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Originally Posted by BruceL View Post
I don't know how useful TV-out is. I want to use a large monitor. (But, do screen projectors have a TV input? Maybe it could at least to presentations.)
I've helped users connect laptop equipment to projectors for years and pretty much all of them have had RCA-style inputs for straight NTSC video. (I can't recall any not having them) I believe newer mini-sized projectors do or will cut out older video input formats in favor of newer ones as space tends to be at a premium. The output resolution will be OK for many things, not sure how great it would be for smaller text. Here's a link to the cable referenced that's supposed to be included in the package:

http://europe.nokia.com/find-product...a-cable-ca-75u

Looks like the ancient standard of composite video to me, but it should suffice for most duties. I imagine we'll have to wait for Beagleboard or similar for solid HD/near-HD output, but once we get that, we'll want our pico projectors, which will be another generation later, then we'll want "mifi"-style APs built-in, so we'll wait another gen, then HD over BT3.0 or wifi, then holo projectors, then...