ViewSonic M1 Portable LED Projector for Home & Family Entertainment with Harman Kardon Audio,Silver

Keep an eye on this as they do drop the price from time to time (at the time of this review - Oct 2018 - price dropped to £248). Absolutely brilliant for home use - bright, sharp images, excellent sound from Harman/Kardon speakers, compact remote control, rechargeable battery with good battery life, completely portable projector. So glad I purchased this rather than cheaper models - this is simply an excellent product for the price. For Apple users, get the official certified lightning to HDMI adapter (see my separate review) - bite the bullet and fork out £50 for it as no other adapter will work. Once you get it, it connects and streams seamlessly from iPhone and iPad. As at end of October 2018, I’ve streamed Netflix, Amazon Prime, BT Sport, Apple TV, BBC iPlayer, YouTube plus loads of other apps. As another reviewer has said, Sky Go does not stream due to licensing restrictions. Only slight cons I feel worth mentioning: - there is a bit of light bleed around the edges of the projector - some people may find the fan slightly noisy (although I find that once the audio is playing, it’s not that noticeable) - the stand doesn’t quite stand true so you may need to adjust it None of the above mentioned cons materially change the experience for me - the overall quality and functionality of the product at this price is amazing.

First off, am I chuffed to have a nice little projector gadget that’s turned my bedroom into a cinema - yes! Am I also gutted it’s turned out to be a bit more of a faff than I’d anticipated - also yes. I got the projector on a Black Friday deal for £165.. so based on that the brightness and picture quality is absolutely great. The sound is also fine, if you’re on your own, as soon as you have a few other people around and a bit of background noise I can imagine you’d want to turn it up a notch but can’t. How I hoped it would work is that I’d just hitch my phone up to it over Bluetooth and airplay and off you go - no wires. The phone connects fine to the projector.. but in my experience airplay lags the sound/images and you end up constantly downgrading the playback quality. First upgrade - £50 for a lightening to AVI connect for my phone. Not the projector’s fault. Then I hoped to Bluetooth a speaker to it to beef the sound up. The Bluetooth connects to the projector but then you can’t play images at the same time? You can download a limited selection of apps from the software - Netflix, iPlayer etc, but you’ll need to connect a mouse to the projector to click and select. Sky Go is not an option and from phone/ipad will NOT be playable over mirroring.. purchased yet another cable, thunderbolt to HDMI for my laptop. Now I can connect the speaker to my laptop and ‘Sky Go’ from there. So I have everything set up how I like it.. but what started as a portable, pocket sized gadget now has more cables and gizmos attached than a fairground!! I’d intended to use it as a space saving, energy saving TV replacement on my narrow boat, but now will be charging the surplus gadgets as well so it’s not quite worked as intended. However, the charge lasts about 1.5 hours. So if you are a Netflix user, or have a fire stick etc. and want it for occasional use such as when camping, you’ll be able to travel much lighter. As said, maybe I was expecting too much and should have done my homework on streaming limitations a bit better, but just so you don’t hit the same issues!! Regardless I’ll be keeping the projector and enjoying using it.

I did a lot of research before this purchase. Really love this device, and I think it offers a lot for those willing to spend a little more than a cheap portable projector. The speakers really pump out great sound, and I love the portability. Screen quality is pretty good, the contrast makes up for the lack of resolution. It isnt bright enough to watch in full daylight, but fine with the curtains drawn or the lights slightly dimmed. Overall very happy with the purchase. The only cons I have encountered so far: - over time, the arm seems to have sagged. My picture is now crooked if I am projecting straight. A bit frustrating, and we always prop it up to get it straight - the fan can be a little loud, sort of like a 10 year old laptop running its fan on full. The speakers are loud enough to cover this though - the dial on the side for the focus occasionally unfocuses after a little bit. Can be annoying

Sent it back after a day. Nice idea but hardly any features work. 1) films from memory stick only work off small memory sticks. Would not play from my hard drive or 128gb memory stick. 2) pretty much no apps would screen mirror. I tried amazon, Netflix, sky go and Apple TV. 3) has built in APP store. Where you won’t find any apps like Netflix etc so you will still need a fire stick or laptop. 4) not really in clear in the description is you need a laptop sized power supply to charge it. I had assumed it was charged by usb C. You don’t get a case that carry’s everything. So the total size of this with the power supply is the same as a normal mini projector as I hardly see any times when I would not need to take it with you. 5)turning up the brightness seems to do nothing. 6) every time you turn it of it defaults back to eco mode when powered back on. So summary for the negative points is you pay a lot extra for features which don’t really work. The picture quality is ok for its size. Does feel well build and the speakers are excellent. But it’s not worth the price tag. £150 and I might have kept it.

