Not so long ago ViewSonic gave the world the ViewDock which was, depending on your point of view, either a really expensive iPod dock with a free LCD monitor attached or a well priced LCD monitor with an iPod dock in the base. Now ViewSonic have performed their version of the Vulcan Mind Meld on a projector and an iPod dock to give us… the ViewDock PJ258D home cinema projector.

That’s right, now you can whack your iPod in the top of your projector and watch all your legally purchased iPod videos on the big screen (and let’s not forget charge your iPod at the same time).

$1899 buys a 2000 lumen, 1024x768 resolution DLP projector that weighs a measly 1.8kg, which isn’t much. This makes it ideal for travelling and the press release makes a point of mentioning the fact business users could potentially store their presentations on an iPod when on the road. It also has "direct off" functionality so there’s no need to shut down and wait for the thing to cool down… just unplug it and go.

Sadly we can’t tell you if it’s any good or not because ViewSonic declined our request for a review unit, but they sent us pictures which look nice.