Product Details
- Brand: BenQ
- Model: GP1
- Format: CD-ROM
- Original language:
English - Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 10.00" h x
7.50" w x
4.20" l,
1.41 pounds
Features
- USB reader - PC less
- LED 20,000 hr+ life - Lamp less
- Ultra Lite 1.4 lbs & Mini
- The GP1 utilizes RGB LEDs as the projection light source instead of traditional projection lamps.
- It also comes with an integrated 2W speaker to further enrich your audiovisual enjoyment
BenQ Joybee GP1 Mini-LED DLP Projector
Product Description
The BenQ Joybee GP1 Mini Projector is a palm-sized, pocket projector designed to keep you entertained wherever you go! All you have to do is plug in your personal media device to turn downloaded movies,photos, and even music videos into great big fun! This mini projector is LED-lit to deliver stunning images up to 80 in size. It also comes with an integrated 2W speaker to further enrich your audiovisual enjoyment. So have a seat, relax, and enjoy! With the BenQ Joybee GP1 Mini Projector, things are certainly looking great.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
42 of 47 people found the following review helpful.
By Susan Tunis
I tend to make jokes about being a dinosaur. I'm not what you'd call real tech-savvy, and I don't generally purchase the newest and latest gadgets. Though my collection seems to be growing of late, one way or another, and I have to admit I'm having fun! Last month I was given the opportunity to review the BenQ Joybee GP1 Mini Projector through the Amazon Vine program. I'll be honest; I wasn't pining away for a mini-projector. Clearly, I didn't know what I was missing.Now, you may be wondering if I'm even qualified to review this product. As it happens, I am. In my professional life, I'm an organizer of academic conferences. Out of necessity, I've had to learn how to jury rig the most creative AV set-ups, with never quite enough equipment to meet every professor's needs. I've been using full-sized, very expensive LCD projectors in every way it's possible to utilize the machines.The BenQ mini project is mini indeed. It is a fraction the size of a traditional projector. It's almost exactly the size of a CD case, and about two and a half inches tall. It weighs about a pound and a half. It is insanely portable! Obviously, it's a great choice for anyone who has to travel and make presentations. It won't even cause a dent in your carry-on luggage.I've found the machine to be reasonably intuitive to use. I say this, because the instructions were useless. The instruction booklet that came with the mini projector has no words. Literally. Just pictures. Seriously, there is only so much you can do with that. Aside from the picture book, there's a CD with extremely, extremely detailed information. I've got no time for that. I haven't even looked at it. So, the good news is I was able to figure everything out on my own. It took a few minutes of playing around, but it was very do-able. For someone more tech-savvy, it'd be a piece of cake.Straight out of the box, I stuck my thumb drive into the back of the machine. It sort of automatically found the file where all my photographs were, and with basically no effort on my part, I was projecting a slide show onto the wall.Next, I hooked it up to a laptop, and tested it in a proper darkened room. It was at this point that I discovered what I consider to be the machine's biggest (and possibly only) weakness. I'd say the focus is the worst feature of the machine. Don't get me wrong--it's, absolutely fine, but only up to a point. Despite claims that it will project "up to 80 inches in size," I wouldn't count on really tight focus much more than 60 inches. So, by my reckoning, that makes this an ideal machine for a smaller conference or screening room, but not for a really large one. Smaller machine, smaller projected image. It seems reasonable to me.Since I never have enough equipment for my conference needs, the BenQ projector seems like a perfect back-up machine. It costs a fraction of what the LCD machines cost and has other advantages as well. This uses LED lights, not the very expensive LCD bulbs that need to be changed every couple of years. Also, this machine doesn't heat up like those do. If I accidentally turn off an LCD projector, I have to wait 20 minutes for it to cool down so that I can turn it back on again. Not so the mini projector. I can turn it off and then right back on again, or pack it up without waiting.While it's great to have my own projector as a backup for conferences and other presentations I may need to make, that's not what I really use this for. Being me, I have a tiny little 19-inch television at home. Now I can hook up the mini projector to a mini DVD player I have and project DVDs 5-feet across! It's like suddenly having a huge, wide-screen television without trying to fit some monstrosity in my studio apartment. I love it! I have hundreds of movies in my home, and I find myself searching for the ones with the most gorgeous scenery just for the pleasure of seeing them projected huge on my bedroom wall.Oh, and no screen is necessary. The picture looks quite good against my boring white wall. But get this, the projector even has color correction settings in case you're projecting against a pink, yellow, green, or blue wall, or even a blackboard! There are several other nice features I discovered after I'd mastered the basics. From the on-screen menu, you can control the volume of the speaker (which is adequate for a small conference room without external speakers), a sleep timer, and many other features.This projector may not be the ideal tool for every person's needs, but it meets mine very well. I'm delighted by how many different ways I can see putting it to use in my life. And it's an affordable option for anyone looking for a good quality, highly portable machine.
38 of 44 people found the following review helpful.
By Omer G. Wilson
I'm very satisfied with this projector. I set it up in my bedroom with a portable projector screen (60" wide) and fed it 720P and 1080i inputs thru the component outputs of my HD satellite receiver and DVD player,(Toshiba XD-E500, available on Amazon, DVD upscaled to both 720P/1080i)to the VGA connector on the projector and it performed admirably. I moved the projector back to fill the entire screen width (60") with a 16X9 picture and the clarity/sharpness when receiving 720P/1080i signalling was better than I expected. The picture with a dimly lit room was very watchable and with the room darkened was outstanding. The colors were bright and vivid and the brightness/contrast were excellent. I used a RCA component male x 3 to VGA female adapter cable, 1 ft. long,(vendor description-HD15 VGA female to RCA x 3 male double shielded, HD15 to component video, available from Wholesale Cables on Amazon), that mated to the projector's VGA male connector plus a 12 ft. component cable that mated with the adapter's 3 male RCA's thru 3 RCA female to female barrel connectors. I also used a video switching box for the video, 4 inputs/1 output, and audio switching box, 4 inputs/1 output for the L/R stereo audio (available from Radio Shack) so I wouldn't have to keep unplugging/plugging cables all the time. I connected the L/R stereo audio switcing box output to my video/Aux audio inputs on my Aiwa home stereo/CD unit. Setup was very easy as the projector has auto-keystone adjusting feature. The projector has pre-programmed selections for movies/photos/pc/brightest/user. The user setting allows the user to set their own desired picture settings as they wish. The projector distance from the screen to fill the 60" width of the screen was about 9 ft. Although the projector has a tripod mounting hole, I used a music stand available from any music store and velcro'd the projector to the music stand. The music stand is adjustable in all three dimensions, pitch/yaw/height with locking adjusters when you get it where you want it to stay. This setup sure meets my needs/requirements completely and no lamps to replace periodically on the projector (it uses LED's). I was concerned about the 100 lumen output of the projector prior to getting it home and trying it out, but my concerns were relieved when I set it up and actually saw the picture for myself. It's not washed out or too weak to watch. I was extremely pleased with the video quality of the projector. I watched a MLB baseball game on it and fast moving objects (the ball,runners) were not blurred at all. I'm satisfied. One note: the projector pictured on Amazon doesn't look like the present BenQ Joybee GP1 model that I have. Mine is white with a black top and is almost square. Perhaps the version shown on Amazon is an earlier or another version of the product.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
By Ameripino
The Joybee is small and light but it makes a huge screen and does very well for brightness. I am a teacher that travels to six different buildings and I like to project my computer on the wall. With the Joybee I can carry it in my bag (along with the cords that do not fit in the case with the projector) and use it in all of my buildings.
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