Prodo bene fatto la batteria dura veramente tanto si possono metere qualsiasi dispositivo da Ps 4 a decoder tv, cromocast ecc e luminoso si vede benissimo e ha un audio perfetto lo puoi spostare dove ho avuto altri proiettori ma mquesto è veramente bello piccolo trasportabile e Si vede bene

I use this both in and outside of my campervan. Inside, I use a simple blinder as screen, and outside I simply use the van as it's white. Perfect companion for my weekend trips.

This is an excellent bang for the buck. If you want something to play from USB storage or HDMI input on the go, travel, camper,or RV this is the unit you want. It doesn't have all the extra stuff you won't use traveling. No Wifi, no Bluetooth, and the price reflects that. The up and down auto keystone is pretty amazing you just point it at a flat surface head on and it will snap to a rectangle for you. It is plenty bright but in a very bright location it can be a bit dim. The fix for this is to move the projector closer, smaller viewing area but will be bright enough. The resolution is not fantastic but it downscales seamlessly. Do not expect this to be good for a computer workstation. Movies -> YES. But not for actual computer work. The built in media player is acceptable. It played 10gig HD mkv files with no problem from a USB hard drive. The player doesn't remember what you watched but will resume from the point you were in the last movie. I prefer Kodi and use a Raspberry PI 3 but the built in player is functional and does what it should.

Prodotto di alta qualità, semplice da configurare e con un menù intuitivo. Adatto ad ogni tipo di formato video.

For the money, this is a really feature-packed projector. I was looking for a projector that has 3d support. Most of the cheaper projectors, the "bluetooth" ones don't support it. I couldn't understand why they had every other feature, but didn't add 3d in. However, this Viewsonic projector does support 3d and it looks really great. As far as the usual projector stuff, this projector has decent brightness -- it looks ok even in a room that isn't pitch dark (we had a few lamps on). It looks nice in a dark room. If you're looking for a super bright picture in a bright room, you might want to consider a larger, more expensive projector. As far as 3d, to produce a 3d image you need three things. A projector (like this one) that supports 3d and projects the 3d image, you need a player that can play 3d disks (I bought an LG Bluray player that plays 3d disks) and you need 3d glasses. For glasses, I've seen a few people say you need to buy the Viewsonic PG-something glasses. Well, those glasses don't appear to be made anymore. However, don't worry, you just need to buy any regular old active shutter glasses that are for DLP projectors. Buy one of the brands that say they support all kinds of DLP projectors--this Viewsonic won't be in their supported list, but they will work with this projector. I had a little difficulty with the glasses, probably because I was turning them on incorrectly. But, if you mess with them, you'll get it. Also, another nice thing about this little projector is the sound. Wow! Its very impressive for such a little box. Its good enough to use to watch a movie, unless you're really after that thunderous sound of a movie theater, then you could explore the bluetooth option and connect a bluetooth speaker to this projector. There's a few things I don't like. First, if you use the built in arm as a base, on mine at least, the display is crooked. Also, the projector is so light that the HDMI cable will move it. So, to get the projector properly placed, you need to mess with the HDMI cable or even tape the cable down to the table where your projector is. I mostly solved the problem by attaching a tripod to the projector -- your tripod will just screw into the bottom of the projector. A pretty cool feature. It does have the ability to play movies from micro SD cards and external hard drives. I haven't messed with any of those. Its also connects to WiFi--that went very smoothly for me. That's nice in case there are any firmware updates, you can get them instantly over WiFi. So, overall, this is a really great budget projector with alot of features. One of its biggest strengths is that it supports 3d--very, very rare in this price range.