by Gina HughesThe Techie Diva
Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:56PM EDT
Sick of iPod accessories yet? The iPod accessory overload is far from being over, and Viewsonic's iPod projector is going to make a lot of iPod owners very happy. Remember when we thought how great it was to finally be able to download videos to the iPod? That feeling soon faded after watching hour-long TV shows on the tiny 2.5 inch screen. Then we spotted the ViewSonic ViewDock, and thought, "Aha! now we can watch those videos on a bigger screen." Unfortunately, that didn't work either because videos couldn't be played straight from the iPod; and yes, we're all still wondering what the whole point of an integrated iPod dock on an LCD screen was all about.
Let's hope Viewsonic finally gets it right with the PJ258 Video iPod DLP projector. A dock sits on top of the glossy projector ready for some plug-and-play action that doesn't require the need for a computer. I can see how this could prove useful to executives who know how to load presentations to their music player. As far as entertainment goes, the PJ258 has a resolution of 1024 x 768 that magnifies TV shows on the big screen. Laptop Magazine reviewed the projector, and thought the image was quite clear even when it was blown up on a 60-inch screen, but the projector itself was a little distracting throughout the movie due in part to a noisy fan. Sounds like a nice idea, but at $1,400 I'd recommend you stick to an LCD display for entertainment purposes.
