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Toshiba TLP-X150U Projector Drops the PC

Toshiba TLP-X150U Projector Drops the PC

Toshiba‘s Digital Products Division has taken the wraps off its TLP-X150U mobile projector, which offers 2,600 ANSI lumens of brightness, 3LCD technology for accurate color, and support for close captioning in video presentations. But for folks who take their slide shows and presentations on the road, the TLP-X150U offers one killer feature: you don’t need a PC. Instead, the projector sports a USB port: just pop your presentation on a USB thumb drive or other external storage device in JPEG format, and you can dispense with PowerPoint (or KeyNote) entirely.

“With the addition of the TLP-X150U to Toshiba’s lineup of mobile projectors, professional presenters can benefit from the slim form factor solution in education settings, in the business place and for digital home entertainment,” said Toshiba product manager Jane Poon, in a statement.

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The TLP-X150U weighs just 4 pounds and is just 3 inches tall; it offers a 600:1 contrast ratio a native XGA resolution of 1,024 by 768 pixels. The unit also supports Toshiba’s Natural Color Enhancer for accurate color presentation, and a blackboard function that lets user project onto non-screen, colored surfaces like a blackboard or painted wall. Plus, Toshiba says the projector requires no cool down time, making for fast on-the-got teardown. The unit sports the (above mentioned) USB port, along with two RGB inputs, one S-Video input, one composite input, one stereo mini-jack audio input, along with RGB output, stereo mini audio output, and an RS-232 port.

The TLP-X150U is available now for a suggested price of $959.

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