I bought this projector after having used a cheaper projector for just over 12 months.
The other projector had a noticeably lower resolution, so I wanted something that was more clear.
I bought a different brand of projector before this Yaber one. Unfortunately it was damaged so it had to be returned.
Noise
To start with, I can say that all three projectors make about the same amount of noise. This is from the fans to keep cool. It is certainly noticeable. I have an app on my phone that measures sound. Obviously this is not calibrated but at least gives a frame of reference. With the projector on, and about 5 ft above and slightly behind me, it registers 50 dB. When I switch it off, this drops to 30. Seems pretty standard for projectors in this price range.
Focus
The autofocus setting is excellent. You can fine tune it. I have tried the smallest increment up and also the smallest increment down. In each occasion I went back to the original setting that the projector had selected.
I use the projector everyday, and it is in the same place, pointed at the same wall, so there is no reason to adjust the settings. By default, the projector sets the focus every time it switches on. I have turned this off. To save time, and also to save wear and tear. (I have a small security camera that used to do this as well and after a few years it broke down.)
Picture
The picture is very clear. When it says 1080p, I'm not sure this is quite right. I have watched a few things at 720p, and this is only slightly more blurry than the same thing at 1080p. Nonetheless it is a very good picture. With cheaper projector that I used for the last 12 months, there was no point in going above 480p. Nothing improved beyond that. Despite the other projector saying that 1080p was supported. With this projector, I do recommend using the 1080p option on YouTube etc.
I have the projector just behind my bed, projecting onto the wall at the foot of my bed. So the projection distance is less than 7 ft. Because of furniture and curtains, I have reduced the size of the projection to 96% of maximum. It is now the equivalent of a 69 inch TV. As I say it could be bigger, and if I was projecting from a greater distance onto a bigger wall, obviously even bigger again.
It is surprisingly bright. Compared to the last projector it is so bright that I have actually turned the brightness down. In a dark room, it is almost a bit overwhelming.
Functionality
If you play about in the settings, you can get the projector to switch on and select a particular HDMI port. It has two. This means that all you need to do is turn it on and it is projecting from your TV stick or whatever. There is no need to select HDMI or make any changes to the settings. Power on and go.
The projector interfaces well with HDMI. I use a fire TV stick. You can press the Alexa button on the remote control and tell Alexa to turn the projector on or off. To turn it off you have to say it a second time as switching off is a two-step process.
You can press the Alexa button and say turn up the volume or turn down the volume to adjust the volume. This only works for the volume on the projector. If you link a fire TV to an echo dot for example, the volume that is adjusted is the volume of the projector, even though those speakers are not being used if you are using an echo dot.
The projector has two speakers. These are at the back of the projector and face backwards. Turned up to maximum, again using my phone sound app, the volume shows as 89 dB. Loud enough. Setting the volume to 66% of maximum seems comfortable. 50% is a little low.
Remote control
The fire TV stick remote has infrared options. To set, either scroll down to set up the projector as Yaber TV (scroll to the very bottom of the TV options when doing this) or the IR code is 5575, group 2.
This means that you can program a fire TV remote to switch the projector on and off. And also change the volume.
The fire TV stick remote works much better for the volume control than Alexa voice commands. If you are using the projector speakers, the remote will adjust the projector volume. If you are using an echo dot, the remote will adjust the echo dot volume.
To switch it off there is a two-step process. Just press power button twice. You don't need the OK button from the Yaber remote.
Overall I think this is an excellent projector for the price. The picture is clear and bright. The cheaper projector was noticeably more blurry and pixelated and did not interface with the remotes properly. Also there were more steps to get everything switched on and onto the correct screen. With this projector I just need one remote to run the whole thing and many of the instructions can be verbal so just one button. The one and only downside is that it is a little bit noisy. That is not unique to this projector and to avoid that I think means spending a lot more money.
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