You could also go even smaller than a netbook - grab a Pico-ITX machine and just permanently pair it with your projector. You can get a VIA ARTiGO pico-itx kit (just add HDD and ram) which is in a case the height and width of an internal DVD drive, and about half the depth. Now that's tiny. ---- Jack Kramer Computer Systems Specialist University Relations, Michigan State University w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955 ________________________________ From: Rich Wiggins <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:02:09 -0400 To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] PC-Less Projectors It sounds like a cool device at a great price point. I can sure seeing myself using it for the home pics, video and music application. For slide presentations, I've seen too many situations where things don't translate well, even on a compatible computer -- fonts don't match and things don't line up, transitions are lost or broken, etc. I think a Netbook with real PowerPoint would provide a lot more confidence at a reasonably compact size. Besides, I often make minor changes minutes before a presentation. Nice to be able to fix a typo on the fly. Heck, the projectors themselves are so small now that a projector / Netbook combo is tiny compared to the "portable" monsters we used to lug around. My 2 cents' worth... /rich On Jun 25, 2009 6:13pm, tigner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 16:50 -0400, Samone E Jones wrote: > > > > Thanks Missy, > > > > > > > > > > > > I?m learning as people respond to my post, that it?s the nature of the technology to have to convert the PowerPoint with the projector?s > > > > > > software prior to putting it on the USB and plugging the USB into the projector and playing it. > > > > > > > > > > > > So in essence these projectors have to convert the PowerPoint first with the projector?s software on a PC > > > > > > rather than PC-Less in a sense, which isn?t a terribly big deal ? I was just hoping to find one that was truly plug and play ? I was also > > > > > > trying to not get less than the latest technology - but I see that is the current technology for that function. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks to all that responded. > > > > > > > > > > > > SJ > > > > > > > > BestBuy sells a device named WD TV. It has 2 USB inputs and both analog and HDMI > > > video outputs. IF you have a projector that can handle these inputs , you could > > > save the powerpoint slides as individual pix on a USB flash drive. When you plug > > > the USB flash drive into the WD TV, it scans for all types of media files and displays > > > them on a on screen menu. In the case of pictures or images you can select the > > > directory they are in and opt to click through them one at a time or do a "slideshow". > > > > > > WD TV costs $99 and supports DVD and HDTV resolution. It is made to connect to > > > your HDTV but works fine with an TV or monitor or projector with either analog RGB > > > or HDMI inputs. The remote control is a little small. > > > > > > I use this at home to display family digital movies, pictures and mp3 files on our HDTV. > > > > > > It even played .FLV files I downloaded from YouTube ! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Barry A. Tigner > > > Electronics Shop manager > > > Physics and Astronomy department > > > Michigan State University > > > [log in to unmask] > > > 517-884-5538 > > > > > > > > > > > > >