ViewSonic addressed a price-conscious audience on Wednesday and shipped the PJ513DB, its latest DLP front projector. The all-black unit is a rare nod to improving the base quality for budget projectors and uses more recent Texas Instruments hardware to generate 2,200 lumens of brightness and a 2,000:1 contrast ratio. Both are vivid enough to be used clearly in ambient light, the company argues. Although capped at an 800×600 native resolution, the new projector can recognize larger resolutions through VGA and accepts 720p or 1080i widescreen video through relevant adapters, such as a bundled component adapter or third-party DVI attachments.

The display maker also supplies several preset color modes for different environments, a quiet and long-lasting mode that keeps the lamp usable for up to 3,000 hours, and a semi-portable design that weighs 5.7 pounds. ViewSonic claims the PJ513DB is already available now for $499.

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