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(More customer reviews).Epson PowerLite Presenter Portable Projector / DVD Player Combo (V11H335120)
I work in an office where 11 of us live and die by our presentations. We train, distribute information, do planning sessions and communally edit documents. We do this with 14-plus offices in four states.
In one of our 100+ people field review sessions early in 2010, lack of projectors at field sites was identified as a weakness. We also find ourselves short a projector or two in the office because we go all directions with various equipment when we travel.
I'm loving Epson products more and more. I'm sold on their printer usefulness, image and other and quality and buy more of them all the time. In my projector search, I began looking for the smallest, lightest projector around. I found the Powerlite Presenter instead. It plays DVD's, has a built in 10 watt sound system, projects almost as bright as the best projectors on the market, and has a microphone. It also has USB A & B connectors, HDMI for HD cable and satellite TV, HD-DVR, Blu-ray or HD camcorder, RCA jacks and composite video and sound. Comprehensive and impressive. Much bigger than the smallest units on the market but not heavy considering its size.
This is where Silly Me comes in. I imagined that since the machine had a USB A connection, we'd be able to bring along a thumb drive with our PowerPoints and run the presentations directly from the USB. Don't even think about this my presenting brothers and sisters, I've already done it for you. The machine will read only jpeg, MP3, WMA, DivX, MPEG 1/2/3/4 from a USB or external drive. Digital cameras connect easiy. I should have tried my camera on the machine before I wrote this review. I'm taking Tech Support and the documentation's word for it.
On our test run, we popped a training DVD into the machine and it ran great. I'm not sure how much of an audience/room the 10 watt sound system will reach, but it was hurting our ears in 12 x 12 foot conference room at a setting of 6. When I connected the laptop, the projector found it immediately and we had the image on the wall and on the laptop, no Alt-Function key tapping. More sophisticated projector settings like keystone, color, etc. are made using the remote control.
The microphone is six inches long on a six foot cable, an on-off switch and a multi-directional ball at the speaking end. A small clip-on with a longer cable would be excellent. We connected it, used it with the video off. It worked great. It was also able to talk over the video presentation as it played, no feedback as feared. We'll be able to do karaoke on those long nights in very small towns and be the life of the gathering.
The unit has a carrying handle, making it easy to move. The carrying case cradling the unit is a padded nylon case, much like a laptop sleeve. It has a flap on top that velcros shut under the handle and three pockets for supporting cables, etc. One large one across the back and two side pockets. I like carrying documentation with my equipment, so when I have the documentation, microphone, remote control, 10 foot power and 6 foot VGA cables and the USB B cable if I choose to buy and carry one, I've got a pretty large, though light, lumpy, bulging Powerlight Presenter package. It's not what I consider ideal carry on luggage. There are parts to lose externally exposed. If you like the idea of this unit, and fly lots, I'd suggest getting a Pelican or similar case, with plenty of foam space to create cable, mike and remote pockets.
I'm not the brightest light on the string. The quick set-up guide is excellent. Finding the documentation CD in the package, I tried using it. It didn't work. There is an executable and cab file for the documents that did not install. The majority of our computers are secure, and no oaf like me is allowed to run an executable file whenever we please. The laptop I used could have done it. Each projector comes with a Service Card with a phone number and PIN. I'd not registered the unit. When I called the mumber on the card and used the PIN, it did not recognize it and sent me to a tech support number manned by a human being. The serial numbers made of alpha and numeric characters for these units have a circular character that may be an O or a 0. No slashed zero, no "O" squished into a 0. Tech support said they are zeros. Tech support also told me to find the documentation on the web. My little human of unease down in my stomach was beginning to get out of its chair and wave its arms around. The people tech support is fine. Don't count on the materials provided in the packaging.
My little human of unease jumped around as I purchased these units because they are a new to market product with lots of moving parts and connections. And honestly, cheap for the features. I've had a lot of cheap, and not-so-cheap stuff give me lots of problems or fail. Globally, we seem to have forgotten the the word quality exists, substituting "profit" instead. So I ordered these items with 2 year "Fast Turn Depot" extended warranties. I don't need somebody in Remoteville Nevada or Utah with a dead projector two months from now.
I had a room full of people very excited when we played a video with good quality in a bright room and loud sound with microphone voice-over. When we got to playing a PowerPoint from the USB drive and failed, considerable air left our balloon, and we had a good projector with a DVD and sound. We can export PowerPoint 2007 slide shows as JPEGs, so there is still lots of hope that these machines and a thumb drive can be all we need to do our work on the road. To run a PowerPoint or Adobe Acrobat, the projector would need an Operating System and software burned into its tiny brains. Lots more than we can hope for with this kind of machine and price point.
We're going to distribute these machines and used them a lot. Features, slightly light; long-term quality, unknown; carrying case, OK; size and weight in relation to features, very good; ease of use, excellent. As we adapt to our new projectors, I know they will find a useful home with us.
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