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what's up guys it's Lou from unbox therapy and today we're taking a look at the joy B GP 2 mini projector from BenQ now this thing has some features and functions that are incredibly unique in this projector space the first and probably most marketable element is the fact that it's got an iPhone / iPad dock built right into it now that is not only going to output video content from your iDevice it's also gonna charge it that can be an interesting feature for a lot of people but on top of that it's going to output 720p it's got built-in memory and SD card slot a USB reader it'll stream from your PC over USB it's got HDMI I'm out of breath it's got a lot built in to such a small package this thing is only one pound it's the smallest projector I've ever owned and on top of that it can output a hundred and 60 inch image in 720p that's crazy for something so small I'm gonna put it to the side for a second and talk about the other items get them all out of the box and get the box out of the way now the reason I receive this device is because it's part of a big contest that BenQ is having to promote this brand-new device of theirs and I'm gonna ask you guys to come out and support me on it but it's not until December the fifth I'm Bank use Facebook page I'll give you guys the details as that date gets closer now the very first item we're gonna take a quick look at here is the mini remote a nice slim remote control to go with your portable projector a full-size remote wouldn't have made any sense I don't think you've also got some North American warranty information you get a cd-rom in case you want to look at your manual in PDF form if you don't like the traditional paper version but I actually don't mind this manual because everything is diagram based instead of heavy on language so it ain't like a novel but you really won't need this because this thing is dead simple to set up now here's a better look at that slim little remote control and the interesting thing here is you don't only have buttons to control the projector you've also got buttons to control the iPhone or iPod directly so the integration here is pretty serious if they've really focused on integrating with the AI devices now the powered app there that's pretty boring you've all seen one of these before it's got a little velcro strap to help you when you're traveling we've also got a breakout style video cable here that's going to handle VGA composite as well and that's all going to be supported via a breakout cable that looks a lot like Apple's 30 pin connector as I'll show you in a second here and I'm not sure why they've used that that there but it probably has something to do with the integration of I devices it doesn't really matter as far as you're concerned you can input whichever format you choose now we've got an extension here for the other half of the power adapter so you're gonna have a lot of cable there if you're far away from the wall or something along those lines now here the main attraction the joy bgp - is housed in this nice microfiber style carrying case and as I mentioned before the main feature here is the size and weight it is one pound it fits in one hand at least one of my hands you've got a little bit of extra space in the carrying case that's because there's an optional battery pack available for this thing that will give you up to three hours of output that could be amazing for times where you're not going to be near a power outlet at all like if you're camping or outdoors or something along those lines or or just for convenience so as you guys notice on the top of the device you've got this glossy finish and you've got touch sensitive buttons if you choose not to use the remote you've also got of course the iPod dock that I mentioned earlier that's kind of the the big selling feature I think that's what they're hoping people are going to be looking at most you have your lens on the front of the device as we get closer here we can look at the port's we've got type a USB mini USB we've got that breakout connector that I mentioned earlier and then we've got HDMI can you imagine hooking up your ps3 or your Xbox 360 to this you've also got audio in headphone out and DC and to power up the device of course but yeah this could be a lot of fun for games every so often here's a better look at the lens on the front of the device and you've got this little screw in the bottom here for balancing it and also elevating the image depending on the kind of wall or surface you're projecting onto you've also got a focus wheel to get the sharpest image possible depending on the distance of the projector from the wall as you guys know if you've ever used the projector before the SD card slot is on the front of the device and this is real cool you can load up to the internal memory or just keep it on the SD your videos or even your documents if you want to use this thing for work really cool for such a small little device it's got tons of different ways of interfacing with it now the construction is solid there's aluminum on the top I'm really impressed at this point as you can probably tell this thing the fit and finish is real nice all around look how tiny it is I can Palm the device in one hand here it's crazy small and as I said before I've never personally owned a projector this size so it'll be real interesting to see if I'm more inclined to pull it out because of how small it is so it also had a tripod adapter if you want to hook it up to a tripod that'd be a kind of a weird scenario I guess on the street or something that might be convenient now hooking it up to your eye device is dead simple as well you can see the infamous pink iPhone from videos before here and you can output everything from personal content like stuff that you've recorded on the iPhone that's in the camera application as you can see here you get a nice 720p image up on the wall now this is obviously not projected huge but it looks really good in a dimly lit room this is not a pitch-black room so it's it's decent you're getting 200 lumens it's not gonna blow you away but it's nice for such a small device as I said earlier you can also play YouTube it's just as at home playing YouTube videos here you can see one of the earliest unbox therapy videos when I got the iPad 2 down in Buffalo if you guys haven't seen that video which one of my first unboxing I didn't even have a knife I'll put a link in the annotations or down in the description see how nervous I was now the interface is also really intuitive it kind of reminds me of the ps3 interface you just scroll left to right and if you remember the old archaic projectors we used to have in our schools growing up or you probably still do interfaces do not look this pretty at all so I'm really impressed with the work they've done on the interface they make it look like a games console or something it's incredibly easy to operate so anyway guys I mean I hope you're as interested in this product as I am as I mentioned before it's part of a big BenQ promote general contest they're having and hopefully once I give you guys the full details you can come out and support me in that contest anyway guys if you enjoyed this content then hopefully you can like and favorite this video as it does help me out a bunch and I hope you've enjoyed this unboxing marathon box with a lot of stuff lately and a lot more coming before the holiday season so if you haven't subscribed yet subscribe now you might watch it might be worthwhile