85" AAXA P2 Pico Projector (pics)

[quicke60]

I keep seeing bashing of pico, pocket, and other LED projectors on this and other home theater forums I frequent.

Guys - I'm really not understanding this... Not everyone can afford blu-ray, not everyone can afford a nice car, and not everyone can afford a 1080P home theater projector with all the bells and whistles...

My brother who's an auditor has a $5000 Sony projector (which is the bomb) and I don't see him bashing on me for my $800 DLP projector.... Just saying most people know they get what they pay for - no need to clown them over it...

Anyways, I just got my AAXA P2 micro projector and I'm pretty pleased with it. For a tiny battery powered projector it definitely beams a big picture! Here's an 85" image over my bed. It definitely doesn't suck and is probably an awesome projector for people that are looking for a budget TV / movie projector. No it's not a $2000 3LCD projector, but it's definitely pretty cool.

BTW I'm selling my AAXA P1 projector for $150 if anyone is interested please PM (mods please remove if this is not appropriate). Thx

 

[powerboost12]

Found this on google - thanks for this! Those big 85" screen shots look amazing for the size of that projector I'm going to order one this weekend.

 

[Matt34]

This would be cool to have on deployments, hook it up to your laptop or ipod with some headphones and have a instant, mini HT system.

 

[quicke60]

Hells yeah!

Actually the speakers on the system are mediocre at best - I just ordered some tweakers to go with my P2. My friend has a pair of these and they are pretty badass!

You can find this for $20 online and they are self powered (onboard battery)

 

[ProjectZ]

very nice

 

[cukleti]

Do you find that the resolution is only good through the vga connection, or is it at par with composite, internal player etc

 

[quicke60]

Based on what I"m seeing the resolution is great over the VGA connection, I have used 1280x670 on output to the AAXA projector and it works fine. I don't know how to test the resolution of the onboard player however but it looks good, but the 1024x720 pictures are looking a little bit crushed, so I would say the VGA connection is your best bet.

 

[cukleti]

how far back does it have to be to get 85"?

 

[quicke60]

Hi,

for 80" you need about 10' back. You'll want to try to project 80" in the dark, it works ok with lights coming in, but I highly recommend it in a dark room for best results!

 

[dnsam]

Looks great - is the fan quiet? I tried a BenQ for the bedroom, but it was too noisy.