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JMD - 29 Sep 2006 19:31 GMT

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?

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Bill Dilworth - 29 Sep 2006 20:28 GMT

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-pro
jector-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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> 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?

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Glen Millar - 30 Sep 2006 04:26 GMT

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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> 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
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>> presentation from a USB flash drive or something similar?

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Steve Rindsberg - 30 Sep 2006 17:32 GMT

> 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.

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Glen Millar - 01 Oct 2006 02:25 GMT

>> Hi,
>>
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> and
> downsample to your final 1024x768 or whatever; much much better results.

Not sure. Good idea, though.

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