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Samsung's tiny H03 pico projector offers appealing looks and great presentation combined with decent battery life, above-average performance and more features than you can shake a long stick at (including native document viewing and video playback). Its only real flaws are awkward controls and a lack of any digital video input, but its bargain price makes that easy to forgive.

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8/10

By Ardjuna Seghers
Reviewed 12 November 2010
Updated 14 February 2012

Price as reviewed

£201.24

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Reviewed by Ardjuna Seghers
12 November 2010

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Awards

Samsung H03 details

Value: 9/10
Image Quality: 8/10
Sound Quality: 5/10
Features: 8/10
Design: 9/10
Overall: 8/10

Price as reviewed

£201.24

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Samsung

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Sam Sams

10:00 AM on 12 November, 2010

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The much better specified 800 x 600, 75 Lumen Aaxa M1 Ultimate is even cheaper.

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2:51 PM on 12 November, 2010

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if I hooked up my sky hd box using component to the optional component in cable, would it work?

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ffrankmccaffery

7:54 AM on 13 November, 2010

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@jimmytt: It should do although you really should be looking at a full sized projector

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Joseph Middleton

5:52 PM on 13 November, 2010

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Most importantly, is there anyway I can hook this up to an iPhone or iPad and play the movies I have on them on this?

I'm a walking, talking cinema then baby!

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Ardjuna

10:36 AM on 15 November, 2010

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@Sam Sams:

I can't actually find it cheaper anywhere?

Its lumen output is certainly more impressive (and its build and accessories also impress) but a battery is an optional extra, it only accepts SD cards up to 8GB (16GB on the Samsung) and the Samsung's widescreen aspect ratio is better suited to entertainment. Not that that's the primary market for these pico projectors, of course ;)

@jimmytt:

Yes, but you would need to get the optional component adapter cable (or a VGA - Component adapter).

@Joseph Middleton:

If you have adapter cables that will output composite or component from your Apple devices, then yes :)

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dantheman

12:25 PM on 16 November, 2010

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I bought this a couple of weeks ago but have since returned it. I could only manage to get one half of the screen in focus at any one time. This is probably due to the small lens size but it annoys me. I have since bought the acer k11 which is similar but sports hdmi input etc.

You guys should do a review of the k11, i would like that.

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Ardjuna

12:42 PM on 16 November, 2010

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@dantheman:

I would guess you had a faulty unit, as this certainly wasn't a problem on our unit.

Funny you should mention that, actually, as that should be the very pico projector we're getting in next - review coming soon.

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2:52 PM on 16 November, 2010

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Looking forward to reading it!

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7:10 PM on 16 November, 2010

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The Aaxa recommended by Sam does seem to be a lot better having looked at some youtube videos of both.

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