ViewSonic M1+ Portable LED Projector with Auto Keystone, Dual Harman Kardon Bluetooth Speakers and HDMI, USB C, Stream Netflix with Dongle (M1PLUS)

For the money, this is a really feature-packed projector. I was looking for a projector that has 3d support. Most of the cheaper projectors, the "bluetooth" ones don't support it. I couldn't understand why they had every other feature, but didn't add 3d in. However, this Viewsonic projector does support 3d and it looks really great. As far as the usual projector stuff, this projector has decent brightness -- it looks ok even in a room that isn't pitch dark (we had a few lamps on). It looks nice in a dark room. If you're looking for a super bright picture in a bright room, you might want to consider a larger, more expensive projector. As far as 3d, to produce a 3d image you need three things. A projector (like this one) that supports 3d and projects the 3d image, you need a player that can play 3d disks (I bought an LG Bluray player that plays 3d disks) and you need 3d glasses. For glasses, I've seen a few people say you need to buy the Viewsonic PG-something glasses. Well, those glasses don't appear to be made anymore. However, don't worry, you just need to buy any regular old active shutter glasses that are for DLP projectors. Buy one of the brands that say they support all kinds of DLP projectors--this Viewsonic won't be in their supported list, but they will work with this projector. I had a little difficulty with the glasses, probably because I was turning them on incorrectly. But, if you mess with them, you'll get it. Also, another nice thing about this little projector is the sound. Wow! Its very impressive for such a little box. Its good enough to use to watch a movie, unless you're really after that thunderous sound of a movie theater, then you could explore the bluetooth option and connect a bluetooth speaker to this projector. There's a few things I don't like. First, if you use the built in arm as a base, on mine at least, the display is crooked. Also, the projector is so light that the HDMI cable will move it. So, to get the projector properly placed, you need to mess with the HDMI cable or even tape the cable down to the table where your projector is. I mostly solved the problem by attaching a tripod to the projector -- your tripod will just screw into the bottom of the projector. A pretty cool feature. It does have the ability to play movies from micro SD cards and external hard drives. I haven't messed with any of those. Its also connects to WiFi--that went very smoothly for me. That's nice in case there are any firmware updates, you can get them instantly over WiFi. So, overall, this is a really great budget projector with alot of features. One of its biggest strengths is that it supports 3d--very, very rare in this price range.

Just bought this and have used a few times inside and outside. Overall very easy to use. We have plugged into our Wi-Fi BlueRay player to stream from Amazon and watch DVD/Blueray disks. Have not tried with connecting with the phone or tablet to stream yet. Inside works great, super easy to set up and picture is good. It is little off kilter when not facing directly in front of the surface we projected onto, but easily fixed with a folded paper under one side. Outside worked great. We projected onto a drop cloth on the side of the house. We had 2 families in the back of their cars/vans watching from the street (social distancing) from 20 ft away and sound was loud enough to hear everything. So far very happy with the purchase. I read so many reviews and finally found this one that checked the boxes for input devices, sound and picture quality. Besides being portable and small.

First and foremost I totally missed that this was battery powered - awesome! The speaker is surprisingly good. The quality is good but gets pixelated at bigger sizes. It’s the blocky sort of pixelation, not fuzzy, and I actually prefer that. The good news is it can get a reasonably large image with ok brightness and good medium throw distance - you don’t need to move 15’ away to fill a wall. This means short distances will be all the more bright and saturated. Ample features and I/O makes this a great little projector for the price. Brightness is just ok, but it’s so so tiny and can run off battery power. The integrated stand is super functional and rotates away in such a way to protect the lens during storage and transport. This is truly a portable device. It’s sturdy and built well. Lastly it’s not bad to look at. Sometimes I want to watch TV in our bedroom but absolutely refuse to have a TV dominate a place of rest and relaxation. You can keep this thing on the side table, pop it open, AirPlay directly to it and call it a night.

