BenQ GP1 JoyBee Mini Projector

May 26th, 2009

BenQ have just unleashed a cute mini-projector, the JoyBee GP1. Whilst the specs are nothing to blab about, the GP1 certainly wins hands down on portability. It weighs in at 1.4 pounds or around 640g, which is certainly light enough to be considered portable and also you don’t need a laptop or PC to show off your latest pics or vids. Simply plug a USB stick with the appropriate media into the JoyBee GP1 and away you go! Pretty impressive eh? Here are the rest of the details on the GP1 if you’re interested

* SVGA 858 x 600 res
* 100 ANSI lumens
* 3LED (RGB) technology
* 2000:1 contrast ratio
* 4:3 Native, 16:9 Selectable Ratios
* 15” to 80” images size
* Handles VGA(640 x 480) to SXGA(1280 x 1024)
* Handles 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i
* Inputs include Component Video, Composite Video, USB reader
* 136 x 54 x 120 mm
* USB reader handles JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, MPEG-1, MJPEG, MPEG-1 layer 2, PCM file formats

As we said, nothing exceptional here, in fact downright ugly, apart from the size, weight and USB reader functionality. All in all we do like the BenQ GP1 JoyBee, it certainly fills a niche, not sure how big the market is but at only US$500 it could be a big one.

Source: BenQ