ELEPHAS HD Home Cinema Overhead Video Projector with 3300 Luminous Efficiency LED Projector Support 1080P HDMI USB VGA TV Laptop Smartphone Ideal for Movies Party Games

ELEPHAS 1080P HD LED Movie Projector with 3300 Luminous Efficiency LCD Video Projector Support HDMI USB VGA Amazon Fire TV Laptop Smartphone Ideal for Office Home Cinema Entertainment Games PartyI like this HD projector, it has exceeded my expectations.The design is nice, like half of circle, in black color, it looks professional and it's much bigger than I expected.The picture quality is stunning (obviously best in dark rooms), it's so clear and colour saturation and brightness is spot on.I made a few pictures just before dark. (see the photos)You can set the screen size (from 33) upto 180 inches, all whilst maintaining a crystal clear picture; is indicated to project the image from 2 to 2.5m.It literally feels like being in the cinema in your own living room (all you need is some popcorn and you're there).We've watched a few movies and cartoons on it already.The projector itself has a good build quality, it feels durable.The set up is easy; I have connected mine to both: the computer and ps, and both only took minutes to set up.It's as simple as turning the projector on, and plugging one end of the HDMI cable into your device and the other end into the projector.On the back of the projector there are several connections depending on what you are connecting it too: 2 USB, 2 HDMI, TV, AV, YPbPr, VGA and Audio input.The menu system is pretty user friendly and easy to navigate with the included remote.You can also play directly from a USB.Simply put a movie on a USB, put it in the USB slot and play.What I like at this projector, different of the projectors had till now, is that has 2 rings, the keystone correction ring and a zoom ring, for clarity and distorsion.In that way, you can adjust the focus to get the best picture/video quality.All in, it takes around 5 minutes to set up.I project it onto a wall, but also projected films on to the ceiling in the bedroom, and that's an experience in itself.The sound quality is ok.

Considering a similar projector (resolution & light output) from a couple of years ago would have cost you 4+ times the cost of this, I'm astounded at what you can buy for the cost of this.So the bad points:- It produces noise. I can't measure the sound the fans make, but this isn't exactly silent. You really won't care after is been humming for a few minutes, but the proclaimed 32db isn't what I'd consider quiet.- if you unplug this after use, your settings won't be saved. [Update: see end of review] This is mildly annoying because the default picture settings are too bright, in my opinion.Neutral points:- there is no optical zoom, so the size of the image will mostly be fixed by the distance from the screen. There is a digital method in the menu for reducing the screen size, but this obviously causes a drop in resolution.- the keystone is optical. This means if your projecting at an angle (which you should be avoiding anyway), you'll never get the top & bottom half of the picture to both be in perfect focus. Of course if we had digital keystone (like in the expensive projectors) we'd lose resolution anyhow, hence this being neutral.- the default picture settings are far too bright and washed out. Easily changed through software...Good points:- really nice looking design- a remote control that works at ridiculous angles- bright, clear picture which looks great with games, tv & movies- good resolution and downscaling from 1080pSo overall I'm really happy with this projector, I'd buy it again in a heartbeat.Postscript after some more usage:- the "saving setting" problem went away after a couple of uses. I can only assume there is a capacitor or something on board that requires charging to save the settings.- the fan noise is almost a non issue after you get used to it!- the picture is heavily blue saturated. I think this is par for the course for all of these projectors in this price range. The picture feels a lot more natural if you tweak the colour settings, but it's never perfect, in my opinion. I have my cousin settings set to red 80, green 30, blue 20.- the headphone out socket is actually a line out socket - you can't change the volume of the output from this socket, fine for connecting to speakers, but useless for headphones unless you have a headphone amp.Post-postscript after a few months usage:So, I noticed that the projector doesn't support switching between 576i and 480p modes over HDMI, and you need to unplug/reconnect the hdmi to get a picture. It's not a huge deal, I know, most people won't ever need to use these resolutions over HDMI, but it's mildly annoying to me as a retro gamer. I decided to get in touch with elephas support to ask if there is a later firmware to get support for these screen resolutions, and have been told repeatedly that they do work. I've asked them to check and see if there is a firmware difference and they've just stopped replying. Pretty disappointing support from the manufacturer, so I've removed a star from my rating.