Customer reviews from Samsung US
Samsung - Pico DLP Projector
Average customer rating
3.8
(9 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 9 reviews
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78%of customers recommend this product.
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7 out of
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Customer Reviews for Samsung - Pico DLP Projector
Customer Rating
5
Its one of the best Portables.
on February 18, 2011
Posted by: Anonymous
This is one of the best portables, But if you compare money for the value. You can get a large projector with more Lumens for the same money, but it cannot do what this projector can do. Fit in you pocket, and carry just about a bunch of movies, songs, pictures, and documents. AT a bright room for 11" Looks clear crisp as TV. Some curtains/shadow 15" Keeps looking like a TV. Dark Room with a little light (Monitor Light/ Desk light) 25"-34" Looks Good, Without that light, 38" Looks like a TV, 38-80 It just large enough and good enough to watch a movie, but not that "Shiny bright", its good enough. And "Its so good enough" because it fits your pocket. Get your 32" tv in your pocket...you can't isn't.
Pros: Built-in speakers, Inexpensive, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
1
Annoying Design
on January 4, 2011
Posted by: lucidmagus
Expertise:Expert
I got this projector to watch movies and make business presentations on the built-in battery and from the built-in memory.
The problem is, after about 20 minutes playing from a full charge, a little battery icon begins blinking in the upper right hand corner. I find this to be extremely annoying, making the movie unwatchable. The projector will play for another hour or more after the icon shows up, but the little icon never goes away!
Moreover, the touch-buttons are very un-responsive and impossible to see in the dark (and it has to be dark to use this thing). You try to push one, but since you can't see it you often get no response or end up pushing the wrong one. The buttons light up once you push one, but even then you have to sometimes push it several times to get it to work.
And there is no option for a remote! This means that you have to be able to touch the projector to make it do anything in the built-in interface. Forget mounting it somewhere that you can't touch it!
Even worse, the built-in power point implementation and document reader is not good either. It displays an annoying interface overlay every time you switch slides or pages, and there is no way to turn it off. It's very hard to give a professional presentation because the interface overlay keeps getting in the way of the document.
This makes this product, which could have been good, totally un-useable to me. I do not recommend it. A firmware update that allowed you to configure the battery icon and built-in interface display would help to some extent, but as it is, the product looks great but is not practical unless you plug it in and feed a computer or video signal to it, which sort of defeats the purpose because then you have to carry a lot more stuff with you. At that point you might as well take a normal sized projector with you too!
Pros: Lightweight, small
Cons: bad user interface design., annoying display overlays., no remote option.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
1
Performance
1
Design
1
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
Great for smaller projections
on May 15, 2011
Posted by: crmterrier
from Idaho
The SP-H03 works excellent for smaller projections in rooms that are not real bright. For the cost, it is a great projector and I love it's small size that I can carry when I travel. There was a small learning curve to figure out how to make it work, but I was able to do it without a manual by pushing the buttons. I am very happy with this product for still shot pictures. I have even looked at short video and felt it was a great product. I would like more memory capacity to be able to watch movies. Or I haven't figured out how yet.
Pros: Built-in speakers, Inexpensive, Durable, Realistic color, Lightweight
Cons: have to have dim lighting
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
4
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
This project is great for educators
on August 7, 2011
Posted by: Blountinator
from Montgomery, Al
Expertise:Intermediate
This product is great for college instructors or other educators who do not have the same classroom semester to semester and those classrooms who do not have projectors in them.
Pros: Bright display, Inexpensive, Durable, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
4
Design
4
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Fine
on September 14, 2010
Posted by: reinaldocc
from Miami
Expertise:Intermediate
I'm really surprised... it works very well... excellent...!! I'm using with my MacIntosh PowerBoog G4 and everything is rigth...
sorry for my bad englis, but I only speak spanish
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
4
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
Almost Perfect
on February 15, 2011
Posted by: Anonymous
from Sunnyvale, CA
Expertise:Expert
The SPH-03 is nigh unto exactly what I was looking for. It is reasonably priced, diminutive in size and weight, has mobile phone-like software navigation, and has compatibility with multiple input sources. It exceeded my expectations when compared to similar devices on the market at its release. At 30 Lumens it's not the highest brightness, but for the price it certainly is. It feels solid, and has a decent weight for its size; neither too heavy, nor too light.
