Advantages: Looks Great - Very Stylish, Compact & Very Light. Disadvantages: Not Bright Enough At All
The ToshibaTLP-S30 Projector
This projector is very aesthetically pleasing, it looks very modern and and the face of it looks to be a great projector.
There are several important factors to look at when considering buying a projector and that is the brightness. This projector boasts a 1400 lumen lamp. For those of you who aren't used to projector terminology, lumens are just a unit for the measure of how bright the bulb in a projector is (and lamp is just the correct term for a projector bulb) Now this isn't an amazing brightness, but the Sanyo PLC-SU20 (just as an example) works comfortably at 1200 lumens and around 1500 lumens is really what somebody new to projectors should probably be looking at.
So the brightness of this projector is good then you woul think. Well actually no; On paper the projector should perform very ...
taylora-2006 04.08.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Toshiba TLP S30
Advantages: Ease of use, memory capacity Disadvantages: Quality, feel, value for money
The Toshiba Satellite L500 is the same as most other toshiba laptops. It looks stylish and can do all the basic functions that you would want for a laptop. However, when you use it, you dont feel very comfortable because it feels very cheap. The keyboard is very flimsy and feels like it is about to break every time you type something and the mouse pad and buttons do not respond well. However, the number pad on the right hand side of the keyboard is great as it makes it so easy to type numbers. You can buy this laptop with a range of processors and sizes of harddrive so you can choose the one which suits you best. The display is actually very good but the battery life could have been improved. On my model it will last for a maximum of 2.5 hours on its lowest power setting.
Overall, this laptop is reasonable at most things but not ...
Advantages: Value For money Disadvantages: No Bluetooth
i first bought a Toshiba around about 4 or 5 years ago, it was a toshiba tecra m3, it was a lovely laptop until i dropped it and broke it, i decided that i would replace it with another toshiba because of the previous good reliability i had got from the machine, i thing that attracted me to this laptop was firstly the fact it was an operating system upgrade for me and secondly the superior specifications, the only down side being that there is no integrated bluetooth and trusted security platform, i found that the offers that were available at the time of purchase were very reasonable and i feel i got great value for money, i also think that the designer of this laptop has taken very great care with the general look and feel of the laptop and have put a lot of thought into the hardware they have supplied and it holds pride of place ...
XGA (1024 x 768) (native) / 1600 x 1200 (resized), XGA (1024 x 768) (native) / 1280 x 1024 (resized)
Native Aspect Ratio
4:3
Colour Support
24-bit (16.7 million colours)
Max Sync Rate (V x H)
85 Hz x 106.25 kHz, 85 Hz x 106 kHz
Bulb type
180 Watt
Bulb life cycle
2000 hour(s) / 3000 hour(s) (economic mode)
Controls / Adjustments
Keystone correction
Features
Eco-Mode technology
OSD Languages
Danish, Hungarian, Czech , Indonesian, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), English, German, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Finnish, Swedish, Russian, Spanish, Dutch, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, Romanian
Image Size
0.7 m - 7.7 m
Projector lens system
Focus Type
Manual
Lens Aperture
F/1.7-1.87
Zoom Type
Manual
Zoom Factor
1.2x
Keystone Correction Type
Digital
Keystone Correction Direction
Vertical
Vertical Keystone Correction
-45 / +45
Audio output
Type
Speaker(s) - integrated
Sound Output Mode
Mono
Output Power / Channel
1 Watt
Speaker(s)
1 x mixed channel
Manufacturer's product description
Toshiba's 'X' series of LCD projectors is a powerful marriage of top-notch projection technologies and art. The elegantly designed unit is packed with some of the best features that include 3000 ANSI Lumens, high contrast ratio of 600:1 to offer maximum functionality. Incorporated with NCE5 to deliver true-to-life color reproduction and packed with operation features, Toshiba's 'X' series delivers a silent yet engaging presentation that leaves a lasting impression.
