I get mine for 299 from Dell web site . that be still a hefty price - wait 5 year and you will find better one for 99 . I be a artist and I work by project color slide on my paper or canvas . I have need to go digital for a long time , but the standard laptop projector be big , heavy , noisy , expensive , and too bright . the new little one either do not connect to a laptop or get terrible review . this one be just right . it be also fun to project movie on the bedroom wall , but remember , the brightness be 50 lumen , and you standard video projector be about 2,000 , so you want total darkness and it be still not the same . the projector be tiny , light and quiet , and have a lot of nifty sophisticated electronics , BUT THERE 's no tripod screw socket !!! , the cable and connector be bulky and awkward , the cord to the laptop be only 2 ' long -lrb- get a extension -rrb- but it be the best one on the market so far .