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   HMan033018 on July 18, 2015 at 2:54 pm

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   Very Impressed so far, July 14, 2015

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   This review is from: LG Electronics PV150G LED Minibeam Projector (Electronics)

   I bought this the other day to replace an older LG projector and have only used it a few times.
   This is my new “go-to” projector for my home. I used it last night on my deck to project a movie for my kid’s birthday and I couldn’t believe how bright and clear it was for its size. Because it has an internal battery, I was able to take my laptop, a Bluetooth speaker, and this projector out on my deck to project a 90″ screensize without a SINGLE POWER CORD in my entire setup (granted that towards the last 15 mins of the movie I needed to run an extension as the battery life is only about 2 hours).
   The other cool feature that it has is “auto keystoning.” This means that I can tilt the projector up a bit to get a higher (and slightly larger) picture and it will automatically adjust to give me a perfect 16:9 viewing area. I’m sure to find multiple uses for this little guy all over my home. Oh, and did I mention it fits in my pocket?

   Pros:
   -Compact Size and Portability
   -Internal Battery (cordless)
   -Very Clear Picture
   -Relatively Bright (but I have only used it at night)
   -Auto Keystoning is very cool

   Cons:
   – no TV tuner
   – No Bluetooth audio out functionality. I have been using my laptop as a source which has Bluetooth Audio but it would be nice if I could use a Chromecast (or FireTV Stick) instead but then there would be no wireless audio. You can use the headphone jack for wired speakers.

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   Rodney SB "Rodney" on July 18, 2015 at 3:27 pm

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   I love this LG Minibeam!!!, July 17, 2015

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   Rodney SB “Rodney” (San Francisco, CA) –

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   This review is from: LG Electronics PV150G LED Minibeam Projector (Electronics)

   First impressions here. I will update later as I test all the functions, but out of the box and initial setup, highly impressive. This thing is light, small and easy to use. I was surprised by the number of settings, from picture quality, audio, sizing, volume, on and on. It has both auto settings for most functions, and the ability to tweak to your hearts desire if you like to fiddle. Casting my first screen, with sheer curtains on a bright California sunny day, it was a little hard to see. If you are going to buy this, it is mostly for nighttime/dark environments. However, I was impressed with the picture it did cast. It was big, bright (given the day conditions), colors were awesome and image quality was vivid. I can’t wait for tonight!!

   The auto keystone feature is the best. You can set it to auto-adjust in a few seconds, or manually set it. I have mine mounted on a normal camera tripod, which I highly recommend. You can tweak the screen placement on the wall with the tripod easily, and it is very stable. You can also easily move it around if need be. Using the tripod, I flipped it up and onto the ceiling. Once the auto keystone function did it is thing, I had a movie playing above my head. This will be awesome to use while in bed.

   A couple of negatives; I have only tested the USB input, which works great. Just note, the Minibeam only accepts FAT32 and NTFS drive formatting. If you are using a MAC computer and work in large sized movies, that is kind of an issue. MACS can’t write to NTFS, and FAT32 has size limitations of only 4gig. It unfortunately does not accept the exFAT format.

   Speakers are a little tinny, but I kind of expected that. There are a few settings for audio I have yet to try, but if you want great sound, expect to connect headphones or an external speaker.

   As noted here, it does not support Apple’s Airdrop, but luckily I do have an Android tablet, so I will be testing screen sharing using my Sling TV and Kodi media player.

   Have not tested HDMI either, but will do so and report back. To sum up, excellent purchase at an even more excellent price thanks to Amazon’s Prime Day!!

   Update: Still enjoying this device. Watched a couple of shows from the USB stick last night and the picture was HUGE and amazing in color and appearance. I did try to cast my screen Android Xperia Z3 compact tablet to Minibeam and it worked. It took a few tries, and I changed back and forth from the MInibeam’s 2.4/5GHz signals and channels (yes, this thing lets you tweak channels) to get a good signal. Picture was awesome and I did not have any of the out-of-sync audio issues other reviews are reporting, but what I noticed after about 5 minutes, the picture started to lag on the Minibeam. It kept lagging about the same time period on each attempt, so I suspect maybe a cache issue or something inside the Minibeam. I finally gave up. So, buyer beware that screen casting via wifi may not work all that well. The user has to factor in their network situation, how many people are using the network, etc, so it is all subjective.

   I did try my Chromecast and my Macbook Pro on the HDMI port, and WOW…..really works well. Can’t recommend the Minibeam enough!!

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