Performance
The setup of this projector is about as easy as it gets. You take it out of the box, plug in the power cable, and point it at a wall, a screen, or whoever you have that’s suitable for projection. Then simply HDMI input your desired device, in my case, a work laptop, and you’re good to go.
OK, my 100″ screen is clearly a bit big here, given the throw ratio of this projector, and the fact it’s a small projector, a 100″ from about 7ft is asking a lot of it.
Thankfully I was able to move it back a bit more, we’re at about 9ft here, and I’m getting a comfortable 80″ which is pretty fantastic really. I could fill the screen from about 11ft, but I have a bookcase in the way behind me.
The projector its self, it’s relatively quiet for what it is. Of course, you can hear the cooling fan, but it’s more a breathy sound rather than a whirring fan noise, and not really a bother. It drops significantly quieter in Eco mode, and honestly, the brightness doesn’t drop that much, so whenever possible, I suggest leaving it on Eco mode; it’s quieter and cooler, and the bulb lasts a lot longer.
Colour uniformity is excellent, the whites are nice and clean, and for a full HD image at 80″ text clarity is pretty fantastic too.
The colour depth looks surprisingly good, with respectable black levels and decent contrast too. Alas, this is no movie projector, but for the office, watching a few training videos and slides, it’s absolutely spot on for the job.
I was concerned about image quality at this screen size and resolution, but again, it is surprisingly sharp and it does a great job of scaling and image processing.
Small text is more than readable, as are finer fonts, and there’s no colour banding or rainbow edges on high-contrast objects either.
Watching a bit of YouTube proved no issues either, but then again, it’s hooked up to my laptop, so it’ll display whatever my laptop can. Response times are tight, and you could happily sneak in a few games of Skyrim or something if you’re cheeky on your lunch break as it supports 1920×1080 @ 60Hz, so it feels more than responsive and smooth.
