Projector without laptop?

[Guest]

Is there a projector that will allow me to run my PowerPoint presentation
without a laptop? For instance, is there such a projector that can run the
presentation from a USB flash drive or something similar?

 

[Bill Dilworth]

There are some projectors that can display a series of JPG images from a USB
thumb drive. The way I have heard it, these do not need a laptop. For
instance:
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/epson-launches-highend-usb-projector-203052.php

However, the images are NOT displayed using PowerPoint, it is just a series
of pictures - shown one after another, sometimes with a remote advance,
mostly without.. This may be all you need and if that is the case -- great.

If you need transitions, animations, sounds or movies, or even portability
for that matter: I do not think this solution will work for you.


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[Glen Millar]

Hi,

I am working on one right now that will go to a thumb drive via a program
called Projector Station. The presentation is dropped into the program and
it converts all of the slides to jpg. The text goes jagged and there are no
animations.

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Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at
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Please tell us your PowerPoint / Windows version,
whether you are using vba, or
anything else relevant

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi,

I am working on one right now that will go to a thumb drive via a program
called Projector Station. The presentation is dropped into the program and
it converts all of the slides to jpg. The text goes jagged and there are no
animations.

Can you substitute your own JPGs in place of the ones Projector Station makes?

From 2002 onward, PowerPoint's text export to images is atrocious. At best.

But you can save to JPG at higher resolution (you know the FAQ, right?) and
downsample to your final 1024x768 or whatever; much much better results.

 

[Glen Millar]

Can you substitute your own JPGs in place of the ones Projector Station
makes?

From 2002 onward, PowerPoint's text export to images is atrocious. At
best.

But you can save to JPG at higher resolution (you know the FAQ, right?)
and
downsample to your final 1024x768 or whatever; much much better results.

Not sure. Good idea, though.