Currently, I have an Apple TV and an HD antenna connected to it, and there are no issues. Also, since it is so small, it only has a few inputs, so it’s best to use for only one or two devices. I have it mounted above my headboard in my bedroom and with a little extra volume I can easily drown out the sound even though it’s only a few feet away from me. The LED stays cooler and lasts longer than a standard bulb, but still gets warm. Not so much a fan hum, but just the sound of blowing air. To get enough air through it to keep it cool, it can be a little noisy. Due to its small size, it has a small fan. There are a few drawbacks to this little guy that are worth noting. The PW600G and PW800 do have a higher resolution, but since they are 1280×800, it’s not a native TV resolution (720p/1080p) so most sources will not look that much better, if any at all. It is only technically 720p (1280×720), and at the larger screen size (up to 100” easily, by the way) it’s usually noticeable, but from a proper viewing distance it’s a minor factor. The picture quality is great, considering I’m mostly using it for streaming PrimeVideo/Netflix/Hulu. For anything brighter than that, you may want to look at the brighter PW600G and PW800 projectors. Some good dark curtains and you’ll be good to go. Direct sunlight, or bright overhead lights do drown out the picture, but it’s still viewable. Table lamps and ambient light from other rooms has little effect on the picture quality. However, I have found that this works equally well in decently lit rooms, even without the use of a screen. While the rating of 300 lumens is relatively low, and I expected to use it in a completely dark room, it was not an issue. It even has a built-in battery for use without being plugged in if you wanted to carry it with your laptop.ĭon’t let the size fool you, though. A USB input can be used to view photos and movies direct from a flash drive. The coax input and built-in digital tuner can be used with HD antennas or some legacy cable providers that don’t require a set-top box. The 3.5mm audio out can be plugged into any set of speakers, headphones, surround receivers, etc. It includes a standard full-size HDMI input for almost all electronics (adapter may be required, but HDMI adapters are generally inexpensive). This little guy packs some considerable punch in a package that weighs less than a pound and is smaller than a stack of old CDs. A portable micro powerhouse LED projector. It’s a lose/lose situation.Įnter stage left – the hero – our white (and in my case, brown) knight, the LG PH300. To cool it off you mount it in open air, but then it’s noisy. To fix the noise, you have to close the projector in a soundproof box, but then it overheats. Home theater projectors have resolved some of these issues in recent years, but the biggest issues to get around, the heat and the noise, still remain. Nor did I want to replace $300+ bulbs every few years or buy literally TONS of adapters to try to make my new-age sources (HMDI, Component, etc) plug into old legacy ports (VGA, Composite, coax). That is, of course, until I began using them in some corporate settings and came to the conclusion I did not want a 300 degree white noise generator in my house. Something I could use to beam 10-foot wide images on my wall and view everything life-sized. LG Electronics PH300 LED Minibeam ProjectorĮver since I’d lived on my own, I dreamed of having an HD projector.
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