Overall this projector does everything I could’ve hoped for it. It’s a great device, and mounted on my tripod it’s worked phenomenally for some movie/tv/sports sessions. Don’t expect any miracles, but for indoor projection it works wonders.
– Picture quality:
Surprisingly great. The product page lists it as supporting 1080p 60fps and displaying at 720p. I was skeptical of the 720p display, but it truly does look clear enough to be 720p, even blown up to about a 100 inch diagonal. Don’t go in expecting a 4K projector for 70 dollars and you won’t be disappointed.
-Brightness
Overall pretty decent. I usually like to have some natural light in my room, and when there’s too much at any one time the picture can definitely be a bit dim. I wouldn’t expect to be using this as an outdoor projector, at least during any time except when the sun is totally down. For that. however, it could be pretty good. That being said, for indoor usage, you’re going to want your room to be pretty dark anyway, and it does a great job in that setting.
-Included screen
This is my biggest gripe with the package. The included screen was simply just not good enough to use regularly. This isn’t a giant hurdle, however, as I’ve substituted it since with a plain white bed sheet hung in the exact same position, and it’s worked fantastically on that. The included screen seems to be made of some kind of mesh that is simply not kind at all to any sort of light that could be behind it. Definitely either invest in a projector screen, or just simply hang a bed sheet like I did.
-Ease of use
I can’t speak to the ease of usage when it comes to things like the menu, as I have had this thing. pretty permanently hooked up to the HDMI source, but it was very easy to get it to display that. You just turn it on, hit one button using the d-pad on the projector itself, and it’s just natively accepting HDMI. I even have it hooked up to a display port to HDMI cable from my computer’s graphics card and it’s working pretty flawlessly.
There is a tripod mount on it, and it’s a little bit hard to see on first glance, but if you have a tripod laying around it’s definitely worth using too. Especially if projecting against a large platform like a bed sheet or something, you can really get a very big picture using it. Keystone adjustment and focus adjustment were really easy, and having it on the tripod meant that I could set it once and pretty much forget it. Haven’t use the remote control much at all, but it looks like a pretty standard one that’s included with a lot of Android TVs and the like, I can’t imagine that it’s that feature rich, but it shouldn’t matter because most of for doing things like navigating the projectors actual included menu is just four directions and an okay button.
This projector definitely exceeded my expectations, and I was a bit ready to be disappointed buying a projector at this price range, but it was just what made the most sense to me at the time financially. Needless to say, I’m very pleasantly surprised, and this will be a main fixture of content consumption in my household for a while. Don’t expect the moon and you’ll get something pretty great.
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