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So in summary pros and cons, firmware .24 (latest as of 6 Jan 2019)
Cons:
Software: Netflix has weird screen artifacts. YouTube doesn’t log in and frequently crashes. Kodi freezes on and off. Main launcher may freeze. Aptoide store isn’t as fully featured as full google playstore. Not android tv (may be a pro or con depending on user needs)
Image quality:
Horrible: gamma, contrast, colour temperature, saturation is way off. *May be fixed in an update.
Adjustment of images requires you to exit whatever you’re watching to do the correction (a moderate annoyance as you can’t see the changes you’re making easily)
Image and text sharpness:
Horrible. *apparently pending an update to the v56 chip setting.
HDMI connectivity: does not work with 4 corner correction. Pretty essential feature I feel.
Bluetooth out: does not work with HDMI sources
Usb c charging: does not support trickle charging. Picky about charging source. Does not work with the baseus Gan 65 watt charger, Apple 61 watt charger, zendure passport usb c 30 watt charger.
Sound: weaker than competing mogo pro, slightly weaker than a iPad Pro but stronger than a cheap laptop.
Fan noise levels:
Presentation mode: loud and distracting. Normal and eco: acceptable.
Autofocus: hit and miss maybe 60% of the time compared to nailing it every time in the mogo pro.
Remote control quality:
Cheap plastic
Tripod: wow this thing is cheap and feels garbage! 😂
Technical support from Philips: The team managing the PR seem to lack basic knowledge of how projectors work. There seems to be a great divide between the marketing and engineering team.
The engineering team messed up the 4 corner correction on HDMI which is now baked into hardware.
Pros:
Brightness: is REMARKABLY good for the size. I’m keeping it for this reason alone, even with the increased fan noise. You simply cannot buy a brighter battery powered portable projector at this size. I would gladly take the increased fan noise for the increased versatility.
Form factors: small compact! Excellent. Weirdly glossy though, fingerprint and scratch magnet.
Touchpad input:
Currently not very useful due to the inability to control things like image correction therefore still forcing the user to take along the remote... but theoretically able gain functionality with software updates.
Usb c input: listed twice, but with the right charger I could theoretically eliminate an additional charger when travelling, and it works with the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro out of the box from a single usb c cable.
Autofocus: listed twice, but some competing units don’t even have autofocus.
Build quality of the main unit: feels very solid and well built. Reports of a loose gear seem to be fixable with more quality control.
Free carrying case: it’s free and it works!
Free garbage tripod: it’s very light and it’s free.
Summary:
Buy it as a simple projector and you’ll be satisfied with it for most use cases. The image is not completely terrible (especially with the improvement in sharpness after the .24 update and some manual tuning of settings)
Is it good value? No. The mogo pro does most of the important things in a portable projector better and at a lower price...at the expense of adding lower brightness, another charger and lacking usb c input.
Could there be an alternative?
You could consider the xgimi z6, aaxa p7, aaxa 4k1 if you didn’t mind the lack of battery power.
You could consider a fully sized projector from any of the major brands of you wanted a brighter sharper image.
You could consider the anker nebula upcoming series of projectors which also seem to have android baked in.
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最新UPDATE...
HDMI and Bluetooth: We received confirmation from our engineers that if a source is connected to HDMI or USB-C, the sound can't be forwarded to Bluetooth (to avoid audio lag). Your Apple TV, FireStick, BlueRay player or other sources will be able to connect directly to Bluetooth speakers or even 5.1 receivers (with ARC). This is the best way to play audio via Bluetooth when using external devices. Only external devices can properly apply Bluetooth audio delay compensation.