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211 of 217 people found the following review helpful:
mini projector for low expectations
I have been delighted with the Eyeclops mini projector. It was purchased to watch movies and play video games on my ceiling at night and it serves this purpose in a satisfactory manner. The poor contrast and low quality resolution can make dark video games more challenging, but overall, it produces a fairly impressive image for the price. This is not meant to compete...
Published 12 months ago by Swashbuckler77
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154 of 183 people found the following review helpful:
Good concept bad execution
I bought this for my son a few weeks ago from Toy's R Us. I returned it the next day. The concept is good but for the price, you expect better. I know the limitation of the projector being a toy, but to sell something that doesn't even work is pure evil. The box has tons of false advertising and the company should be punished for this.
After we brought...
Published 11 months ago by Charles C.
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211 of 217 people found the following review helpful:
mini projector for low expectations, August 30, 2009
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This review is from: EyeClops Mini Projector (Toy)
I have been delighted with the Eyeclops mini projector. It was purchased to watch movies and play video games on my ceiling at night and it serves this purpose in a satisfactory manner. The poor contrast and low quality resolution can make dark video games more challenging, but overall, it produces a fairly impressive image for the price. This is not meant to compete with high-end projectors, but then again, you do find it in the toy department for a reason.
Pros: Portable, reasonably sturdy, great price.
Cons: Low resolution, poor contrast, LED lamp requires near total darkness, patches of image are tinted red or green.
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121 of 125 people found the following review helpful:
Great Toy Projector, October 2, 2009
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I want to emphasize that this is a great Toy. This is not a high dollar piece of equipment but for what it's worth it works great. I have used it to entertain my grandchildren when they come over for holidays. They are always fighting for space to watch tv or play games so this really helps. I just plug in the dvd player with whatever movie they want to watch and let them enjoy themselves. They really like the novelty of the item. They feel like they are at the movies or a drive in if we do it outside. I am actually very excited to use this at Halloween time to project some scary images/movie on my house for the trick or treaters. This item is definitely works best in complete darkness and could have a higher resolution, but again for the price and the fact that it is a toy, this is an excellant product.
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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
Great for Sponge Bob, November 28, 2009
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I want to start the same way a few other reviewers have - this is a Toy, not a high end electronic device. Having said that, watching Sponge Bob videos 'on the big screen' hasn't gotten old after two weeks. I would assume watching other brightly colored cartoons would be just as enjoyable. Once again - Toy not Tech.
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154 of 183 people found the following review helpful:
Good concept bad execution, September 25, 2009
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I bought this for my son a few weeks ago from Toy's R Us. I returned it the next day. The concept is good but for the price, you expect better. I know the limitation of the projector being a toy, but to sell something that doesn't even work is pure evil. The box has tons of false advertising and the company should be punished for this.
After we brought it home, we set it up in my dining room right away. I plugged in my old XBox with the Halo game. The resolution was so bad that we could hardly figure out anything. Undeterred, I tried again but this time in my son's bedroom under total darkness. Without turning on the light, I could hardly see 2 feet in front of me. Turn the project on, same problem. The images are so bad that you get eye strain by just watching it for 2 minutes. Tried adjusting the focus, no luck. The only positive thing about this toy is the sound. If you want your kids to start wearing glasses, this toy is for you. Otherwise, don't waste your money.
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111 of 131 people found the following review helpful:
Terrible picture quality, November 7, 2009
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Even in a totally dark room, the EyeClops' picture was dim and fuzzy. We were finally able to get a mediocre picture by moving the projector to about 18 inches of the wall, but the tradeoff was that the projected image was smaller than our TV screen. Even my kids, who would watch TV if we put wax paper in front of the screen, found this unwatchable.
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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
This IS a toy., November 30, 2009
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This is a toy. Do not expect it to give you a picture like a sophisticated piece of electronics. No the picture is not very clear - but it is clear enough to watch a movie outside (at night) and to play a video game. No you can't read the print within a video game or a movie very well but don't expect to. If you want a projector that gives you clear resolution and very good contrast then don't buy a projector from the toy department.
Overall my son (15) and family are very happy with this projector. There's no way I would spend the money on a 'real' projector so this is really the only alternative. If you want something fun to take movies outside or play video games on the ceiling and you're not expecting too much you'll enjoy this TOY. It's very nice that it can take 4 D batteries (for outside play) or be plugged in (for inside play). The sound is a little tinny but nothing horribly upsetting. For less than $100 I am very happy with this product (as I have been with all of the Eyeclops products we've bought so far).
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43 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
Great for watching movies!, October 2, 2009
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I watch movies with my niece with the mini-projector and we have so much fun together. It's great for quality time! I didn't have the greatest expectations and I was pleasantly surprised.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Great inexpensive projector with nice features...., December 30, 2009
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I'm an adult and think this is a great product, especially for the price. I got my first one from Amazon right before Xmas for $29.98 shipped. I just ordered another one from drugstore dot com for $34.98 shipped. The unit will not power on if you don't have a live feed going through it - so for those of you who got it and think it's broken, you're wrong. You need to turn on the device you want to project first then turn on the projector and it will work fine - this is smart - saves the lcds for longer life. If you don't like the sound you have the option to hook up speakers to it through the headphone jack. The focus wheel does work - you just need to move it very slowly - once you get the focus to where you like it, leave it alone. Of course if you move the projector or make the image bigger or smaller, you'll need to focus again. You can project it on the wall, but the texture/color on the wall won't give you the best picture - you can do one of 2 things I tried that work great - goto Michaels with your 40% off coupon and get a white glue board (about $1.50) and use that as your screen - better yet, get a 24 x 36 poster frame - take out the plastic shield and reverse the paper inside that comes with it so it's on the white side and then put the frame back on - voila - you now have a white screen you can hang on the wall anywhere for very cheap price. I've done both and it really helps give the picture/projector justice.
You need to realize that this is NOT a professional projector, however,...it's lcd (no bulb to replace ever, and you'll get plenty of life out of it), very portable, excellent value, and if you get creative about how to make the picture look more clear/visible you'll be very happy with it. This projector isn't just for kids - there are many uses for it (holiday image projections, effects, project dvd movie on back seat of car, etc...). I don't work for Jakks Pacific, but I do like that they put a cool little device like this on the market for a reasonable price. Oh,....I watch tv on my ceiling every night - the picture is clear - the room just needs to be completely dark. For those of you who whine about it, you're just not setting it up right or you expect dlp resolution from it which isn't realistic for what you paid!
Happy New Year! ;-)
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
Family viewing fun, December 6, 2009
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This TOY is really great. We ordered it as a family gift to enjoy watching Christmas movies as a family. The kids love it. My 7 year old says "this is the best ever!" Video quality is low, but plenty good for viewing on our popcorn ceiling. Volume is fine. I would recommend purchasing some longer AV cords to go with it and don't forget the D batteries for portability. Get out your sleeping bags and settle in for a drive in experience.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
projected image is disappointing, January 28, 2010
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I know this is a toy, but... The pictures of the family watching a movie on the ceiling and on the side of a tent are very misleading. According to the instructions, the projector must be within 5 feet of the display surface (the ceiling or the side of the tent), and to get the image to be as large as is pictured the projector must be more than 5 feet away. And I found that when the projector is more than even just 3 feet from the display area the picture begins to get fuzzy. When you project from 3 feet from the surface the projected image isn't even as large as my 15" computer monitor. I bought this for my 9 year old for his birthday. All of the cables to connect to my computer and to a DVR brought the price of the present up to $120, and now that I've seen the results I know my son will be disappointed in the present. Hope this is helpful.
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