Armed with one of Apple’s video-out adapters, you can connect your iDevice to any projector and cobble together a poor-man’s home theater. Or you can connect your iDevice to Epson’s MegaPlex MG-850HD and enjoy an awesome-man’s home theater.This 720p projector turns your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad into the hub of your entertainment center, plastering movies, YouTube videos, photo slideshows and other visual content onto the nearest screen or wall.Sound familiar? You might be thinking of the Optoma Neo-I and Wowwee Cinemin Slice pico projectors that debuted earlier this year. But the MegaPlex is no wussy pico; it cranks out 2,800 lumens worth of brightness using a 3LCD light engine. It also comes with a surprisingly robust pair of 10-watt speakers. This is a big-boy projector.You can feed it anything from a cable box to a Roku box to an Xbox. But the big attraction is the iThing dock, which conveniently recharges your device while sucking the sweet, sweet videos from it.But not necessarily a business one. The MG-850HD stands 4.6 inches tall and weighs 8.6 pounds, so it’s not carry-on-friendly. No, this is a mobile cinema for the home, one that can easily take turns between sleepovers in the basement, movie night in the living room and Californication marath in the bedroom.Like many projectors, this one sports top-accessible focus and zoom wheels, plus a manual keystone correction control. And it supplies inputs aplenty, including HDMI and component video, so you can feed it anything from a cable box to a Roku box to an Xbox. But the big attraction is the iThing dock, which conveniently recharges your device while sucking the sweet, sweet videos from it.Keep in mind, however, that the rear-facing dock leads to a rear-facing touchscreen, which can make it difficult to interact with your device, depending on where you place the projector. The included remote, which drives Epson’s simplistic menu system, obviates the need for some screen interaction, but if you’re running an app like Netflix, the menus and remote are as ineffectual as Congress before a vacation break. Speaking of Netflix, that’s currently the only non-iTunes app that can play video on the MegaPlex. Crackle, HBO Go, Hulu Plus — they’re all unwilling to share. It’s the app developers’ fault,
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