ViewSonic M1+ Portable LED Projector for Home & Family Entertainment with WiFi Bluetooth and Harman Kardon Audio

Keep an eye on this as they do drop the price from time to time (at the time of this review - Oct 2018 - price dropped to £248). Absolutely brilliant for home use - bright, sharp images, excellent sound from Harman/Kardon speakers, compact remote control, rechargeable battery with good battery life, completely portable projector. So glad I purchased this rather than cheaper models - this is simply an excellent product for the price. For Apple users, get the official certified lightning to HDMI adapter (see my separate review) - bite the bullet and fork out £50 for it as no other adapter will work. Once you get it, it connects and streams seamlessly from iPhone and iPad. As at end of October 2018, I’ve streamed Netflix, Amazon Prime, BT Sport, Apple TV, BBC iPlayer, YouTube plus loads of other apps. As another reviewer has said, Sky Go does not stream due to licensing restrictions. Only slight cons I feel worth mentioning: - there is a bit of light bleed around the edges of the projector - some people may find the fan slightly noisy (although I find that once the audio is playing, it’s not that noticeable) - the stand doesn’t quite stand true so you may need to adjust it None of the above mentioned cons materially change the experience for me - the overall quality and functionality of the product at this price is amazing.

I did a lot of research before this purchase. Really love this device, and I think it offers a lot for those willing to spend a little more than a cheap portable projector. The speakers really pump out great sound, and I love the portability. Screen quality is pretty good, the contrast makes up for the lack of resolution. It isnt bright enough to watch in full daylight, but fine with the curtains drawn or the lights slightly dimmed. Overall very happy with the purchase. The only cons I have encountered so far: - over time, the arm seems to have sagged. My picture is now crooked if I am projecting straight. A bit frustrating, and we always prop it up to get it straight - the fan can be a little loud, sort of like a 10 year old laptop running its fan on full. The speakers are loud enough to cover this though - the dial on the side for the focus occasionally unfocuses after a little bit. Can be annoying

First off, am I chuffed to have a nice little projector gadget that’s turned my bedroom into a cinema - yes! Am I also gutted it’s turned out to be a bit more of a faff than I’d anticipated - also yes. I got the projector on a Black Friday deal for £165.. so based on that the brightness and picture quality is absolutely great. The sound is also fine, if you’re on your own, as soon as you have a few other people around and a bit of background noise I can imagine you’d want to turn it up a notch but can’t. How I hoped it would work is that I’d just hitch my phone up to it over Bluetooth and airplay and off you go - no wires. The phone connects fine to the projector.. but in my experience airplay lags the sound/images and you end up constantly downgrading the playback quality. First upgrade - £50 for a lightening to AVI connect for my phone. Not the projector’s fault. Then I hoped to Bluetooth a speaker to it to beef the sound up. The Bluetooth connects to the projector but then you can’t play images at the same time? You can download a limited selection of apps from the software - Netflix, iPlayer etc, but you’ll need to connect a mouse to the projector to click and select. Sky Go is not an option and from phone/ipad will NOT be playable over mirroring.. purchased yet another cable, thunderbolt to HDMI for my laptop. Now I can connect the speaker to my laptop and ‘Sky Go’ from there. So I have everything set up how I like it.. but what started as a portable, pocket sized gadget now has more cables and gizmos attached than a fairground!! I’d intended to use it as a space saving, energy saving TV replacement on my narrow boat, but now will be charging the surplus gadgets as well so it’s not quite worked as intended. However, the charge lasts about 1.5 hours. So if you are a Netflix user, or have a fire stick etc. and want it for occasional use such as when camping, you’ll be able to travel much lighter. As said, maybe I was expecting too much and should have done my homework on streaming limitations a bit better, but just so you don’t hit the same issues!! Regardless I’ll be keeping the projector and enjoying using it.

Sent it back after a day. Nice idea but hardly any features work. 1) films from memory stick only work off small memory sticks. Would not play from my hard drive or 128gb memory stick. 2) pretty much no apps would screen mirror. I tried amazon, Netflix, sky go and Apple TV. 3) has built in APP store. Where you won’t find any apps like Netflix etc so you will still need a fire stick or laptop. 4) not really in clear in the description is you need a laptop sized power supply to charge it. I had assumed it was charged by usb C. You don’t get a case that carry’s everything. So the total size of this with the power supply is the same as a normal mini projector as I hardly see any times when I would not need to take it with you. 5)turning up the brightness seems to do nothing. 6) every time you turn it of it defaults back to eco mode when powered back on. So summary for the negative points is you pay a lot extra for features which don’t really work. The picture quality is ok for its size. Does feel well build and the speakers are excellent. But it’s not worth the price tag. £150 and I might have kept it.

