewhat satisfied with my laptop and playing DVD's but it is on a small screen and hardly DVD quality. Now, in the interest of compacting my travel package, especially with all the latest airline security problems, I went and bought an even smaller screen a 12" Dell laptop but well endowed with all the extras built in. See my other thread. So what to do about the DVD's on such a small screen?
Here's the answer-
I purchased a Dell DLP micro projector, so small that it fits into my computer carry on case along with the smaller laptop. It is their model 3400 MP and comes HDTV ready. Just plug into the laptop's VGA connector and the projector auto senses the input and the default is, maybe not ISF certified but I'm telling you, projecting up an the far wall in my hotel room offers a 6 ft. wide screen DVD image that is quite enjoyable. PLUS! I can set it up behind my laptop and use it as a 30" computer screen for those tiny numbers on a spreadsheet or video edit timeline.
Add a good set of headphones and the sound is fantastic. MY current hotel room walls are beige, not white but even this is quite acceptable to me. If I really was in need of a white screen, I have one of those fold away white reflector Photographer's disks that I could break out that I carry. The cost of this gem is just $1099. There are lower cost LCD PJ's of this size, but these do not have the quality. InFocus also makes an equivalent one but their's sells for $1299.
Here's the answer-
I purchased a Dell DLP micro projector, so small that it fits into my computer carry on case along with the smaller laptop. It is their model 3400 MP and comes HDTV ready. Just plug into the laptop's VGA connector and the projector auto senses the input and the default is, maybe not ISF certified but I'm telling you, projecting up an the far wall in my hotel room offers a 6 ft. wide screen DVD image that is quite enjoyable. PLUS! I can set it up behind my laptop and use it as a 30" computer screen for those tiny numbers on a spreadsheet or video edit timeline.
Add a good set of headphones and the sound is fantastic. MY current hotel room walls are beige, not white but even this is quite acceptable to me. If I really was in need of a white screen, I have one of those fold away white reflector Photographer's disks that I could break out that I carry. The cost of this gem is just $1099. There are lower cost LCD PJ's of this size, but these do not have the quality. InFocus also makes an equivalent one but their's sells for $1299.
