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With the Optoma PK102 pocket projector, make your life easier by experiencing new ways to share content both cool and critical. Easily connects to your favorite personal media player and features 4GB of internal memory - enough to hold up to 6000 pictures or 8 hours of video. You can even display right from your laptop’s VGA connection. Fitting in the palm of your hand, the truly portable, battery-operated PK102 is perfect for sharing photos, videos and other images wherever you go!

Small Enough to fit in your Pocket!

Bright Enough to Spark your Imagination

This amazing, tiny projection device allows you to project anything, anywhere, anytime. Featuring long-life and solid-state, LED illumination, coupled with the amazing new DLP Pico chipset, this tiny system produces a picture that will blow your mind. The Pico projector connects to nearly anything, from your smart phone, iPod, and portable gaming devices, to your notebook computer or any other device which features a video out port. The possibilities are endless. The new DLP Pico projector slips easily into your pocket. When you want to share pictures or videos, watch a movie, or surf the net, just turn it on and project. It's the easy way to give an impromptu slide show or plug in your video iPod and watch your movie on a screen that you can actually see!

The Ultra Portable Projector
Why carry around large, expensive projectors with your notebook computer when you can use the PK-102 DLP Pico projector to fulfill all of your projection needs? It is bright enough to give a presentation to a small group of people, while its small size and sleek design will be sure to impress. DLP Technology is the cutting edge of imaging innovations. The PICO series has taken projectors to a whole new level of utility. Watch a movie on the plane from the back seat in front of you. Play video games on the ceiling. Share videos and pictures with friends at the party. If you can dream it, a DLP Pico projector can do it. And there's no maintenance required since there's no lamp to replace!

The Revolution of Projectors has begun!

The picture may look good now, but what about 3 years from now? Picture quality is directly impacted the durability of a projector. If the picture goes bad, the projector will either need to be repaired or replaced, and that's expensive. DLP projectors are famous for their long lasting picture quality not only because they offer a pristine, digital image, but becaise they are also virtually immune to a nasty phenomenon known as Color decay. Color decay (image degradation) can affect many LCD projectors. When Color decay takes hold, the image on the screen produced by an LCD projector may have a yellow or green tint to it, you may have seen this before. When it happens, you have to either replace the LCD panels or the projector to return to the picture you paid for. Color decay not only looks yellow or green on the screen, it can make text harder to read. DLP projectors have a technological advantage over LCD projectors in terms of retaining color saturation and guarding against Color Decay or image degradation during extended periods of usage. Why? Because DLP technology simply reflects the light of the projector, digitally onto the screen to produce a stunning picture that lasts, even after years of active use.

Features and Benefits

Image file compatibility: JPEG and BMP
Up to 20,000 hours of light life
Contrast Ratio-2000:1
Weighs only 4oz
Projects up to a 60 inch image!

What's in the Box
Power Adapter, Rechargeable Li-ion Battery, Universal to Male USB Cable, Standard A/V Cable (RCA to Mini-Jack), Universal to VGA Cable, Tripod Adapter, Bag

Which Optoma Pico Projector Is Right For You?

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Image Size / Quality

Included Batteries

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Onboard Memory

Product Dimension / Weight

Optoma EP-PK-100 PICO Pocket Projector (Black)	10	Personal media sharing	Up to 60¨diagonal/1000:1 contrast	One rechargeable Li-ion Up to 1.5 hours per battery	Mobile devices with a composite video connection	NA	1.97¨ x .59¨ x 4.06¨/4 ounces
Optoma EP-PK-101 PICO Pocket Projector- 4 oz.	10	Personal media sharing including iPod and iPhone	Up to 60¨ diagonal/1000:1 contrast	Two rechargeable Li-ion Up to 1.5 hours per battery	iPod, iPhone and mobile devices with a composite video connection	NA	1.97¨ x .59¨ x 4.06¨/4 ounces
Optoma PK102 Pico Pocket Projector	10	Business presentations and personal media sharing	Up to 60¨ diagonal/2000:1 contrast	One rechargeable Li-ion Up to 1.5 hours per battery	PC's and laptops through VGA, mobile devices with a composite video connection; iPod and iPhone with optional upgrade kit	4GB Stores up to 6000 pictures or 8 hours of video	2¨ x .67¨ x 4.17¨/4.4 ounces
Optoma PK201 Pico Pocket Projector	20	Business presentations and personal media sharing	Up to 66" diagonal/2000:1 contrast	One rechargeable Li-ion Up to 1 hour per battery	iPod, iPhone & iTouch with included connection kit. Camcorders, DV-Cams, Digital Cameras, DVD players and other video players enabled with standard composite AV Out and included composite cable	28 MB internal / microSD slot supports up to 16 GB	0.7 x 4.6 x 2.4 inches / 8 ounces
Optoma PK301 Pico Pocket Projector	50 in wall, 20 on battery, 50 with extended battery pack	Business presentations and personal media sharing	Up to 120" diagonal/2000:1 contrast	One rechargeable Li-ion Up to 1 hour per battery/Up to 5 hours with optional extended power battery pack	iPod, iPhone & iTouch with optional connection kit. 2.5mm Jack AV input for composite video and stereo audio-in, micro USB, mini HDMI, microSD, VGA (with included adapter)	28 MB internal / microSD slot supports up to 32 GB	1.2 x 2.7 x 4.7 inches / 8 ounces

Need accessories or replacement cables?

