ViewSonic M1 Portable LED Projector with Auto Keystone, Dual Harman Kardon Speakers, HDMI, USB C, Stream Netflix with Dongle

LOVE IT. LOVE IT. Perfect for the non-videophile. Great for parties or gatherings or having fun. Do not buy this if you are going to nitpick it. Sure it doesn’t have the brightest bulb or best resolution. But that’s not what it’s designed for. It’s designed for fun. With the built in speakers and battery you just plug up and have a night of fun. Couple photos are from a 185 inch view. It’s pretty dang good picture quality this huge! My remote works really well so not sure other reviewers comments on that. It just is super portable and fun. Grab if that’s what you want. If you’re not going to move your projector get a brighter and better resolution one. But if you want portability and ease grab this. The audio is so loud too. I’m moving up as this was my jump into projectors to see if I would like and I bring it out for my kid to have fun and watch a family movie. I move mine all the time so it was a perfect purchase. Just make sure you have the HDMI cable and if you need maybe a USB C TO HDMI cable if hooking to your computer or iPad.

I feel compelled to write a review about this projector, because I had extremely high expectations for it. It has mostly lived up to them, but there are some issues, for those who might like some more information. Some of this could be chalked up to "operator error" -- I'm not a visual-spatial person, so my tweaking of the projection angles are kind of sub-par, but it really should be easier to make this work. First, the good -- this projector is beautifully designed. It's sharp and looks better than anything out there. Also, the speaker is excellent IF you compare it to most projectors -- not using a cable to connect it to a better speaker with more bass. In comparison to my JBL, it sounds tinny, even with the bass turned up. However, again, it's far superior to many projection speakers standing on its own. The good news, is it does have an output to plug in a better speaker, if you want. I love interface and the corrective possibilities -- lots of controls to optimize screen settings and experience and they are easy to use. It doesn't seem bright, on paper, but I was watching a show with my curtains open and a light on. However, it was a bright show -- when I tried to watch a space movie, or something with darker colors, it was not quite bright enough. I bought a screen for it, so I imagine that could have something to do with the projection. Here are my pet peeves: it projects a barely perceptible border around the actual picture that doesn't move when you do the keystone correction, so you end up having diagonal lines that could bother someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder were that person (a friend?) trying to project a perfect picture inside a screen. It doesn't affect the picture -- it doesn't go over the picture -- but it's a little annoying. However, you can forget about it -- if you can. One other thing is, my particular camera tends to lengthen the top left corner when pointed upward. Again -- I don't know about angles, but it's not just like "totally easy," to get a straight picture. And the WORST thing about the camera, which caused me to dock the star is that the smart stand, on my camera, is not level. So, when you sit it there -- it just doesn't give you a level picture. This can be clandestinely corrected with some stacked pieces of electrical tape or a piece of paper, because it is slight -- but it's annoying. It should be level for $300. The panel for hook-ups is great, but I agree with the reviewer that said the USBC does NOT charge and carry information at the same time -- unless I misunderstand what that means. I had the camera's USBC hooked up to a USBC port on a Macbook Pro, and the computer was plugged in. No power flowed. Is it supposed to go in reverse? Should the camera have been plugged in to power the laptop? Not sure. Overall, I think it's a good buy. Much, much easier to deal with than my Pico, which is a beautiful thing, but older -- I wanted an upgrade and this works. It's not perfect, but it is slick, which counts for something, as long as it works. I think it works well, aside from getting the picture straight.

We have a remote, off the grid yurt and we wanted to be able to watch movies with a battery powered projector. I looked at a lot of them and chose this one based on battery length. The projector has 4 settings for the battery usage. In Full mode, the light is bright but you will only get about 2 hours out of the battery. On Eco mode you can get over 5, but the light looks dim. We have found that Extended Eco gives us about 4 hours of playing time, but the picture still is quite bright. We use an 84 inch portable screen and the picture is very clear and crisp. We put the projector on a small table about 4 feet from the screen and use the built in stand and it works great. And it is very easy to use. It comes with a USB C to USB C cord that I use to stream live TV (Hulu) from my Android phone. This drains the battery however because the projector charges my phone while running. Most of the time, we watch movies that I have downloaded onto my iPad. The iPad doesn't need to charge while playing which saves the projector battery. In order to connect an Apple product, I got an HDMI to Apple lightning converter plug. The projector has a USB C input, an HDMI input, as well as a USB. You can plug in a USB stick to play videos, but I have never done this. Overall, I couldn't be happier with this projector. It stores compactly, has a really nice picture and sound (although to make it really loud I connect my JBL portable speaker into it), has great battery life, and is easy to use. It's worked great for outdoor movies.

I would have liked this projector if it had worked. It worked fine for a month, not great picture quality or brightness, but good enough for a pico. After a month, it stopped working while plugged in, so you would have to watch on low brightness for a while and wait three hours to recharge. Two weeks later, it now does not work at all. It is still under warranty, so I now have to pay for shipping to get it replaced and wait weeks for a replacement that may work equally terribly. I just wish it had stopped working a week sooner so I could get a refund and get a product that I believe will function for over a month. To be clear, I was also very careful with it. Treated it properly and never dropped 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

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.

Muito bom, vale a pena !

L'image est parfaite pour mon usage, regarder des films et jouer à la Switch. Le manque de définition se fait sentir sur les petits caractères en jeu, en revanche pas de problème concernant les sous-titres. Aucun problème aussi, concernant la qualité de l'image au global. Le son délivré par le vidéoprojecteur, est suffisamment puissant pour être vraiment utilisable. Niveau batterie, autour de 2h40 en usage normal. Il faut l'utiliser dans un pièce bien sombre. Au final, c'est un produit bien conçu, il fait bien ce à quoi il est destiné. Il ne conviendra pas pour de la bureautique par son manque de définition, ou un usage quotidien par son manque de luminosité. Mais l'autonomie et le son sont très bon. Pour avoir un système multimédia portatif, il est parfait.

i received this in perfect condition.first thing first, video quality, so okay this cute little projector is limited by its resolution.one cannot expect 720p or full hd quality with this.in this world of uhd and 4k tvs maybe you will find it a little dull but then you will have to spend more for full hd or 4k capability.still let me assure you the picture quality does not disappoint.supply a full hd input and watch in a dark room and the video quality is amazing.a true theater like(almost) immersive experience.this is a budget friendly projector for basically multimedia consumption not for presentations or office work and good enough for that. moreover this projector ticks a lot of boxes like beautiful and rugged design,portability and small size enables you to carry it everywhere,lots of inputs,low input lag for its size,very low fan noise,nice battery life,amazing audio,very long life of lamp,short throw,auto keystone correction,a very nice rotating stand,full 3d capability etc etc.i watched avatar 3d on this and it was spectacular. so all in all a wonderful gadget and vfm considering all the positives. this projector is very easy to handle,just plug and play so provides a perfect experience to beginners ,casual watchers or for watching movies outdoors and on the go.and afterwards if you are truly serious,have big space at home,like screening movies all the time and of course most importantly not constrained by the budget then go for something more professional like viewsonic px 706 hd etc for a better experience.