Top positive review
23 people found this helpful
Love the sleek look/design and great picture quality!
By MM422 on Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2020
VIEWSONIC M2 MODEL ( NOT THE M1) UPDATE JUNE 29th, 2020 So now we have tried the projector several times. 1. Photos: I Included one at sunset to show that image is amazing with the sun not fully gone. A second photo to show our set up using apple TV. The video clip shows movie in darkness, with all my accent cafe light and tree spot lighting on behind us and did not effect the image. This was good so you have some light to walk around the yard and be able to see and not trip. 2. Speaker: YES, YES, YES YES... it connects to SONOS!!!!!! We were able to finally get it connected vie APPLE TV. We bought the new Sono speaker that has been sold out and it has AMAZING sound.... SO HAPPY!!!! 3. Customer phone service: Positive, they pick up phone calls fast and try to help. Negative, they really cannot help you trouble shoot anything and are not familiar with products enough to help. To their defense this is during Covid, when company's may not have normal staff working. 4. The 2.5 hours of cordless viewing...is for the other model, NOT the M2. Because the listing has many models I miss read. Bummed out, but was not a deal breaker as I found that I can use the C PORT to plug projector into a POWER BANK ( has to be Min 45W or the port will not work). ORIGINAL REVIEW: We LOVE IT! I spent hours researching and made a list for OUTDOOR movie theater. There were a lot of reviews online for the M1 but that model is so different that M2. This is why I had to leave a review as there are not that many and based on customer purchase videos found online it looks like it has been more popular outside if USA. I took that as a good sign as I worked for a European company for 20yrs and was amazed how in last 10 years they seem to be more advance / tech savvy customers. 1. Picture amazing, I was worried because a lot of web site say for outdoors you need min 2,200 Lumens. 2. Sound, not bad. Will be connecting speaker via cable, until we can research more the Bluetooth situation. From all the research I know a lot of projectors are struggling with offering Bluetooth feature. I hope we can figure out how to connect to SONOS! 3. WIFI all good, we used apple TV with this projector. 4. Looks AMAZING, I really did not want to get a big and clunky looking projector. I had back up Epson and BenQ in this price range in case this one did not work. This one is slick and looks so good with out home decor. I was worried that at 100" + size image would loose quality, but did not. Looks great. 5. The 2.5 hours of cordless viewing was key. Have not tried this out, but this is another reason I chose this. I want to be able to move it around the house if needed and especially for CAMPING or California blackouts were are stuck with not electricity. I will add photos as soon as my projector screen is up end of this month. PS. There is one consumer video online, were he plugs the Viewsonic WIFI stick to the back, That is possible, but get in the way of adjusting projector. Thanks to watching another video in a language I do not speak ( picture speaks a thousand words) I say they hooked it right in the same place compartment it comes in. The instructions book makes it a bit confusing. PSS. I wish they did not clump all these Viewsonic product in one Amazon listing, as I had to go through all 30 pages to find the 3 reviews on this model.
Top critical review
4 people found this helpful
Outdated tech & poor performance
By abstrAKt on Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2022
Pros: compact, portable, very bright projection, modest battery life, simple controls & interface. Cons: weak volume, terrible image quality, sd/usb is overly restricted by use of exfat with 32gb limits, carry/dust bag neglects remote & cables, access panel cover always seems in the way, cannot get screen mirroring to work at all. I really want to like this little projector, but each time I've turned it on over the past few weeks has become more and more disappointing. User interface is simple and straightforward, and remote isn't riddled with unnecessary controls. Up until this point i still liked this gadget. Despite fully adjusting focus ring at numerous protection distances i was barely able to get the menu screen texts legible, trying to read titles of movies i had saved on a thumb drive was like a visit with the optometrist and having ones eyes dilated. The only thing I've found that this projector works well for are music visualization apps like geiss in winamp (plenty of examples on that tube site). So, great for a garage rave i suppose. The Harmon Kardon speakers sound crisp and clear, but are sorely lacking in volume. How quiet are they? I live in a lakefront about halfway between anchorage and Denali, the extent of noise pollution here are birds & the occasional bush plane, with highway and train tracks roughly a mile away. So it's pretty quiet. Yesterday i had this thing cracked to full blast, all windows and doors closed (24hr daylight, only way to get dark). Sitting just arms- length away and conversations in a movie were inaudible. So bad i gave up on the movie and went to help someone work on their truck *without an offer of beer!* Offering usb/sd connections then restricting them with 32gb capacity & exfat formatting feels rude. I specifically chose this projector because it has those slots: the only options for internet here are overpriced cellular or satellite, so streaming isn't really a great option. Exfat restricts file size to under 4gb, making countless media formats incompatible. Even my phone from a decade ago could handle bigger sd cards, catch up ffs. And onto the subject of phones: i tried mirroring from several devices, including Samsung (s22, s20fe, couple tablets), Kyocera, & Toshiba. None recognized the projector, nor vice versa. When tethered via usb-c to hdmi cable i could use the newer Samsung devices as a touch mouse to control the projector but that was the extent of their relationship. Overall: you can get better from a raspberry pi, generic toy projector, and small speaker for under half the cost of this.
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