Written by: Peter Pachal for SCI FI Tech
Look sir, droids! R2-D2 projector adds Force to your home theater
If there’s a normal, unpretentious home theater projector out there in the universe, this is the projector it’s farthest from. Star Wars fans will be knocking each other over to get to Nikko’s R2-D2 home theater projector, which shoots video out of its eye (it would have been perfect if it used the hologram-projector port, though). The resolution is only 800 x 600 (south of high-def), but speakers are built in, and so is a DVD player as well as an iPod dock. And it wouldn’t be R2 if he didn’t move — you can make him follow you anywhere in your house via the remote control.
And have we mentioned the remote control? A replica of the Millenium Falcon, it’s a riot in its own right, with controls that pop out of the engines in the back. Too sweet. For that extra Jedi atmosphere, be sure to pick up a Darth Vader popcorn machine. It could be in stores as early as the spring for a little more than 2 Gs. Enjoy some video of R2 in action after the jump.
WATCH this cool R2D2 projector in action on this video taken at the 2007 International CES in Las Vegas.
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