![]() The Roku stick works just like one of their standalone boxes. $300 for a 60-inch TV is still quite impressive. Shrinking the screen to the 60-inch diagonal range creates a bright-enough image (around 5.6 ftL). Don't get me wrong, I'll always argue for more accurate color than less, but in this case, I'd have expected/accepted some color inaccuracies as a tradeoff.īut let's look at this thing more in the context of how it should be used. A less accurate green could have boosted light output slightly without changing anything else. If you'll allow me to editorialize for a moment, since light output for a device like this is always going to be a challenge, going with such an accurate green is perplexing. Red, green, and blue are all pretty close to correct, yellow a little less so, but cyan and magenta are way off. Not "accurate" mind you, but closer than I expected. Pick your poison, I guess.Ĭolor, however, was surprisingly accurate. Instead of too much blue in the image (but roughly correct red and green), Eco mode has roughly correct red and blue, but too little green, dropping it below the blackbody curve. Interestingly, switching to the Eco mode radically changes the color temp, though arguably not for the better (or worse). In the Regular mode, the Streaming Projector is extremely cool, with an average color temp of 14,381 kelvin. But if long battery life is, and you don't mind making the screen a little smaller, Eco is your pick.Īccurate color temperature was clearly not a design goal. If you're going for maximum screen size, clearly this isn't an option. The Eco mode drops the light output by about 40%, to 1.151 ftL. Not great, certainly, but only a little worse than some LCD TVs I've reviewed lately. The contrast ratio isn't bad: about 870:1. So 3M's claim of a 120-inch screen is optimistic, to say the least. On my 102-inch 1.0-gain 16x9 Stewart StudioTek 100, I measured a maximum light output of 1.945 footLamberts. But they opened this door, so I'm walking through it. Now, I'd never expect a pico projector to fill a real home theater-sized screen, but 3M is claiming the Streaming Projector can fill a "120-inch screen." Yeah, right. ![]() The menu has contrast and brightness adjustments, plus Eco/Regular settings for the light output. You plug in the Stick, and turn on the projector. How many more parentheticals can I cram into this paragraph? (one) There's a tiny speaker on the side (and a headphone output) and a battery with a claimed 2.5 hour charge in Eco mode (1.5 in Standard mode). Lumens are a claimed 60 (more on this later) from what I presume is an LED light source (they don't specify). Resolution from the single DLP chip is 800x480. well, keep in mind this is a pico projector. The Streaming Projector itself tiny: a little bit bigger than the palm of my hand. Conversely, MHL is basically HDMI+power, so you can plug any HDMI source into the projector. The Stick is removable, so if you get an MHL-equipped TV down the road, you can use it with both that and this projector. It outputs up to 1080p video, though keep in mind most streaming video services are 720p. You can buy the Stick separately from Roku for $99, if you have an MHL-equipped TV. This supplies the Stick power to run, while the Stick supplies video to the projector. Specifically, MHL, or Mobile High-Definition Link. ![]() The Streaming projector is built around - and indeed made possible by - the Roku Streaming Stick: a chubby dongle thingie that looks like a big USB thumb drive. There are web streamers, and there are projectors, but this is the first time I've seen them combined into one, easy-to-use product.įascinating is one thing. This is a fascinating hybrid of a product: a portable projector with built-in, Roku-powered, media streaming. ![]()
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