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NEC VT59 LCD 1600ANSI 3LCD Multimedia Projector. Working OK. J2

08 Jan, 2017

A great first/budget projector. Better than new chinese ones for similar price.

The unit I purchased was 10 years old and sub £40. I bought for the occasional cinema experience and wasn't sure what to expect. It defaults to 4:3 display but easily accommodates wide-screen material. There is a special movie mode which will stretch the display accordingly. If viewing cartoons, you can possibly get away with daylight viewing as long as no direct light entering the room. With live action films the room needs darkening to a certain extent. Thin curtains on a dull day is satisfactory, but dark evenings are perfect. Resolution is better than the cheap Chinese projectors I'd been considering and even showing a DVD on a roughly 110" viewing area was thoroughly enjoyable. Admittedly it has no digital inputs, but I use a HDMI to VGA convertor with audio splitter (about £4 eBay) and it accepts Blu-ray, and other HD sources perfectly. On the negative side, the contrast ratio is poor compared to modern projectors but look at the price! The fan when using the bulb in standard mode is no good for a quiet room, but if you're going for cinema volumes you shouldn't notice. Eco mode reduces the noise significantly but at the expense of a small amount of projected brightness. Replacement (compatible) lamps appear to be available from around the £40 mark meaning it shouldn't need to be junked when the bulb goes.

26 Aug, 2008

Excellent 2 megapixel camera - great for kids

I bought this for my two year old daughter as I was disappointed with the likes of the V-Tech and Fisher Price with their kid friendly digicams (lower resolution than even some of the cheaperst mobile phones!). I came across across one of these for a great price and have to say it's been worth every penny and more. At its most basic level (point and shoot) it is the simplest camera I have ever used - you just slide the lens cover, wait for the startup process to finish and then you hit the shutter release to take the photo. The results when viewed on a large computer screen are of great quality. The results are more even and balanced than a newish Kodak camera I've purchased. Like I said, I bought this for a two year old who has been as careful as a two year old can be and the camera is still fully functioning and in one piece. The casing has taken a few scratches where it's been launched across gravel when she tripped up but it has also withstood some pretty impressive drops onto hard surfaces. The batteries last quite well as long as you don't use the LCD preview screen all the time. We've trained our daughter to use the optical viewfinder and despite having the flash on auto and leaving the camera switched on for periods at a time, it normally lasts for a good 200 shots on two AA rechargeable batteries - not bad in my opinion and plenty for what we need. I imagine if you were to start using the LCD screen for composing pictures then this would drain the battery quite quickly and would probably be the biggest failing of the camera. Another disadvantage is it only takes the original XD cards, which rules out just about all the (cheap) XD cards 256mb or larger. Some people are selling the older smaller capacity cards at a premium but a 32mb card stores 67 standard 2 megapixel photos in our experience. Our camera did come with the original driver disc but as the camera works like a USB flash drive when plugged in to computer running XP, we've never used it. If you're looking at one that's missing the USB cable, I'd probably go for an XD card reader, although there are some replacement cables available on eBay. Prints are great at 6" x4" and can even be pushed to 7" x 5" with quite reasonable results if required. A great camera for kids, beginners or anyone who never has anything other than snapshot size pictures in their albums.

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26 Aug, 2008

Excellent 2 megapixel camera - great for kids

I bought this for my two year old daughter as I was disappointed with the likes of the V-Tech and Fisher Price with their kid friendly digicams (lower resolution than even some of the cheaperst mobile phones!). I came across across one of these for a great price and have to say it's been worth every penny and more. At its most basic level (point and shoot) it is the simplest camera I have ever used - you just slide the lens cover, wait for the startup process to finish and then you hit the shutter release to take the photo. The results when viewed on a large computer screen are of great quality. The results are more even and balanced than a newish Kodak camera I've purchased. Like I said, I bought this for a two year old who has been as careful as a two year old can be and the camera is still fully functioning and in one piece. The casing has taken a few scratches where it's been launched across gravel when she tripped up but it has also withstood some pretty impressive drops onto hard surfaces. The batteries last quite well as long as you don't use the LCD preview screen all the time. We've trained our daughter to use the optical viewfinder and despite having the flash on auto and leaving the camera switched on for periods at a time, it normally lasts for a good 200 shots on two AA rechargeable batteries - not bad in my opinion and plenty for what we need. I imagine if you were to start using the LCD screen for composing pictures then this would drain the battery quite quickly and would probably be the biggest failing of the camera. Another disadvantage is it only takes the original XD cards, which rules out just about all the (cheap) XD cards 256mb or larger. Some people are selling the older smaller capacity cards at a premium but a 32mb card stores 67 standard 2 megapixel photos in our experience. Our camera did come with the original driver disc but as the camera works like a USB flash drive when plugged in to computer running XP, we've never used it. If you're looking at one that's missing the USB cable, I'd probably go for an XD card reader, although there are some replacement cables available on eBay. Prints are great at 6" x4" and can even be pushed to 7" x 5" with quite reasonable results if required. A great camera for kids, beginners or anyone who never has anything other than snapshot size pictures in their albums.

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