If you don’t need battery power: The Xgimi Elfin is a very good LED projector. At 7.32 x 6.06 x 5.75 inches, it’s larger than any “mini” projector we’ve tested for this guide-though it’s still smaller than a traditional lamp-based home projector, and it comes with a tripod mount on the bottom, a carrying handle on the side, and a nice travel case. We had more success when attaching our own media streaming devices or using a USB thumb drive. Also, we found the Android TV stick to be sluggish, and it sometimes rendered choppy video playback in apps like Disney+ and Prime Video. But the GS50 also has some drawbacks that kept it from being an official pick: The biggest concern is that the black level is not very good, so darker movie scenes lack contrast and depth. It has HDMI, USB-C, and USB-A media ports to connect a variety of media devices when you’re outdoors and away from Wi-Fi. Plus it has a solid battery life of two and half hours, and its internal speakers deliver fuller, more dynamic sound than you get from most small projectors (which will be especially helpful outdoors or when using it as a Bluetooth speaker). The GS50 is about twice as bright as the MoGo Pro, and it produces more accurate color than most of the portable projectors we’ve tested. It comes with an Android TV stick that hides in a recessed, weatherproof chamber, and it supports Bluetooth input and output. If you want a brighter, more rugged projector for outdoor use: BenQ’s GS50 is a 1080p LED projector with a built-in battery and a splashproof (IPX2-rated), drop-resistant design.
Battery life: We look for models that allow you to use your projector’s internal battery for at least the duration of an average movie, about two hours.When Bluetooth is an option, we connect the projector to a Tribit XSound Go speaker (the budget pick in our guide to the best portable Bluetooth speaker) to test for ease of pairing, signal reliability, and lip-sync issues. But in choosing we make sure that, if you wanted to, you could connect an external speaker or pair of headphones, either directly with a cable or with Bluetooth. Speaker quality: We want a projector’s speaker to be robust enough that you don’t have to use an external speaker in order to enjoy whatever you’re watching.Does the picture look rich and clean? Is the picture sharp? Do colors look natural, or are they wildly exaggerated? Picture quality: We look at how each projector measures objectively, as well as how the image looks with real-world content.Most projectors in this category lack lens shifting and zoom functions that make it easier to position the image precisely on a screen.
We give extra points to projectors that perform one or both of these functions automatically. Picture setup: It should be simple to focus and keystone (make your image appear rectangular, even if you’re projecting it at an angle) your projector.Some projectors give you the option of downloading a remote app to your phone that you can use instead of the included remote we view this as an advantage as long as the app connects quickly and is easy to use. An ideal remote is lightweight, with a simple layout that makes all of the primary buttons easy to find, not crowded by other options. Control options: The included remote should have all the necessary buttons and be able to control all the internal apps.If a projector has internal apps for services like Hulu, Netflix, and Spotify, we make sure that those apps are easy to load and use. User interface: We look for projectors with well-designed menus that allow us to set them up easily, switch between various inputs, and adjust settings.
The only downsides to this projector are that it’s not as bright as others we tested and that it currently does not support the Netflix app (but there are workarounds). In addition, the MoGo Pro supports both Bluetooth output (to send audio to an external speaker or to headphones) and input (to serve as a Bluetooth speaker). The internal speaker sounds respectably loud and full. That means you don’t have to connect an external video player to enjoy lots of movies and other streamed content, though the unit has HDMI and USB Type-A inputs if you need them. Best of all, the MoGo Pro has Android TV with Chromecast and Google Assistant built in, so it’s basically a projector and a full-fledged streaming media player in one. Also, it’s easy to set up and use, it’s compact, and it has an internal battery that lasted about two hours in our tests (it also comes with an 8-foot power cord). This 1920×1080-resolution projector delivers a good-looking image with better contrast and detail (and more picture adjustments) than you can get from many of its competitors. The Xgimi MoGo Pro offers almost everything we could ask for in a portable movie projector.
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