1080P 160" Portable Mini Projector with LED 4000 Lumen Work with TV Laptops PC PS4 HDMI USB, UK Standard

SKU: GW49.0002EU

  • 143.99
Overall Rating 4.8   16
Reviews
5
Good enough for what I wanted.
It's been frustrating trying to find a good balance of features and quality in a mini projector that's budget friendly. I really wanted to like this unit, but it came damaged (more on this in a moment).First, there are some good things.Good things:* Picture. With 720p as the native resolution, the unit has a really nice crisp image. The focus wheel is easy to use and isn't too sensitive.* Projector size, it's the perfect size, small enough to take anywhere, but big enough that you can just plop it on a table or shelf and not be too worried that anyone is going to accidentally knock it over. It's also pretty light so it would be easy to carry anywhere.Ok, so why am I returning it? Well, it's the bad things, obviously.The bad things:* Came broken. On side of the strap was broken off and it's easy to see why, the cheap leather handle above the unit is connected to the unit with two flimsy pieces of plastic. If it doesn't come broken it is only a matter of time until they break.* Came without batteries for the remote which are supposed to be included. That in itself isn't too big of a deal and that is not why I'm nit-picking. But by leaving out the batteries I noticed something I might not have. If you lose the remote you will be screwed, there are no physical buttons on the unit itself that mirror their functions. This is a terrible design flaw for a portable machine. If you forget the remote you can't use the unit. If you lose it you can't ever use it again.* No horizontal keystone. I don't know what is up with projector makers. I would think that if you can only pick one keystone for a portable projector that it would be horizontal as these will often have to be placed off to the side, but everyone chooses to add a vertical keystone to correct if you have to pitch the unit up or down... Even if you need the vertical keystone, that would be an easier distortion to live with compared to the horizontal keystone which makes one side shorter than the other.The bottom line is due to the remote being required to use the unit and the cheap design of the handle I'm kind of glad I got the unit broken with missing parts because it highlighted frustration I would have had down the road.
23/02/2021