3M MPro150 Pocket Projector

 Brand 3M | Model: 3M MPRO150

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3M MPro150 Pocket Projector

Feature

• Storage: 1 GB internal memory with 2GB mini SD Card
• Cordless: Download files from your digital sources and go!
• Media: Connects to your favorite digital media sources like PCs, DVD Players, iPods and iPhones, Digital Cameras and Cell Phones
• Sound: 2 x 0.5 watt built-in Speakers
• Long life: 20,000 hours LED life; Rechargeable battery with 90 minutes of battery life (high brightness mode)

Product Overview

Pocket projector or pocket home theater? With the 3M PocketProjector MP150, almost any surface can be instantly transformed into an entertainment or presentation venue, complete with sound. Weighing a mere 5.6 ounces, the MPro150 fits in your hand and casts superior quality imagery on areas from as small as 8” to as large as 50” diagonally. With an LED conservatively estimated to provide 20,000 hours of operation, a full 120 minutes of functionality on a single charge and endless power when plugged into a standard AC outlet, the MP150 is designed to deliver years of entertainment. Out of the box, the MP150 supports all your favorite applications and easily connects to some smartphones, computers, iPad, iPod, digital camera, and PDA. Together, the 1GB of built-in memory and an interchangeable 2GB microSD card make the MP150 capable of handling your music and movie files as well as the popular software you’re accustomed to, including Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe PDF.

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1.0 out of 5 stars After two attempts at getting the entire item, I gave up., February 28, 2013

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Karen McDeavitt - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3M MPro150 Pocket Projector (Office Product)

The item was listed as new. When I received the first one, it was obvious that it had been opened and some accessories were missing, (AV cables, USB cable, and tripod). I immediately attempted to have it replaced with another, which I just received today in about the same condition. It was obviously previously used, and there were missing accessories AGAIN, (charging cable and U.S. 110 outlet end)! I am done with this item and just want my money back.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars It is ok but others are better, October 28, 2012

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María del Carmen Abraham - See all my reviews

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Good quality of image
Not to easy to use. Needs a remote control.
It is not to easy to set up at the beginning of a presentation
It works ok but there are some better projectors

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1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointed, July 2, 2012

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Marcia Oyanadel - See all my reviews

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I bought this item brand new from Amazon LLC... It does not keep cherged unless the battery charger is plugged on the wall. I bought it ahead of time (2 months before) to give it as a gift to my brother, and now that I gave him (and it's no longer in time to return the item), it doesn't keep the battery charged.... what a disappointment!.... and for the price paid!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Problem with batery, December 27, 2011

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LGT - See all my reviews

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I'm from Ecuador and I cant sent to review but the battery dont work very well. Sometimes shutdown and dont change battery

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars bit noisy, and low tech, December 21, 2011

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HH - See all my reviews

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I bought this project mostly for business casual presentation purpose. Got the projector today and couldn't wait to try on.

Pros: convenient to use, support multiple documents (ppt, excel, word, pdf..)

Cons: 1) noisy because of the fan. 2) no text explanations about different icons (which you see on screen) so you get to spend some time familiarize yourself with manual; 3) dim: 15 lumens not enough; 4) not ideal for PPT especially if you use non-english language: you need to convert to PDF (even though, your PDF better get embedded to support the minority fonts)

Overall, i will take it, but below my expectation on 3M as professional brand

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent for a select few situations, but inexpensive, September 13, 2011

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Hunter Rauso (Denton, TX) - See all my reviews

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I happened to get two pocket projectors for my birthday: 3M MPro150 and Optoma PK301 Pico Pocket Projector. For those not interested in reading the whole review, I'm going to return the 3M MPro150. The brightness is poor, the fan is very loud, the startup time is very long, and it has several display issues. I will make a brief, direct comparison between the two at the end of the review. Before reading on, you should know that I projected images on smooth, pure white plastic surfaces as well as walls with both moderate and very low lighting.

The pro's of the MPro150 are pretty much the standard for any quality pocket projector in 2011, with a few nice touches. It seems to have simple navigation and easy file transfer from computer to device (for when you want to display directly from the device's internal storage and/or memory card, which comes with it, instead of streaming from a computer or other device). It comes with a tripod, a carrying case for the projector itself, most of the cords you'll want and need, plug adapters for going overseas, and (as I mentioned) a memory card. Mpro150 is roughly the same size as other pocket projectors, which is to say that it will actually fit in your pocket, if uncomfortably. Also, the size of the projection is pretty large right off the bat, so you don't necessarily have to move the projector very far away in order to get a decent sized image (which is beneficial, considering the limited brightness, which I discuss below). Mpro150 is less expensive than a lot of other pocket projectors, making it much more affordable.

The con's are pretty huge. Some might be particular to my usage and needs (and possibly the unit I got), but most are problems that everyone will notice. First, brightness/intensity. The lumen rating is 15, but supposedly actually measures out to 12 (you will invariably see this same discrepancy in all pocket projectors, by the way). 15 lumens is weak, no matter how you cut it. I'm sure the brightness might be acceptable at night with the curtains drawn to keep out even distant streetlights and moonlight, but I wouldn't bother trying to use it in the day unless you have a completely sealed room. This is not an exaggeration, mind you. I used the MPro 150 in my studio, which has moderately dense curtains over two small windows, and it's darker than almost any room in any house during the daytime, though maybe not as dark as some conference rooms could possibly get. The brightness of the image was insufficient on walls and on the low end of sufficient on a screen. Turn a light on or slightly open a curtain and the image is hard to recognize unless you already know what you're looking at. This effect increases the further away from the wall or screen the projector is, as expected. It comes with two brightness settings, which seems nice at first but is realistically a fruitless feature, as you will only ever want it on the highest setting (which also runs the battery down faster).

