Nec NP-P350W

NEC NP-P350W

NEC Display Solutions of America bills its NP-P350W ($1,800 street) as an entry-level professional installation projector, though at 8.6 pounds it's still light enough to be used as a tabletop or cart-top projector that can be moved between classrooms or conference rooms. Whichever its role, this is one capable business projector. The NP-P350W, powered by a 3LCD light engine rated at 3,500 lumens, has a native WXGA (1,280 by 800 pixels) resolution. This white projector with rounded corners measures 4.5 by 15.7 by 11.1 inches. While nobody's going to be racking up Frequent Flyer miles lugging it around, it's easy enough to move between conference rooms on a cart, or even to carry. But should you choose to mount the projector on a ceiling or floor, the vertical lens shift feature will prove handy to this end. This projector is rife with connectivity ports, including two VGA ports for a pair of computers, each with an audio-in jack; another VGA port for connecting to a monitor; an audio-out jack; an Ethernet port; HDMI-in; a trio of RCA jacks for composite video; an S-video port; a serial port; a B-type USB port for connecting with a computer; and an A-type USB port for running a presentation off a USB thumb drive.