Projecting blu-ray and DVD movies with Optoma PK301/ PK201 Pico Projector

Among the top pico projectors, Optoma’s PK301 and PK201 are outstanding ones. The 50 ANSI lumens make the PK301 a lot brighter than other pico projectors, actually the Optoma PK301 Pico Pocket Projector is the brightest pico projector yet. Although the native resolution is 854 x 480 pixels (WVGA), the PK301 and PK201 are able to project images up to 1080i. MicroSD card slot allows for memory expansion up to 16 GB, which holds dozens of 720p HD quality movies. Videos of 3GP, AVI, MOV, and MPEG-4 formats can be displayed well by the PK301/PK201. For Mac users who want to put your blu-ray and DVD movies to Optoma PK301/ PK201 Pico Projector for playback, the Pavtube Blu-Ray/ DVD to Pico Projector Converter for Mac is highly recommended.

The Pavtube Blu-ray to Optoma Projector Converter for Mac helps you rip any commercial DVD and blu-ray disc to 3GP, AVI, MOV, MP4 and more other formats. It also lets you customize the output video to optimized image size for Optoma PK301/ PK201 projection. The blu-ray to Optoma projector converter for Mac creates videos up to 1920*1080 at different file sizes. A free trial version (intel processor oriented) of the Mac Blu-ray to Optoma Projector Converter (click to download) is provided for you to take a stab at as well. The following guide aims to provide you with a recommended format conversion solution for Optoma PK301/ PK201 Pico Projector by using Pavtube Blu-ray Video to Optoma PK301/ PK201Converter for Mac.

Step 1: Load blu-ray and DVD movies to Blu-ray to Optoma PK301/ PK201Converter for Mac.
Click “BD/DVD Folder” to import standard DVD or Blu-ray movie files once you launch the program. This blu-ray DVD to Optoma Projector Converter for Mac supports batch conversion so you may load blu-ray disc and DVD at a time. Note that an external BD drive is required for ripping blu-ray disc on Mac OS.

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Step 2. Set audio track and subtitles for movie clips.
To set audio track and subtitle (if necessary) for blu-ray and DVD movies, you may click on the Audio box and select an audio track with desired language. And set subtitles in the same way. There is a box of “Force Subtitles” too. When you set English as subtitle and check the box of “Force Subtitles”, the subtitle appears only when languages other than English are spoken. For example, in the movie Avatar, I select English subtitle and set Force Subtitles, the subtitle appears only when the Navi language is spoken.

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Step 3: Select output format for Optoma PK301/201 Pico Projector
The video formats supported by Optoma PK201/301 are AVI, MOV, MP4 and 3GP. To play Blu-ray and DVD moives on Optoma PK301/201, you can select one among the four video formats. Taking MP4 for example, click on the drop-down list of “Format”, and then follow “Common Video”> “MPEG-4 Movie (*.mp4)”.

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Set advanced settings for Optoma PK301/201 projection
In order to project Blu-ray, DVD and various videos correctly with Optoma PK201/PK301, you still need to customize image size of video. The Optoma PK301 and PK201 supports videos of 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i. So you can click “Settings” button and optimize the video and audio parameters. When ripping blu-ray movie to Optoma PK301/PK201 Pico Projector, you are advised to set the Video Size to 854*480/ 1280*720/1920*1080 so that the image won’t be stretched when projecting. When converting regular DVD to Optoma PK301/PK201 Pico Projector, you can set Video Size to 720*480 (NTSC) or 720*576 (PAL). For common video of 4:3, 800*600 is all right. To watch Blu-ray, DVD and different videos on Optoma PK201 Pk301Pico Projector in better playback quality, you can set bit rate up, but note that the file size grows with bit rate. If you are not good at it, you’d better let them be, because the default settings are able to ensure you good quality without any audio/video out of sync issues or artifacts.

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Step 5: Convert Blu-ray and DVD movies to Optoma PK301/ PK201 videos.
Finally, click “Convert” button to Convert Blu-ray and DVD movies to Optoma PK301/ PK201 with Pavtube Blu-ray Video to Pico Projector Converter for Mac. When the conversion is completed, you can get the output files via clicking “Open” button. Transfer the videos to Optoma PK301/ PK201 or micro SD card so that you can enjoy favorite movies at any hotel during traveling. If you’d like to project movies at home, simply connect your Optoma PK201/PK301Pico Projector with Mac and watch the converted movies freely.

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