
Battery life in the lowest-brightness mode, Energy Saver, is rated at 5 hours. The menus offer three power modes all work with the battery but are a little brighter when using AC power. Unlike some of its competition, including both the AAXA P6X and M7, it comes with a soft carrying case for scratch protection. The PicoPix Max One measures 1.9 by 5.4 by 5.3 inches (HWD) it's small enough to fit in a briefcase or backpack, with room to spare if you want to tote around its external AC adapter. However, the artifacts can be an issue for presentations with fine detail. For most images, the result is visually indistinguishable from a true 1920-by-1080 matrix, producing a more detailed image than for 720p projectors, which are more common at this price and size. Diamond chips put slightly more pixels on screen than are in a 1920-by-1080 matrix, so the projector needs to add extra pixels to 1080p images. In my tests I saw scaling artifacts in test images with small repeating patterns, which suggests a diamond layout for the chip. Although closer in size and weight to the P6X, which offers 720p (1280-by-720) resolution and is designed for business presentations, it shares the M7's 1080p (1920-by-1080) spec for native resolution and a design that's meant more for the home. (There's no published rating for full power mode.) Philips says the chip offers a native 1080p resolution, but declined to give any other information about it. The PicoPix Max One uses a DLP imaging chip with an RGGB LED light source rated at 30,000 hours in Energy Saver mode.


Its major hitch is its powered focus, which is annoying to use and unfocuses itself as the projector warms up. As with those two portable projectors, it looks like an oversize palmtop, has a built-in rechargeable battery, and delivers suitable image quality for casual film or video viewing or for business presentations. However, it's in good company on that score, with competition that includes the AAXA P6X and the even heavier AAXA M7. The Philips PicoPix Max One ($529.99) is on the large side for a pico projector, weighing in at 1.9 pounds. Best Hosted Endpoint Protection and Security Software.
