Samsung’s SP-H03 pico projector has a maximum brightness of 30 ANSI lumens which is the brighter than other pico projectors except for the Optoma’s PK301. Other features which stand out against the competition are the 1 GB of internal memory and the ability to natively handle a good range of popular office software file types including PowerPoint. Like all pico size projectors, the SP-H03 is attractively compact and light for making on-the-go business presentations without being limited to the small screen size of a mobile handheld device.

The Samsung SP-H03 is eminently portable with the minuscule dimensions of 2.75 x 1.5 x 2.75 inches (70 x 38 x 70 mm) and feather weight of 0.5 lbs (210 grams). It will connect with a wide range of mobile devices including; iPod, iPhone, iTouch, mobile phones, smart phones, camcorders, DV-Cams and digital cameras. Another device is not essential however, as the Samsung SP-H03 can boast of a huge 1 Gb of internal memory and a micro SD card slot (up to 16 Gb cards).

The Samsung SP-H03 projection engine is 0.3 inch DMD sourced from Texas Instrument’s (DLP Pico projection technology) and has a WVGA (854 x 480 pixels) native resolution. The projected image can be from 9 to 80 inches (0.228 to 2.03 m) with the projector positioned between 14 to 118 inches (0.355 to 3 m) from the screen. Because of the comparatively low lumens rating (compared to conventional projectors), the brightness of the largest projected image sizes is going to suffer when the ambient light level is not low.

The contrast ratio (full on / full off) of 1,000:1 helps deliver picture quality as does the DLP projection system’s color reproduction capabilities. There is no keystone correction so, the SP-H03 must be manually aligned square to the projection surface There manual focus is slide operated.

The battery life of for the projector is two hours which will probably cover most of the less formal presentations it is designed for. If more juice is required, the Samsung SP-H03 can be charged through a USB connection or an AC power adapter. The LED projection bulbs have an extremely long life of 30,000 hours which should outlast the life of the projector as a whole.

The Samsung SP-H03 has a 1.0W on-board speaker which can overcome the 23dB projector noise level but, is good only for quiet environments. If it’s a problem you can plug in some headphones or some speakers.

Importantly, the Samsung SP-H03 has the wide range of computer, video input, video file format, business software and image file format compatibility as detailed below.

Computer Compatibility (with scaling): WVGA, SVGA, VGA
Video Input Compatibility (with scaling): NTSC, NTSC4.43, PAL, PAL-M/N, SECAM, 480p, 576p, 720p
Business Software File Compatibility: Adobe PDF 1.2 to 1.7 (pdf), MS PowerPoint 97 to 2007 (ppt, pptx), MS Excel (xls, xlsx), MS Word (doc, docx), Text (txt)
Video File Compatibility: AVI, MP4, ASF, MPG, RM, FLV, WMV, M2TS/TS
Audio File Compatibility: MP3, MP2, WAV, WMA, FLAC, APE, HE-AAC, RA
Image Compatibility: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF

The warranty on the Samsung SP-H03 is a longer than average two years on both parts and labor.

Connections

D-Sub 15p (PC), composite video (RCA x 1), USB, microSD Slot, 3.5 mm Audio-Out Jack .

Samsung SP-H03 – In the Box

Power Cord + Adapter, Rechargeable Li-ion Battery, USB Gender Adapter Cable, Standard A/V Cable (RCA to Mini-Jack), D-Sub gender adapter, User Manual (CD), Quick Setup Guide and Case.

Samsung SP-H03 Review Summary

The Samsung SP-H03 is a well designed projector for it’s intended role for facilitating on-the-go business presentations, or casual multimedia sharing without the limitations of the small screen size of a mobile handheld device. It’s huge 1GB on-board memory means that a hooking up to a source device such as a computer is not necessary. Most importantly it has a built-in Document Viewer application for projecting Microsoft Office files, PDF’s, images and most standard audio and video files in their native format. It’s somewhat like a Swiss army knife projector.

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