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While Acer may be popular for their notebooks, most people aren’t aware that they have a full blown projector line-up as well, complete with multimedia and business projectors. Today we’ll be taking a look at the S5201M from their latter series. This short-throw projector is targeted for smaller conference rooms in organizations, where one may want to project a 100-inch screen, but does not have the space in the room to do so. Let’s see what else it has to offer.
Design and Build Let’s start with the design and build. The S5201M does not look dull or boring for a business projector. In fact, it looks stylish and modern. The black glossy finish on the top coupled with the super-sized Acer logo gives it a bold look. There are plenty of ventilation grills on the side and a massive lens protruding out front. The silver dial around the lens is the focus ring.
Produces a large screen from a short distance
There are two rubber feet at the back and a single one in the middle up front that allows you to adjust the height. LED indicators are placed on the top indicating power, temperature, and lamp life. There are some physical buttons as well, for the menu and for manual keystone correction. The overall build is good and the projector feels sturdy and durable.
The S5201M comes bundled with a carry bag, remote, quick start guide and software disks. There’s also an optional presenter to assist you during your presentations.
Features This is a DLP projector developed by Texas Instruments with a native resolution of 1024x768. The aspect ratio is 4:3, but you have options for 16:9 as well. The standard brightness level is set to 3000 lumens, which is bright enough even with ambient light in the room. There are plenty of networking features available, which we’ll get to in a bit. It also supports DLP 3D, but you’ll need the proper glasses for that to work.
Plenty of connectivity options
There are plenty of connectivity options in the rear, more than you’ll probably ever need. Starting from the left we have a mini-USB, which is used to duplicate your laptop's display, two HDMI-in ports, LAN jack, two USB ports (only supports photos and PTG files), VGA-out port for by-passing to an LCD monitor or TV, two VGA-in ports, S-Video, Composite and audio-in and out ports. It also features Crestron multi-projector setup that allows you to control multiple projectors through a single interface.
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