AKASO WT50 Mini Projector with WiFi and Bluetooth, 1080P DLP Portable Movie Projector Home and Outdoor, Built-in Battery & Android System, Cookie Projector for iPhone and Phone

I was able to watch two movies on it today. The first was while it was plugged in, and the second was on a full charge. During the first movie, I got a low battery notification, so I plugged in the charger. I wasn’t thrilled that I had to do that, and then I ran into another issue. When I plugged it in, the charging indicator turned blue and then changed to red. The instructions only mention that it turns green when fully charged, they don’t say anything about a red light. I was pretty annoyed because I thought something was wrong with it. Eventually, I decided to test the battery myself. I started a movie and noted the exact time. About an hour in, the low battery message popped up again. I dismissed it and let the movie keep playing while I kept track of the time. To my surprise, it made it through the entire two-hour movie without shutting off. The battery indicator was at its lowest by the end, but I’m happy it lasted that long. We bought this for camping, so honestly, being able to watch one full movie on a charge is more than enough for us. The remote isn’t great, and I probably won’t use it much. Other than that, connecting it to Wi-Fi and signing into my Netflix account was quick and easy. Overall, I’m happy with my purchase.

This projector is bright and clear and relatively easy to use. You can't use the remote for all of the functions, sometimes you have to use the touch pad on the projector itself. Overall it is pretty intuitive. The tripod it comes with is complete junk and pointless. I recommend getting a different portable tripod. It would be nice if it came with a soft pouch or some sort of case to make it easier to just toss in my laptop bag. I found a soft pouch from something else I'd gotten and repurposed it. The projector has a dedicated power brick for charging. It doesn't use usb charging as near as I can tell. It works great when you have it plugged in, so you can use it for longer stretches of time than the battery would normally last. I was also pleasantly surprised to find that it comes with a (weak) built-in little speaker, so you don't have to connect it with bluetooth to get sound out of it. While the speaker quality isn't that great, it is handy.

- 1 star due to dishonesty in listing. native is not 1080P. it is Standard Resolution: WVGA 854*480 per their online doc The processor seems slow, things take a bit to load. Be nice if it used USBc for power rather then the special cable. That said it's got a nice picture for it's size

Absolutely incredible for the price! Easy setup. Manual focus. Sounds ok, battery last almost 2 hours, gets warm but not hot, always ready when I need it. Never fails.

For starters the project arrived packaged very well. I know it's not that important to how the product performs, but when a company puts money into their packaging I think it shows the value of their product. The projector has a great picture. I even projected onto the side of my house (well over the screen size it's rated for) and the picture was still clear enough to pick up all the details. It does have to be dark out however. Inside it projects clearly and bright enough in dim to medium light. The sound is not very loud but it connects to a Bluetooth speaker and works well. It was a bit tricky to figure out the screen sharing, but not overwhelmingly difficult. The screen automatically squares itself when tilted up or down which is a cool feature. It does not square itself when its projecting on a horizontal angle, but that hasn't been a problem for me. The battery also seemed to last a bit over the rated time, not by a lot but it's nice to know the company wasn't over rating their product. If you're looking for a portable projector that won't disappoint this is the one.

I bought this device for more than a year. I definitely considered this to be one of my best buy for electronic devices at home... and yes I am quite a gadget junky! This projector replace my TV in my bedroom at night as I could project to the ceiling while lying down in my bed. I also take it with me on travel as the size and weight is only slightly bigger than a cell phone. Here are the pros: 1) Very good resolution 2) Reliable 3) Portable - small and light 4) Decent battery life, don't need to keep it connected to power for at least a movie 5) Allows to download more apps based on your preference - netflix, amazon movie, youtube, facebook etc. 6) Even with this small device, it has many different ports especially HDMI and USB 7) Support bluetooth between multiple devices, works well with my iPhone and iPad. Cons: 1) I find the remote not user friendly, so I bluetooth with a mouse and it works perfect. 2) The user interface is simple and can be improved For the RVers... this is perfect!

