XGIMI is a portable projector that can stream videos, photos or other types of content from your Android or iOS devices onto any surface through WiFi. It comes with 1280ร800 HD Resolution, is able to cast images up to 150-inch and supports 3D. And itโs preloaded with Android 4.2.
Almost all conventional TV manufacturers and software company-turned hardware companies, such as Xiaomi and LeTV, have launched smart TVs and are working on making improvements on the existing models. Xiaomi, LeTV and iQiyi are not only competing on specs but also prices. The latest editions released by them seem really good value for money.
Apparently, for a startup, making TV sets is so much more difficult than building a portable projector. If a projector was as capable as Xiaomi or LeTV smart TVs, consumers must choose it over the latter considering its portability โ The latest XGIMI projector, Z3, is priced at as much as LeTV 50โณmodel, X50 Air.
As you may know, itโs so easy to find projector manufacturers in Shenzhen area, one of Chinaโs manufacturing centers. What a startup like XGIMI should figure out is how to install an operating system like Android into a projector and make it speak to other smart devices.
That doesnโt seem that difficult, either. ZECO is XGIMIโs competitor. The ZECO CX6 launched today on Alibabaโs Tmall marketplace comes with YunOS, the custom Android system developed by Alibaba. So apart from online videos and other content, ZECO CX6 differs from XGIMI Z3 that it supports shopping on Alibabaโs Taobao, Tmall and group-buy service Juhuasuan, and making payments with Alipay.
The specs of ZECO C26: up to 180โณ image; 3D HD. The price for ZECO C26 is way higher than XGIMI.
Consumersโ concerns include that images cast on a wall cannot be that good as on an HD TV screen. But even excluding people whoโd buy TV sets anyway, thereโs still a group of people who stopped watching TV programs but do consume online content like videos. And it wonโt be surprising that that group will keep growing.
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