From: Robert Comer 

>The resolution should be adequate. You could buy a 640x240 resolution
>single-colour display using this technology about 10 years ago. The unit
>mounted in a tiny "pod" on a headset. The image appeared to
be projected
>about a metre in font of you. I would imagine the technology (and
>resolution) has advanced since then.

Not even close, 480p is the very minimal resolution these days for normal
stuff, much higher for movies.

>That's why I'm going to run my HP Jornada 820 until it falls apart. The only
>current replacement candidate for it is a Toshiba Libretto, which is
>outrageously expensive, more fragile, and has a much shorter battery life.

Some of the larger UMPC's might do you.  They're far too expensive as you
say, but a used one might get cheap enough.

I have an Axim x50v with a 640x480 (actually 480x640 normally), but I
wouldn't even think of using it for watching video's, it's just for
emergency computer work and gps.  I have portable DVD player with a decent
screen, but it's not even close to pocket sized. (8.5" screen)

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Bob Comer



On Sat, 19 May 2007 09:32:56 +1200, black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com (Don Hills) wrote:

>In article ,
>Robert Comer  wrote:
>>That wouldn't be very interesting for me, the resolution's got to be
>>dreadful and then you have to have a space to actually project it to.
>
>The resolution should be adequate. You could buy a 640x240 resolution
>single-colour display using this technology about 10 years ago. The unit
>mounted in a tiny "pod" on a headset. The image appeared to
be projected
>about a metre in font of you. I would imagine the technology (and
>resolution) has advanced since then.
>
>As for somewhere to project it, the display I was talking about was a "look
>into" unit which projected a virtual image.
>
>>Nah, I'll keep using the phone as a phone and leave the rest to
>>devices that can handle it better.
>
>That's why I'm going to run my HP Jornada 820 until it falls apart. The only
>current replacement candidate for it is a Toshiba Libretto, which is
>outrageously expensive, more fragile, and has a much shorter battery life.

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