Compatiblilty

Description

Optoma BC-PKAIDUS iPod Kit with VC + USB Cable (Type A To Mini 4Pin USB), 1M, PK201/PK301 (All)	PK201 and PK301	Accessory kit to connect to an iPod or iPhone for high quality viewing on-the-go
Optoma Upgrade Kit for iPod	PK100, PK101, and PK102	Connects to iPod, iPod touch, iPod Nano, iPod Classic and iPhone for high quality viewing anywhere
Optoma BC-PK3AHMK (HDMI To Mini HDMI + Mini HDMI To Mini HDMI Cable 1m) for the PK201 and PK301	PK201 and PK301	Adaptor allowing HDMI connection to your projector
OptomaBC-PK3AUSY Micro USB To USB (type A Female, .3M,) for the PK201 and PK301	PK201 and PK301	Adaptor allowing USB connection to your projector
Optoma BC-PK3ACRY Universal (24Pin) To 5*RCA-F (Component + Audio R/L) 0.3m	PK201 and PK301	Adaptor allowing RCA connection to your projector
Optoma BR-PK3AN Remote Control for the PK201 and PK301	PK201 and PK301	Conveniently control your projector from afar with this convenient handheld remote control
Optoma BK-PK30DF Pico Portfolio with Built-In Screen and Tripod, Works with the Entire Pico Series	Entire PICO Series	Portable portfolio acts as a viewing screen for your PICO projector as well as a carrying case for the unit and its components
Optoma BM-1021N Mini Tripod (Includes Converter) Compatible with the Entire Pico Series	Entire PICO Series	Convenient mini tripod to stabilize projector and keep it elevated to avoid overheating
Optoma BC-MJMJXX01N 2.5mm Male to 3.5mm Male Jack Cable for PK201 and PK301	PK201 and PK301	Adaptor allowing for connection to jack cable

Product Description

With the Optoma PK102 pocket projector, add pizzazz to your life with new ways to share content both cool and critical. Easily connects to your favorite personal media player and features 4GB of internal memory – enough to hold up to 6000 pictures or 8 hours of video. You can even display right from your laptop’s VGA connection. Fitting in the palm of your hand, the truly portable, battery-operated PK102 is perfect for sharing photos, videos and other images wherever you go!

Customer Reviews

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48 of 52 people found the following review helpful

One Cool Little Projector October 6, 2009

By Michael L. Wilson

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OK I can't believe I am the first to review this little guy. I got mine yesterday and have been very happy with it. If you read carefully, it does everything it says it will in the specs. It was packaged great, and included three adapters - one VGA, one USB, and one composite video and audio cable.

It was brighter than I expected and easily hooked up to my laptop running Vista with no problems. The included Video Encoder worked as advertised (though I am not sure why it can't just play standard MP4 video...) and photos loaded fine. The interface is very intuitive.

I did purchase a cheap tripod (~12 bucks) with it and I am glad I did - this thing is so small it would be hard to get it pointed exactly right without.

Let's face it - this isn't great for someone working on a projector all day every day - you need better resolution and more lumens. But for the average geek at home this thing is perfect. For occasional use with laptop, or videos, or just still photo slide shows.

The unit was even smaller than I expected when I got my hands on it. To say it's the size of a cell phone is no exaggeration.

For a $250 this is one gadget you might consider in your arsenal!

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85 of 96 people found the following review helpful

Not a great choice for Mac users October 17, 2009

By K. Hawley

I ordered this and the 3M MPro 120 to compare them, and for me the MPro was the better choice. The menu select wheel on the Optoma seems to be very tempermental (hard to select what you want) and in a bad location relative to where the unit connects to the computer. I had this connected to my MacBook and I had to manually change the display resolution to get the projector to work. The final straw for me was that the internal storage and video player - a GREAT option if they can get it to work for Mac users - requires a proprietary video encoder that you download to your computer that didn't seem to want to install on a Mac with Snow Leopard OS.

The Optoma is smaller, cheaper, and brighter than the 3M projector, and I do like the styling of the unit better than the 3M projector, but if you're a Mac user you may want to consider other options.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful

Not ready for the big time yet - this product needs a lot of work! December 26, 2009

By Just One Man's Opinion

Product shipped fast and was properly packaged - it's very small and handy and charged up nicely. That, however, is about the only decent thing I can say for this. The picture quality was terrible! I cannot stress this enough. I had to black out the room entirely which is not practical for using it to give a sales presentation obviously and even then the picture was blurry, washed out, and small.
Folks, this product needs a lot of work to get it up to snuff. If I could have given it zero stars I would have done so happily. Don't waste your money on this. I'll have to wait another few years before I attempt this again. Darn shame too because I need it bad. I returned the ones I purchased to Amazon.

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