TVs are great, but they're not particularly useful if you want to game somewhere else, like say while camping or setting up a second station at a friends house. Sure, you could lug a 50 inch screen into the car, but it's far easier to move a projector. And it's even easier to move a projector like BenQ's Joybee GP1. At about $500, this tiny projector the size of an Xbox 360 controller offers a 100 lumen brightness rating, a 2000:1 contrast ratio, and it's capable of outputting at a maximum resolution of 858x600.

　　The Joybee GP1 has three major inputs: VGA, composite, and USB. Composite video is about as low as you can go on the totem pole in terms of image quality, but just about everything under the sun supports it. The VGA input worked well when we tried it out with the Xbox 360, the console actually gave us the option to display at 858x600, the projector's native resolution. BenQ made the input cable on the GP1 with a male VGA connector, which works fine if you've got a laptop with a VGA or DVI port. But you're going to need a VGA female-to-female adapter if you want to hookup an Xbox 360 or a desktop computer to the GP1. You won't find component video or HDMI support on the GP1, but a few cable adapters solves that problem relatively cheaply.

　　Setup is stupidly quick. Plug in the wires, hit the power button, rotate the silver switch to focus the image, and you're done. You'll likely have more trouble getting four friends to sit down quickly enough. The GP1 has an intuitive menu system, but the touch sensitive buttons are finicky. The remote is marginally better. Fortunately, once the projector is setup you won't really need to push the buttons at all unless you're using the USB input. The USB input is handy if you have video files that actually work with the projector, in all likelihood you'll have to re-encode them. Out of the box image support is nice, but it's easier to plug in your camera. The USB port seems to have been a nice thought, but the limited file playback will have you reaching for your laptop in no time.

　　The projector produced a great image considering its minuscule size. In brightly lit rooms the projector is capable of throwing a vibrant 40 inch picture onto a wall. You can use built-in software to adjust the picture depending on the color of your wall as well. Our screenshots (which don't do it justice) show a 52 inch image doing quite well in a lit room, and a 122 inch image that looks decent if the room is pitch black. The built-in 2W speaker is passable but you'll likely want to route the sound to an external set of speakers.

　　BenQ's Joybee GP1 works great for a portable projector, and we're more than willing to overlook minor quibbles to have it sitting in the backyard for some BBQ and game time.