Features worth mentioning include the excessively long life of the LED bulb at a minimum of 20,000 hours (estimated as much as 60,000 hours). The support of Micro HCSD (High Capacity Secure Digital) memory cards, up to 16GB is above and beyond my personal expectations (not to mention the on-board 1GB of storage).
I would like to have seen support for wireless connectivity to play things through Samsung's Media Hub from other Samsung devices (Samsung TVs and Android devices). The life of the (roughly) 3000 mAh battery is sufficient to maintain the projector for about 70-90 minutes. At just about half the weight and size of the projector alone, the battery is considerable. Maybe Samsung will (or already does) produce a double-size/ capacity battery at some later date (possibly on the release of the next model of Pico projector). Lastly I take issue with the fact that the tiny power-indicating LED on the top of the Pico Projector will inevitably drain the battery over time (2-4 days). I'm not sure if this was intentional or not on Samsung's part. I find it best to merely remove the battery from the Projector to prevent this when storing.
Over all, I believe this pico projector to be the best available for the price. Its features will likely exceed the expectations users of earlier, similar projectors, and it will likely WOW new users.
Features worth mentioning include the excessively long life of the LED bulb at a minimum of 20,000 hours (estimated as much as 60,000 hours). The support of Micro HCSD (High Capacity Secure Digital) memory cards, up to 16GB is above and beyond my personal expectations (not to mention the on-board 1GB of storage).
I would like to have seen support for wireless connectivity to play things through Samsung's Media Hub from other Samsung devices (Samsung TVs and Android devices). The life of the (roughly) 3000 mAh battery is sufficient to maintain the projector for about 70-90 minutes. At just about half the weight and size of the projector alone, the battery is considerable. Maybe Samsung will (or already does) produce a double-size/ capacity battery at some later date (possibly on the release of the next model of Pico projector). Lastly I take issue with the fact that the tiny power-indicating LED on the top of the Pico Projector will inevitably drain the battery over time (2-4 days). I'm not sure if this was intentional or not on Samsung's part. I find it best to merely remove the battery from the Projector to prevent this when storing.
Over all, I believe this pico projector to be the best available for the price. Its features will likely exceed the expectations users of earlier, similar projectors, and it will likely WOW new users.
Pros: Built-in speakers, Inexpensive, Lightweight, crisp color, comprehensive ui, highly functional ui
Cons: battery life, no media hub connectivity, no dvi / d-port cable
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
3
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
3
Works OK, but not easy to set up and use.
on October 15, 2010
Posted by: boohow
from Phx, AZ
Expertise:Intermediate
Read the manual FIRST - wasted a lot of time. If you are using a Mac instead of a pc, you have to buy an adapter AND a serial vga cable. The disk containing the users manual is undersized and wouldn't play in my Mac. I had to go to the web to download the manual. Also, when trying to register the unit for warranty - it isn't on the list of products AT ALL! The actual image is pretty good for such a small unit. All in all, if they get the user interface cleaned up, should be a decent product. Buyers beware - takes some time to figure everything out! Unit speaker is a joke! You have to use your computer's speakers.
Pros: Realistic color, Lightweight
Cons: package documentation - inadequate at best!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
3
Performance
3
Design
2
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
3
Be careful
on June 3, 2011
Posted by: Jose512
from Dearborn, Mi
Expertise:Intermediate
This Projector put out a very nice picture for its size. You can use it just about any where. Be careful if you decide to do the firmware update. Ask if the warranty covers the unit if it goes wrong and your projector doesn't wark afterwards.
Pros: Realistic color, Lightweight
Cons: no hdmi, no keystone adjustments, price, no stoftware tool for servicing.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
3
Design
3
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US