I bought this for my wife for her birthday present. Frequently we watch our daughter’s performances on YouTube, as she is in musical theatre. We travel a lot but also find the convenience of using our iOS devices to be more user friendly than streaming on a television. This is a nice portable sized projector. The size of the picture is dependent upon the distance from the wall. The picture quality is very good for a portable device with vivid colors. Brightness and contrast are adjustable. There are different default settings but I find adjusting parameters myself is better. The speakers are by Harmon Kardon which are quite good. I bought this because of the excellent battery life that this has. It was also quite small in size with the variety of features. The remote control is responsive without a lag. It is easier to use the remote for navigating the menus than going by the buttons on the device. I have gotten this working by Screen Mirroring, using my iOS device if the iOS device and this projector are on the same network. Otherwise I can only broadcast Disney Plus, HBO Max or Netflix by using an Apple HDMI Lightning adapter. This has a large AC adapter and a small Velcro case but I have ordered a specific designed carrying case for this. It was not intuitive to set this up for me. It took a lot of experimentation to determine what would make it work, and I almost returned it. But to make a copyrighted show work through this I had to use an HDMI Lighting adapter. I have android devices, too. So I will need a USB-C HDMI adapter, I’m sure. The device turns on by flipping the lens cover down, which also works to adjust the height of the picture. There is a control knob to adjust focus. A compartment on the left hand side reveals the slot for memory cards, HDMI, USB and USB-C ports. There is an interface for mounting upon a tripod if you wish to use one. Overall, we just watched Kobra Kai on this projector at the hotel, and it was great. I’m glad I got it for the wife.

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.

Summary: Purchased Viewsonic M1+ Gen2 (late Nov 2020). Tested over 20 hours and despite major flaws with the screen mirror / streaming feature, the projector still is a keeper... since streaming is not a show-stopper for me. NOTE: The "Gen 2" version has new/unique Users Manual from the regular M1+ (Gen 1); download from Viewsonic USA site, very well written. PROS: 1. Setup was easy.. Language/region/time, WiFi network, Bluetooth (optional), etc. 2. The Harmon Kardon Speakers are good (2 speakers x 2 Watts/speaker - solid sound in 20x15 ft room. 3. Bluetooth setup to external speakers to boost sound... really makes a world of difference in larger rooms. 4. All video inputs worked fine from iPad/iPhone/Win10 PC (did not test Android devices or Mac OS PCs) -- USB-C -- excellent -- HDMI - excellent (use top notch cables) -- USB - acceptable; some weird delays during fast action scenes -- SD Card - no issues, except challenging to eject card from slot 5. Battery lasted surprising long... about 4.5 hours with LED lamp brightness turned up to Maximum 6. All OSD menus were easy to use and there are many features / defaults that can be tweaked. 7. Overall, nicely built and footprint and stand worked fine. For the price (about $270) it is a good investment. CONS: 1. The camera thread mount option doesn't work... the threading in the projector is too shallow to take a solid mount on a tripod or other standard mount. This really needs to be fixed; non-standard thread depth. 2. Aptoide TV is poorly implemented... a very limited number of apps and difficult to use interface. The UI is even more challenging when only using the supplied Viewsonic remote. You really need a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse to navigate (note: I didn't try this, but it should work). + I downloaded and tested - NetFlix, Amazon Prime, BBC News, TED Talks, Smart YouTube TV, and Chrome Web browser. With the exception of Amazon Prime -- all the apps worked fine. + Amazon Prime didn't work because the Viewsonic Remote does not play well with Amazon's Onetime Password pop-up screen. A BT keyboard/mouse would likely resolve this. 3. The BIGGEST disappointment -- cited by other Amazon Customers -- is that Screen Mirroring/Streaming doesn't work... + The projector uses the iMirror (Android) app to handle Screen Mirroring with Apple iOS, Android and Mac and Win10 PCs. The app is not ready for prime time... especially with the devices I tested. + Using iOS 14.3 devices (iPhones/iPad -- nothing streamed, except for YouTube. + I tested NetFlix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, PBS Video and even Tivo Bolt... stream either refused to setup or the project froze/locked up. + Using Win10 PC -- nothing streamed via Chrome or FireFox. ViewSonic really needs to fix this Streaming issue, since it is one of the unique features of this new generation of portable LED projects w/ built-in speakers/WiFi/Bluetooth (all in one). Not having streaming resulted in a possible "5 Star" review going down to "3 Stars". I am hoping that the iMirror app or a new app will be introduced to fix this problem. Bottom Line: For the price, portability and other wired connections and SD/USB storage this device is worth owning. If you absolutely cannot live without streaming... then hold off until the streaming issue is fixed. I'm rolling the dice that ViewSonic will listen and respond to the view of the customer... and assign a team to immediately fix the streaming issue

