Product Details
- Color: White/black
- Brand: BenQ
- Model: GP2
- Original language:
English - Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 2.06" h x
5.11" w x
5.52" l,
1.20 pounds
Features
- All-in-one iPhone/iPod dock, Mini HDMI port for iPad, USB & Streaming USB connections
- HD/WXGA (1280x800) Native Resolution, Full HD Ready
- Bright 200 LED powered ANSI Lumens with 2400:1 Contrast Ratio
- LED Light Source, up to 30,000 lamp hours
- Optional Battery and 2W Speakers
Joybee GP2 iPhone/iPod/iPad Projector
Product Description
The BenQ Joybee GP2 WXGA Multimedia Mobile DLP Projector features DLP projection technology that provides you with the amazing presentation class projection quality you need. This projector also sports its 200 ANSI Lumens that is very good in giving the right amount of image brightness. Moreover, it delivers a 1280 x 800 video resolution for spectacular projection quality, and comes with HDMI, VGA, USB, SD Card Reader inputs for its connectivity.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
By Personne
This little projector may be just the ticket for converting a spare room into a temporary media center. It might also fill a gap for presenters of various sorts. But an understanding of its strengths and weaknesses are important to get the most out of it.This wide-angle projector needs very little room to generate a large image--setting it back only seven or eight feet will make a wall-sized picture. It has a number of thoughtful features to improve the view without requiring a projection screen. There's a built-in correction (a tilt sensor, I suspect) for keystone distortion. That works well, but there's also a manual mode just in case. There's also some color correction in case your wall isn't pure white. It will accept input in nearly any form you need--composite video, SVGA/XVGA, USB (Win only) and HDMI. I connected my Macbook Pro via HDMI and was able to easily stream 1080p video (the native resolution is a bit better than 720p, but 1080 will downscale nicely).The iPod dock connection is nice. I popped my iPod classic onto the connector and used the BenQ's own remote to control the iPod. Standard definition video will stream from iPod to projector, and audio will play too (a bit more about that later). There's also a bit of internal memory (enough for a couple of hours of standard-definition video) and a slot for an SD card to expand out to 16GB. A thumb drive (formatted to FAT) can add even more, all while maintaining portability. Jpegs can be projected in slide-show mode, and PDF and Powerpoint documents can be shown (this is a feature I didn't try).Video format support is adequate, especially if you know how to take advantage of programs like Handbrake. I was able to play both MKV and MOV files with the H.264 format. AC3 (Dolby Digital) is decoded and played through the external speakers. AAC audio is not understood by the device, meaning I couldn't play movies from my Canon DSLR without transcoding. Perhaps firmware updates might address more formats.There are a few problems, some resolvable and some probably not. Noise from the internal fan can overwhelm the output from the puny internal speakers. Viewing movies with an audience of more than one will require a sound system of some sort. While high-contrast content can be seen in a shadowy room, the subtle tones of film require a very dark space (having said that, an HD version of Blade Runner didn't look bad at all once the sun was down). Transport control (Pause, FF, Rewind, Jump) is not available for video on thumb drive or internal memory. The buttons that could have been used for this will instead jump you to the next video. I found this the only really irksome aspect of the GP2, but it is correctable in firmware. Display of JPEG images is a little slow (in fairness, most of my images are quite large so they must be downscaled).In some cases, this little box is all you need. A handful of movies can be carried on a thumb drive and might be just the thing to settle the kids on a trip. A sales person might pack a nice little demo onboard, given sufficient darkness in the display area. As an amateur astronomer, I can easily imagine carrying a presentation along for pre-observing at public events. If you're considering a more permanent setup, this will not substitute for a flatscreen and external speaker system. If you're at the stage of life when you find yourself hosting pajama parties, the GP2 will turn any room into a fun little theater.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
By Basil MacDougal
Awesome!Simple to use and what an exceptionally clear picture! I'm not easily amazed by many things these days, but I have to say that this projector is just wonderful. The applications are limited only by ones imagination. Being as It is so portable, I can take this to work, my kids can use it at school, take it on vacation to show movies, or show music videos at a party.My son already had an opportunity to use this for a class presentation...and it was truly a life-saver! He had created a video on his laptop, but could not get the video saved onto a flash drive. This was the last minute detail before presenting the next morning. Solution, take the laptop and projector to school. Maybe harder than carrying a little flash drive, but hey, it worked, thank God!I was also able to use the projector at a recent party. The room was only barely dim and the projector was placed so that it would project onto our vaulted ceiling. At first, it added a great touch and added to the mood of our gathering. Later, after it had garnered a lot of attention, we moved it to project onto the wall. We lowered the lights and each of us took turns choosing videos online to watch. It actually became the central entertainment for our party.It has worked wonderfully since we got it. I need to buy a cord so I can use it with my iPad, but other than that, the cord that is provided has several different connection types so you can hook it up to a laptop and various other gadgets. I've only used it with the computer so far, but it's great.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
By N. Hawkins
I've never been a fan of projectors. In fact, I was almost looking to trash this projector without putting it through its paces. And to be honest, this projector impressed me - something that I rarely say about a piece of technology. But there's still a few issues that need to be addressed before I consider this a "must" purchase.A test of a good piece of technology is figuring it out without reading the manual - I unboxed it, set it up, popped my iPod Touch onto the projector and was playing without any problems right off the bat. Sweet. The quality and brightness was pretty decent, considering my test environment was my office desk with lights on. The sound quality wasn't bad - certainly it's no home theater but works fine. It also charges your device while the projector's on. It supports the iPhone 3GS and up, iPod Nano 5th Gen/6th Gen, the iPod Classic and the iPod Touch 3rd Gen/4th Gen.Off of a USB drive: Able to play 720p mp4 files worked great. Able to view DOC/DOCX/PPT/PPTX/XLS/XLSX and PDF files. I did have a large (1 MB) Excel document that the projector didn't like - hung on "Loading. Please Wait." for a while before I gave up. Also worked just as well off of a SD card. JPGs are shown (slowly) in a slide show, so you might have to keep your subjects awake during long and boring ones. Note: Only FAT/FAT32/NTFS drives are supported.MP3s play perfectly - although in most cases, you'd probably want your own external speaker instead of this projector.The projector also came with a plethora of cables and a remote - you'd need your own HDMI cable (comes with a HDMI to mini-HDMI adapter) if you plan on using this to connect to a laptop or another device like a PS3. There's also an audio-in line and a headphone jack, which might be helpful because the fan noise might drown out the speakers.The BenQ Joybee GP2 also comes with a case that nicely separates the cables and projector, but with the amount of cables, it seems to occupy more volume than the projector itself. Another cool thing is that the projector has a password protect function.The big question is would I recommend this? It has a lot of niche uses but I'm not sure your average person would need this. Certainly an executive could like very slick by delivering a presentation on this petite projector. I would certainly consider bringing this on long trips so I can show movies from my iPod touch on the wall of my hotel room. Overall, it's a slick device.4.5 stars
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