Pyle Mini LED Gaming Projector Price: $39.99 Shipping Options:: $5 Standard Shipping Estimates: Ships in 3-5 Business Days. (Monday, Jan 25 to Thursday, Jan 28) + transit Condition: New
Tempting, but not with 3 stars from Amazon and Walmart buyers. Would like a projector to watch movies with the kid and I don’t want to spend too much, but this doesn’t seem like it’s worth the gamble.
I bought this one just to see if I actually wanted a projector, or if it was a passing fancy.
Verdict: Definitely passing fancy. That said, it is possible to use a Chromecast with this thing, which makes it useful for some folks. It’s not very bright and the resolution is super low. I could see this used for kids, to simulate a theater experience. It’s cheap. Have low expectations.
320x240 , perfect resolution for playing Doom and Doom 2 which were native at that resolution. Also would be pretty good for Wolfenstein 3D which used 320x200 natively.
Also would be good for the various PC side-scrolling platformers of that era which used similar resolutions.
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Says “Full HD 1080p Support” under key features, then lists native resolution as 320 x 240 Pixels.
Can anyone tell me if I connect something via HDMI, will it actually show in real, regular 1080p?
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Yeah, that feels a little sketchy to me. Native resolution means there are actually that many pixels in the physical display, so it can’t really display any resolution above that. The best it can do is downscale, and it’s a pretty serious stretch to call that “Full HD 1080p Support”.
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I bought this one just to see if I actually wanted a projector, or if it was a passing fancy.
Verdict: Definitely passing fancy. That said, it is possible to use a Chromecast with this thing, which makes it useful for some folks. It’s not very bright and the resolution is super low. I could see this used for kids, to simulate a theater experience. It’s cheap. Have low expectations.
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Definitely NOT a projector to help with that decision. I’ve had three projectors and this one (which I tried and promptly returned from Amazon) is NOTHING like an everyday HD projector. Dim, low res etc etc. The projector I have now which throws a bright, 120", gorgeous 1080p, 3d picture is about $600- which is the lowest one would want to spend to get a serious viewing experience with a projector. Benq w1070 if anyone is wondering.
As stated previously, this may be fun here and there for the kids or maybe someone who doesn’t own a t.v., but might like to project a largish image once in a while ( they exist- my mother!). They are not indicative of a high quality, theater-like projector though. Not even close.
Say I wanted to project text, like a spreadsheet with current projects in my 10x10 office… How would that fare? Also, any word on how noisy it is? Thanks!