Additionally, it seems that you CANNOT change the aspect ratio. If you throw a video at your wall or screen through the MPro150, your aspect ratio will be 4:3, and you can't do anything about it. You also can't navigate around videos from the device, so if you have a video on the internal storage or memory card you will be stuck watching it exactly as it plays without fastforward or rewind. The fan on mine is insanely loud but didn't seem to engage very often, though it seems to grind on its housing if you move the projector while the fan is running. Finally, the projection was occasionally washed out, with whites all over the place and any remaining colors being super light. I couldn't figure out what made the difference between it starting up perfectly fine and starting up washed out. One out of two times it seemed to be because I already had it plugged into a device when I started it up, but other times I would start it without any cords attached and it would still wash out the colors. I mostly tried using this with my iPad2 (with the iPad VGA adapter) because this is half of why I wanted a pocket projector, so I could project videos and images from my iPad onto gallery walls during my exhibits. The first time I ran my iPad through it, it worked perfectly; the next several times, it gave me wildly distorted images and would throw a question mark onto the middle of the projection before repeatedly cycling through an on/off projection cycle with continued distortion. That problem finally stopped after several restarts over ten minutes, but it would still wash out the colors on a regular basis. One last thing...the startup seems exceptionally long, and it always starts with the fan on. If you're looking to make a good impression when you start up your pocket projector, I would completely avoid the MPro150.

The final verdict is that it might be worth it if you only want to project into pitch black rooms at night, especially since it's one of the least expensive pocket projectors on the market. Otherwise, I would save up some extra money to shoot for a different projector.

(An important side note: You should notice that I didn't mention anything about image quality. I'm not sure that I can really make a claim one way or the other. My excuse seems reasonable, that when you can't even see the image because the brightness is so low, the image quality doesn't really matter. It may very well be that the MPro150 has superior image quality, but I can't speak to that. My mind did not recognize any significant difference, but that may be subjective alone.)

Side-by-side: PK301 vs MPro150, based on the qualities I noted above
Brightness:
The pico has two lumen settings, one is for running off of the battery and the other is for when it's plugged in. The battery-only lumen rating is already higher than MPro's highest brightness setting, and when the pico's plugged in it rocks the socks off the Mpro, and also works reasonably well in a lit room (especially on a screen). Stats: PK301 battery-power lumens - 19; MPro150 highest lumens rating - 15; additionally, PK301 rocks with measured 38 lumens when plugged in (rated at 50 lumens). Verdict: pico wins. (Side note: when the pico is plugged in, it runs its fan, but it's exceptionally quiet.)
Startup:
The MPro150 takes something like 20-30 seconds to start up and get to the image you are trying to stream from a computer or other device, while it runs its fan almost the whole time (which is very noticeable). The pico starts up and displays the image within 2-5 seconds. I don't know if the pico starts up with the fan, but even if it does it's unnoticeable because the fan is super quiet. Verdict: pico wins.
Display:
I had no issues with the pico's display, but there may yet be problems that occur when something specific is attempted that I haven't yet tried. The MPro had two issues - when streaming from my iPad, it very often had some kind of display error that would not fix itself, and happened repeatedly, and the colors seemed to randomly wash out from startup. Verdict: pico wins.
Affordability:
MPro150 is one of the cheapest pocket projectors on the market. The PK103 is not. Verdict: MPro105 wins.

I can't speak to supported files and formats, but you can probably find that out for yourself with some basic research, and I also can't speak to image quality (as noted above). Otherwise, you now have what I know.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Loud, dim, but lightweight., August 31, 2011

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a_firend_of_a_friend - See all my reviews

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I did the whole let it charge for three hours thing, and I fired it up, ready to see how big a projector screen I would need.

The fan is very loud for such a tiny machine.
The screen image was almost non-visible in a room that had a couple of windows (which is where I needed it anyway).
Also the image was completely illegible for using as a second monitor, which is what I needed it to do.

It would be fine for other things, I am sure, or work out fine in a dimmer room. But it did not work out well for me.

Also the one I got was broken, in that the screen image would flicker and twitch violently if you adjusted the screen settings.

3M makes other great handheld projectors. But this does not seem to be one of them. Go with the older model; I have seen it do great stuff.

3.0 out of 5 stars Overall good tool... for 100% no light office, August 4, 2011

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Gabby - See all my reviews

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Overall good tool... for 100% no light office.

I tried to use it at work with no success... :( Got it for size and portability that are PERFECT.
Now I'm using it at home NOT BEFORE sunset ...:( quality is good in 100% darkness.

2.0 out of 5 stars Would not recommend, June 21, 2011

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George Moskoff (Sebastopol, California USA) - See all my reviews

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I tried to use this for business / PowerPoint presentations. No matter how dark we got the room, it just didn't have enough light to really see the slides. Would not recommend this.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Dim, sounds tiny and already stopped working., May 29, 2011

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N. Ngo - See all my reviews

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Only viewable if the room is pitch black. Plays any kind of files loaded onto the micro sd card. External speakers is a must, the built in speakers are useless. It has a fan that can get annoying if you are trying to watch a movie with the built in speakers. My projector stopped working a month later only after about 10 uses. It boots up and shuts down, googled the problem and looks like thermal sensor could be faulty. Trying to get RMA from 3m as I write this review. Hopefully everything will go smoothly.