Casio XJ-A146 Reviews:
Performance Features Ease Of Use Value	"The XJ-A146 is designed for mobile presenters who face a variety of projection environments. The unusual 2:1 zoom lens allows for a wide range of placement options, and the included software and wireless connection hardware make the XJ-A146 a solid performer when it is inconvenient to drag computers and cables along on a presentation. It is shipped with a carrying case that has a roomy external pouch, and its very fast on/off times make it quick to set up and shut down when pressed for time. " "Unlike mercury lamp projectors, the XJ-A146 uses a combination of laser and LED to produce red, blue, and green illumination of the DLP chip. When you switch the projector on, there is about a ten-second delay while the zoom lens adjusts to your last setting, and then a fully lit image appears without the usual gradual increase in brightness. "

CASIO's innovative mobile styling has resulted in an A4-size projector that measures just 43 mm in thickness and 2.3 kg in weight. It slips neatly into a slim briefcase and travels with you easily to presentations outside your office.

 

CASIO has applied its unique new Laser & LED Hybrid Light Source to achieve breakthrough development of a mercury-free high-brightness projector. Adopting a new semiconductor-based light source system combining a blue laser, phosphor and a red LED, we have achieved both high-brightness performance enabling projection in well-lit rooms and environmental friendliness with mercury eliminated from the light source.

Revolutionary new light source technology CASIO developed a new semiconductor light source technology combining a red LED, phosphor and a blue laser. This source achieves high luminance safely by employing a phosphor device to modify the wavelengths and phases of blue laser light.

New illumination technology

The new and innovative semiconductor light-source technology developed by CASIO combines LEDs and laser light to create a completely new, mercury-free light source. The new generation of projectors with laserand LED-hybrid light sources has an illuminative performance of up to 2,500 ANSI lumens, creating brilliant, natural colours for impressive presentations – even in daylight. This revolutionary light source has a 20,000-hour life expectancy, and can be switched on and off without any significant delays – full power is available after only eight seconds!

Compared with conventional high-brightness projectors employing mercury lamps, this cuts the cost as well as the time and effort involved in exchanging lamps dramatically, while at the same time maintaining clear, high-quality images over an extended period by reducing the tendency toward degradation of the brightness.

The new generation of projectors has arrived, thanks to the new CASIO models with an operational life of up to 20,000 hours without changing lamps. This means a ten-fold improvement in performance against the conventional lamps used in CASIO projectors (approx. life of 2,000 hours). 20,000 hours means: 10,000 two-hour business presentations, or over 13,000 live football matches viewed in large format at home with friends. A new projector from CASIO is a profitable investment for the future, above all when you think of the considerable follow-up costs for replacing conventional projector lamps: assuming a service life of around 20,000 hours, you would need to buy up to nine new lamps with total costs amounting to about $3,600.

The projector reaches its maximum brightness as quickly as 8 seconds after it's turned on, significantly shortening the time before you start your presentation. Since it doesn't need time to cool down afterwards, either, you can conduct your presentations cleanly and efficiently, from setting up to packing up.

The dramatically enhanced colour purity achieved by our Laser & LED Hybrid Light Source technology results in superior colour reproducibility and brighter, more beautiful colouration. High-purity colour visual effects also generate brighter images, enabling you to present clear, powerful visuals that conventional projectors can't match.

The wide-angle 2x zoom lens boosts magnification to the highest level among data projectors.* This zoom capability enables the projector to project optimally sized images from close to the screen or farther away as well as to correct screen distortions resulting from the projector's positioning automatically.

AV terminal
Connect a VCR, video camera or other audio-visual equipment to the AV terminal and use it as a VIDEO input terminal for projecting images. You can also use it as an AUDIO input (output) terminal to play back audio recordings from a PC on the built-in speaker.
*Audio playback with the speaker or connection to external speaker for presentations made from a USB memory device is also possible.

Computer terminal
Images can be projected on a PC screen by simply connecting the PC to the RGB input terminal.

HDMI terminal
AV equipment such as HD televisions and DVD recorders can be connected to the HDMI terminal with a single cable. This enables you to project high-definition images on a large screen while maintaining high image quality.

The projectors are equipped with four colour modes you can select from depending on the venue and content of your presentation. A full range of contents, from text and graphs to moving and still images can be projected with optimal effect.

• Standard: Suitable for general presentations emphasizing colour expression
  
• Graphic: Suitable for natural-looking presentation of photos, etc.
  
• Theater: Suitable for showing dark or shaded areas in movies clearly
  
• Blackboard: Suitable for high-visibility projection of images on a blackboard

Wireless communication is possible with up to four Windows® PCs (IEEE 802.11b/g): The meeting with operating up to four PCs, presentation away from projector are possible at ease.
(Only Available on: XJ-A255/A245/A155/A145/A135)

 

To make presentations without a PC, simply save your presentation materials such as PowerPoint (2003/2007), image (JPEG/BMP) and even movie (Motion JPEG/AVI format) in a USB memory device commercially available and project them directly from the projector (USB 2.0-compliant). (Only Available on: XJ-A255/A245/A155/A145/A135 Via EZ Converter FA software conversion [supplied])

Ceiling Mounting The new XJ-A Casio projector range can aso be ceiling mounted. Allowing for permanent instalations.