I was looking for a portable projector for my PowerPoint presentations since I’m in sales and on the road every week. After reading reviews for every portable projector within the $300 range, I settled on the ViewSonic M1+. I’ve been using this little guy for a few weeks and can say that ViewSonic should be paying me a commission for all the sales I’m sending their way! I load the presentation onto a USB thumb drive, plug it into the projector and in about 30 seconds, I’m presenting. No wires to connect, no laptop to connect. After hours of presentations on full brightness, I still have plenty of battery life left. I have not used it to watch movies, so I cannot comment on that or even the sound, but for presentations, it’s unbelievable. Even my clients and coworkers are asking me who makes the projector, they have never seen anything like it. It works just fine in rooms with some ambient light, which was a concern I had. I thought the room had to be pitch dark, which is not the case. I do wish the remote had a laser pointer, that would be a plus. I did flash the firmware once I opened it, which is always a good move. So far I’m impressed and wish I purchased one of these many years ago! I also wish you can charge the projector with the USB-C cord hooked to your laptop to avoid lugging the power adapter on trips, but maybe that’s for the next model.

Decided to purchase this over the anker nebula. The deciding factor for me was how viewsonic implemented the kickstand into their design. This is so practical and even protects the lens when not in use. Picture and brightness is outstanding. It impresses friends and family immediately. Sound is excellent for the size. Also receives compliments. Here’s some awesome awesome sound features ... 1.) output to Bluetooth - this allows you to have audio playback on some other Bluetooth speaker in replacement of one the built in to the projector. 2.) Bluetooth speaker function... This turns the projector image off and allows you to play audio using this as a portable Bluetooth speaker. The battery life is surprisingly long - especially if the brightness is set low for optimum battery conservation. With a nice bright setting I think I got a solid hour of battery life. Again, expect longer battery if using lower brightness setting. The App Store might have updates later, but currently it offers Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Spotify all integrated which is cool. I just use screencast. I’m really happy I made this choice. In the end I just wanted the best picture/brightness in a small projector. The sound and apps were a bonus.

I use this both in and outside of my campervan. Inside, I use a simple blinder as screen, and outside I simply use the van as it's white. Perfect companion for my weekend trips.

Prodotto di alta qualità, semplice da configurare e con un menù intuitivo. Adatto ad ogni tipo di formato video.

buenas calidad y precio.

I bought this for my business. Many things I didn't like about it but I kept it anyway. Pros: Nicely built and looks premium. Love the built-in stand that can be used to cover the lens. It has a sensor that turns the projector to safe mode whenever you are directly in front of it so it protect your eyes. The speakers are amazing. Projector picture is crisp and sharp. Excellent for presentations, videos, and movies. Cons: For some reason, and due to patent issues, it DOES NOT have any wireless sharing feature. No wireless-display, Bluetooth (it has Bluetooth but only for audio not video), or any way to connect your phone or laptop to it. I had to buy MiraScreen B4 Wireless TV, to turn this UNSMART projector to be smart, and it worked fine. Conclusion: Because of its great features, I decided to keep it. But I would recommend others to find another one that has wireless-display built in instead of buying. If you are after the quality of this projector then buy it.

You can bring it to almost every small gathering and have a movie party for every occasion