Optoma Pro360W

Optoma Pro360W

The Optoma Pro360W ($700 street), a DLP-based projector, provides portability and solid image quality. It's bright enough to be useful in a variety of venues and lighting conditions. It's even 3D ready, so if you get a pair of DLP-link compatible glasses, you can use the projector to play 3D games, watch videos, or project educational material. At 5 pounds, and measuring 4.0 by 11.2 by 7.6 inches (HWD), the Pro360W is light and compact enough for travel, and it comes with a soft case. For connections it offers VGA-in, VGA-out, RS232, composite video, S-video, and HDMI. It has both audio-in and audio-out jacks. It lacks some connectivity options like a port for a USB thumb drive to let you run PC-free presentations (like we find in the Editors' Choice Epson PowerLite Presenter and several projectors we're now testing), and a USB port to connect to your computer so you can control the mouse via the projector's remote. Optoma rates the Pro360W at 3,000 lumens, a little on the bright side for a projector of its size and weight, although the NEC NP64 ($1,099 direct, 4 stars), which weighs just 3.7 pounds, is also rated at 3,000 lumens, as does the Casio Green Slim XJ-A250 ($1399.99, 4 stars), another 5-pound projector.