1 out of 5 stars – So much potential… completely ruined by the interface Let’s start with the good: Manual keystone — one of the best I’ve ever used. Super precise and easy to adjust. Auto keystone, on the other hand… it’s hit or miss (more like 50/50). It only works properly at certain distances, so you’re constantly searching for that sweet spot. Projection quality — decent for the size, and it looks good in a dark room, which is about what you’d expect at this price point. Now for the bad — and it’s a long list. The interface is painfully slow. If you’re buying this for its “smart” features, don’t. The processor inside can barely keep up, and it doesn’t support key apps like Spectrum TV. After spending 20 minutes downloading and another 20 signing in, the app crashed with a nasty error message. The system froze multiple times, and navigating with the remote is awful. The buttons feel cheap, and using the touch controls on the projector itself is useless since it moves the device around while it’s on a tripod. Speaking of the tripod — it’s terrible. If it’s not set up in one very specific way, the entire thing tips over. For $300, you should expect better. I even tried to make it work by plugging in a Roku stick to bypass the clunky interface — but once you do that, manual keystone stops working, forcing you to rely on the auto keystone (which, again, isn’t good). And to top it all off, it doesn’t even have USB-C charging. You can’t use a portable charger — it only charges with the factory adapter. The built-in battery lasts about 1.5 hours, which makes it useless for travel or portable entertainment unless you’re near a wall outlet. After all that tinkering and frustration, I finally gave up, packed it up, and sent it back. The only positive thing I can say is the compact size — but if you’re going to have it plugged in anyway, you’re better off buying a more capable projector. If you just need something for office presentations while traveling, sure — it’ll do the job. But for entertainment? Run away and don’t look back.

I'm writing this review not knowing exactly what I'm going to rate it, but as I talk through it I think I'll come to a conclusion about the overall rating. First, this is a powerful little projector with impressive brightness and contrast for its size. I'm comparing this to a much larger projector with much fewer features, but it's what I hoped to replace, and a lot of the uses are the same. I was using a~100$ projector that you can get from various no name brands with high brightness and 1080p resolution. They all use LCD instead of DLP since the technology is much cheaper, but it's improved a lot, so it's quite good. I'll start with the technical issues with this projector, and then some of the nuanced limitations compared to my current system. First, while it's 1080p resolution it does seem to be lower in resolution than the LCD. This might be because you can see the individual pixels using DLP, and they pop out and look pixelated, but even though my other projector is projecting a larger image, the image is both brighter and seams sharper, although less vibrant. Second, I love the automatic keystone correction, but as others have pointed out this doesn't apply to HDMI inputs. Since the Android operating system is so old, many apps simply don't work and the only work around is to use a Chromecast as an input. This might have been good enough for me if it had the keystone correction but there were some other issues with the interface/interaction. First, the remote is pretty terrible, not just in having to aim at the projector, but having to push the buttons really hard in multiple times to get it to register even when aiming it directly at it. The touch interface is nice, but I would honestly rather Lenovo style nubbin. Something very superficial for me is that I wanted it to be able to just turn on with a remote control (or programmed ir-blaster) so that it would work with my current home automation routines. However, it won't open the HDMI input by default whenever it's powered on meaning I would have to pick up a remote, lazy I know... Overall, very capable and if I didn't need it for my current setup and I didn't have a projector I would definitely keep it, but since all the features I need are slightly worse than the cheaper one I already have, I'm going to return it. If it had even been on par with my old one plus portability, I was going to give my old one away to a family member and keep this one, but it seems like that's just not possible, so this seems like about a three-star rating. A quick final edit of my closing thoughts - I understand why they went with Android, thinking it would be convenient and familiar, however, this really limits the functionality. I would have really rather had a built-in chromecast, even a cheap one must have been the same cost as what they used. In the end I think three stars is accurate, and I wish I had rated 1-2 to bring down the average, but have decided not to do so.

Must buy

Good product

High price , but product is good, battery backup average

Picture quality excellent