The 790's projector was bright enough to see detail even in a sun-lit room, but we could even see using it to watch a movie (with an external speaker), assuming that we're able to set up shop in a pitch-black environment with a suitable surface.

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Several iPads sit atop kiosks, spread out across the sun-drenched white room.

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The late-afternoon sun slanted across the room.

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Sun Fei, the manager of a 230-room branch of Motel 168, a privately-owned chain, says he has only 60 parking spaces.

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Even Chinese travelers are tired of all the 500-room business hotels, he has found, preferring Le Sun Chine's more intimate scale.

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In the sun room, for example, where Mr. Ye kept the traditional blue-gray-black wall paintings, the workers decided to save money by using plastic in the ceiling blinds instead of the wooden slats Mr. Ye had requested.

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When you are finished being pampered try the wood-fired sauna or dry-ice chilled cold room, or just relax in your bathrobe in the outdoor sun room on a mock beach made of pebbles.

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