Toshiba TLP-XC2500AU LCD Projector with Integrated Document Camera Review

October 23, 2007

Projectors with document cameras offer presenters the extra flexibility to display photo samples, specimens, printed documents, microscopic images, transparencies and all manner of material samples along with a slide presentation.

Toshiba TLP-XC2500AU LCD Projector

Toshiba’s new TLP-XC2500AU LCD projector has 2500 ANSI lumens of brightness and a 400:1 contrast ratio which make it suitable for projecting images in venues with considerable ambient light. Native resolution is the fairly standard XGA 1024Ã—768 resolution expected of a projector intended for business or educational customers

At 8.8lbs the TLP-XC2500AU is reasonably portable for such a unit and has and instant power shut down functionality enabling one to power off instantly without any cool-down time. Some set-up flexibility is provided with a 1.2x manual zoom and +/- 30Â° auto vertical keystone adjustment to allow a squared up image even if the projector is at a steep angle to the screen. The on board speaker is only 1 W making it necessary to hook up higher wattage speakers for anything but a small audience.

The integrated document camera is a advanced CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) document camera with 3-mega pixel resolution mounted on an articulated swing arm. The camera has a built-in LED light An obvious bonus for the traveling presenter is that the integrated the camera cannot be left behind.

For security the projector comes with a removable palm-sized control panel. When the security panel is removed, the projector is no longer operable untill the password is entered or the remote control is replaced.

Because of their high comparative price to the projector, a projector’s lamp life is an important purchase consideration. The Toshiba TLP-XC2500AU has a fairly reasonable advertised life of 3,000 hours in Eco-Mode. The TLP-XC2500AU comes with a 2-year limited warranty on parts and labor and a 90-day warranty on lamps.