If you set your proper expectations for this, then it’s really great! If you are expecting some $4k laser projector with auto self focus and keystone adjustment that works outside in full sun, that’s not this. If you realize that this is a cheap projector, and you have a use where a projector makes more sense than a tv, it works just fine. I really think it matters what your use case for this is. Trying to replace your living room tv? You’d be disappointed considering how cheap nice TV’s are these days. Projecting a movie for a kid’s sleepover party? Projecting birds from youtube on a wall for a cat to watch? Playing music and streaming the videos onto a wall while a party is going on? Slide shows at a small conference? All of those would be great. It’s cheap enough to have around for these random uses without worrying about it’s cost. This isn’t for cinephiles that need the best quality ever.
It has a little foot on the bottom to change the angle when it’s sitting on something. It goes up an inch or so. There’s a dial for the focus and adjusting the keystone. Keystone moves easily when doing the focus, so get the focus set first and then adjust the keystone. It also has a screw hole on the bottom that accepts a standard tripod or mounting screw.
You can hear the fan. It’s not super loud, but it is audible. Personally, it just became background noise to me in my testing and was fine, but if you’re particular about fan noise then it may bother you more. It sounded like a desktop idling under minimal strain.
Playing files from a thumbdrive using the built in player was hit or miss. I have a random collection of torrented files using MKV, which can have all sorts of video and audio codecs needed. Some played perfectly fine. One said “unsupported audio type” and played video without sound. One needed subtitles, and although the video included subtitles, I didn’t see a way to enable them. I was just doing this for testing though, so maybe there’s a way and I just didn’t test it enough. If it’s important to you, I would test that the file you have works on the device first, otherwise just connect another device externally.
The built in speaker was ok. It sounds like a single smaller speaker, because that’s what it is. I wouldn’t rely on it in an open area with a lot of other noise, but it’s certainly good enough depending on what you need. It pairs with bluetooth though, so you can have HDMI in, or use the built in media player and send the audio to a better speaker.
When I tried it with my laptop, I originally thought I was having an issue connecting, but that’s because it defaulted to the built in media player. My laptop didn’t detect it as a monitor option until I changed the source on the projector to HDMI. As soon as I used the remote to change the source, it connected to my laptop. There’s a small audio delay from when you hit play to when the audio starts. It’s not out of sync once it starts, but it takes a second longer than the video to start initially.
As do most projectors, it does better with a screen, and with lower light. The screen that it came with works good to provide a smoother surface, but doesn’t work good at blocking out things behind it. It’s a little transparent. I tried hanging it over a painting, and the painting showed through even when projecting on it. It’s better when it’s all the way flat anyways though, so I just used a different wall. If I was trying to get the absolute best picture out of this, I’d get a different screen to project on. It’s good enough for my needs though as is.
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