The Pico projector market is hotting up and their potential in special education and is great. For years we have had the Optikinetics Solar projectors and the Mirage from Spacekraft however these are both limited by the fact that although they use moving images it is done by rotating a plastic wheel behind a lens. Pretty archaic you may think, but actually they are still fantastic for ease of use and the fact that you can make your own wheels without having to understand technology.
But now with a few technical skills you can have movie technology which is portable, light, cold and even battery operated. They are called ‘Pico’ or pocket projectors, they plug into mobile phones, ipods and computers and what’s more you never have to change the lamps. Although new, there are two clear leaders which get over the problem of connectivity.
The best ‘Pico’ at the moment is the ADPP 305 from Adapt. www.personalprojector.co.uk - say that ‘With up to 45 lumens of brightness the screen can be seen clearly.
The best ‘Pico’ at the moment is the ADPP 305 from Adapt. www.personalprojector.co.uk - say that ‘With up to 45 lumens of brightness the screen can be seen clearly.
The 305 also stands out from the crowd in terms of its enormous storage (4gb onboard memory) and micro SD/TF card slots, enough to store all your photos and videos without ever needing to connect to a laptop. Its also the only pocket projector to be able to connect to both a laptop as well as have on board memory/SD card capability so its very flexible. It also has a large number of video and photo formats its directly compatible with to keep conversions to a minimum. If you want the best then the Adapt 305 is the best pocket projector’ I have one on the course and its fantastic value at £299 ex VAT.
The other projector I looked at is the Adapt 450 Pro. This is a little bigger and brighter at 120 lumens, but its still battery and mains operated. It has great connectivity
Both of these projectors have plus points, they all share the fact that they are very portable. You don’t have to wait for 10 minutes to switch them off, they run cool and they never need new lamps in fact for almost the cost of a multi media projector lamps you can buy a Pico!
So if you want a little cheap Pico around the classroom you can go for the more expensive but more powerful 450, but I have the Adapt 305 on the course and like it. It came with everything I needed to get going leads, batteries even a tripod!
Amazon have good prices and Mike Ayres has put two projectors on the course www.mikeayresdesign.co.uk and I found very helpful people at www.personalprojectors.co.uk
The other projector I looked at is the Adapt 450 Pro. This is a little bigger and brighter at 120 lumens, but its still battery and mains operated. It has great connectivity
Both of these projectors have plus points, they all share the fact that they are very portable. You don’t have to wait for 10 minutes to switch them off, they run cool and they never need new lamps in fact for almost the cost of a multi media projector lamps you can buy a Pico!
So if you want a little cheap Pico around the classroom you can go for the more expensive but more powerful 450, but I have the Adapt 305 on the course and like it. It came with everything I needed to get going leads, batteries even a tripod!
Amazon have good prices and Mike Ayres has put two projectors on the course www.mikeayresdesign.co.uk and I found very helpful people at www.personalprojectors.co.uk
