Toshiba's TDP-P9 projector is targeted at mobile business professionals, weighing just over a kilogram.

Combined with a tiny footprint, it's one of the most portable projectors on the market.

The projector is simple to set up, with a rubberised lens cap that comes off easily and stays attached via a short cable — ideal for a portable system. The unit's adjustable spring-loaded front foot makes vertical adjustment quick and painless. A VGA port as well as composite and S-Video are offered, and the unit will allow separate connections to all of these simultaneously.

The P9's lamp life is rated at 3000 hours using its economy mode and the unit also offers a zoom feature, which was useful for fine-tuning the image to the size of a projection screen. Minimum throw distance is 1.6 metres, resulting in a picture of just over a metre in size.

General Specifications

• Display - 0.55” DMD Chip
• Resolution XGA - 1,024 x 768
• Brightness - 2,000 ANSI-lumens
• Colour reproduction - 16.7 mio.
• Contrast - 2,000:1
• Projection format - 4:3 switchable to 16:9
• Lamp - 200W (TLPLP20LAMP)
• Maximum lamp life - Up to max. 2,000 hours / up to max. 3,000 hours in ECO mode
• Lens - F=2.5- 2.74 / f = 22 – 25.5 mm, manual focus
• Zoom - 1.17x, manual zoom
• Frequency (hor./vert.) - 15 – 100 kHz / 43 – 120 Hz
• Projection - Front and rear
• Digital keystone correction - Auto vertical +/- 16° Picture size (diagonal)
• Projection distance - 1.6 m – 12 m
• Input signals - NTSC / PAL/ SECAM/ HDTV/DTV (480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i), VGA / SVGA, XGA (True)/ SXGA, UXGA (compr.)
• Inputs - 1x RGB (D-sub 15), S-video, composite video (1 x RCA), 1 x USB type A, audio (stereo mini jack), video/ S-video (2x RCA L/R), USB Reader, Serial interface
• Power supply - AC 100 – 240 V, 50 / 60 Hz
• Dimensions (W x H x D) - 210 x 76 x 170 mm
• Weight - 1.3 kg
• Operation noise - Standard 35 dB / ECO mode 32 dB
• Speaker - 1 x 2W
• Specials - ECO