This product is so good, I bought it twice. I broke my first one through stupidity and negligence, note to all purchasers, don't place it anywhere that it may fall several metres onto gravel. My second one has been just as good as the first and it hasn't fallen off my window sill (yet). I've seen a lot of other reviews complaining about the inbuilt software, screencasting and Bluetooth issues. I can assure you these reviewers are just not trying hard enough to solve their own problems. Get yourself a Firestick or just get a HDMI cable and plug the projector in to your laptop/phone/Switch/anything else portable. It's a display device, not a computer. You can't expect this thing to browse the web, pull up applications, download and update softwares. It DOES all those things, but not very well. Plug in a device that can do those things PROPERLY and you'll find yourself enjoying your purchase a lot more. I project mine onto my bedroom ceiling and I lie in bed playing games and watching movies. In the past I've taken it camping and done a similar thing on the ceiling of my tent. A power bank with the right adapter solves the problem of tents not having plug sockets in them. A full battery will last 8+ hours on Eco mode, and about 5 on full brightness mode. That's plenty of time for a couple of movies if traveling with it. The screencasting is so unbelievably easy, it's a 3 step job and it tells you how to do it on the display. I've only ever run into problems when my internet is bad and that's not the projector's fault. There can sometimes be a bit of audio lag when screencasting but it's never more than a 1 second delay. I have a high end PC with a 4k monitor and yet I still spend more time watching/playing on my projector because of the comfort and portability. It is easily my favourite piece of technology I own. With a couple of other cheap purchases, you can maximize the potential of this product fully but even without those purchases, it is a great product if you are persistent enough to navigate the inbuilt software. And let's be honest, if you're in the market for a portable projector, a tricky UI is probably the only inconvenience you'll face all week

Nice design Cool sound Decent picture (pixelated in static scenes) Auto keystone is pretty sleek Colours are a bit cold Bluetooth speaker can only activated through the projector menu. You can't just push a button and turn on the bluetooth. Looses focus more often than not so it needs to be readjusted every now and again (focus wheel is electronic not mechanic, I'd switch off the machine then switch back on again to find the image out of focus although I didn't touch the projector) hidden ports mean that if you use external source the flippy lid is in the way all the time. Memory card difficult to reach in order to remove. Prone to toppling over. The kickstand is a nice touch but the base is just too narrow for it to be stable. I dropped mine twice on the floor. Compatible with most video formats but some mp4's just it just didn't like playing. Had to re-encode them. Overall a nice and cool looking device but there is a lot to be desired. I've posted a product feedback on youtube if you want to watch it, just look for my account name on youtube and you'll find it there.

Good points, very small and very good picture as long as you only expect to use it in low level or no lighting conditions. Bad points, remote control very small and difficult to use which is a shame as its the only way to input information into the device such as logging into streaming accounts and entering passwords. Backup information is non existent and there is no facility to download a full manual from the internet in pdf format. Apps that come with the device or are downloadable are unstable. BBC iplayer kept reporting it wasn't the latest version and refused to start, yet it was the only version available. Amazon Prime never managed to log in as it always crashed at the vital moment. The TED talks app did work which was how I managed to see it could produce good quality content. It did work ok when connected to a TV box with an HDMI cable, but as I wanted something portable I could take anywhere and stream over a network it failed. I was prepared to try very hard to make this device work as picture quality was good, but with no pdf manual I couldn't troubleshoot the issues I had. Probably great for connecting to a laptop to give presentations or even stream video, but that sort of defeats the object of a small portable projector. Remote control is so poor I'm not sure how long it would last with regular use, and its the only way to input information, shame that there isn't an app I could install on a phone or tablet to help out.

I bought the ViewSonic M1+ Projector 12 months ago and I am very pleased that I did. For all the features it provides, it is certainly great value for money. It is portable, weighing 700g and measuring 5.9 x 4.9 x 1.5 inches. It has a stylish design that is also practical. Its metal stand doubles as a lens cover. When the lens is uncovered, the projector is instantly switched on. All the ports are easily accessible. This short-throw projector provides up to 1080p resolution, but with ViewSonic’s Cinema SuperColor+ technology, the picture quality is enhanced to produce realistic colours. For such a small device, it can project images onto screen sizes 60, 80, and 100 inches! I found the built-in battery to be a bonus as most projectors do not have one. As it can run up to 6 hours on a full charge, it is ideal for outdoor use. The projector’s interface is very user-friendly; it has an Auto Keystone feature that corrects distorted images. This device has both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. I can connect my Amazon Fire TV Stick, Blu-ray Player, and external hard drive to the device. I have also used it to stream videos from my phone and tablet. The Remote Control is well-designed, sturdy and practical. The Harman Kardon dual speakers are simply awesome! The cinema-sound experience is so satisfying that I never need to connect my Dolby Atmos sound system! There is a Movie mode, Music mode, and User mode for customising sound to my own preference. The projector can also be used as a Bluetooth Speaker in which to play music from other devices! To add to its many advantages, the projector has up to 30,000 hours of light source life.