Shift3 Light Blast Entertainment Projector

This works well, but I don't expect it to have a decent lifespan at all. It seriously feels like a toddler toy. I've been playing with it for several days now, and the image is very hit or miss. I can't imagine trying to play any sort of games on this as the resolution and lighting are both sub-par. Setting the unit on my floor, pointed at the ceiling, I get a ~40" screen, and can clearly see the individual pixels. When watching movies, it is difficult, at best, to read any sort of text that may pop up. Trying to figure out the menu on my PS3 took several tries to get Netflix to load.The internal speaker is actually one of the best features about this unit. It provides ample sound, and has a wide range. It's prime operating area is in the vocal range, but gunfire and sirens sound equally decent from it.So, so far I've listed mostly negative, but for the right people, this may be the perfect solution. As an on-the-go unit, this thing is large, but could be great. Using it with an MP3 player to watch movies makes this incredibly versatile. If you want to put up a theater in the back yard, I imagine this would do ok (provided not too much outside lighting). If you aren't sure about getting a full projection home theater, this is a good way to test the waters to see if you want to invest in something more substantial and all the other goodies to got with. If I'd have had this on my Pete 379 when I was driving, this would've made movie watching a bit more entertaining. The 120" screen size on the side or back of a trailer would've been brilliant.So, I keep asking myself if this was a decent buy or not, and I gotta say that it was well worth the cost. I do wish I had continued looking for a unit that included USB, VGA, HDMI, or other means of input, but I can handle using the standard A/V RCA plugs for now. Considering the cost of going to a theater, this costs less than a half dozen tickets. So, if it lasts more than 6 movies, it is a great buy. I'm already near that mark, and it hasn't shown any signs of meltdown... Yet.

I had very low expectations for this projector, but I was curious about it and figured the kids would appreciate it if I totally hated it. I did NOT expect super quality or flawless operation or great sound. I just expected it to shine a picture from my old dvd player onto a wall and be able to pretty much not go crosseyed or get a headache from watching. DONE and DONE! This thing is pretty sweet for being so inexpensive. I don't consider it to be "cheap." It's pretty decently built, and really simple to opereate. It took about 2 minutes of messing with the "contrast" and "color" buttons to get a pretty dialed in picture. I first tried it out with a snowboard movie, and that was pretty disappointing, as most of the movie is a giant white background. Duh. Well, then I put in Toy Story 3. I was pretty surprised! It doesn't look like a movie theater, but you get the fun and you can see pretty alright detail. It is NOT sharp as a tack, and it is NOT blurry. It is very watchable, and you won't get a headache or anything. I would consider this to be well worth $70, as the novelty of it for kids and some kid adults like myself is just great. The sound is pretty loud actually, but i would consider hooking up your computer speakers or some other speaker source as sometimes when there is a bright image on the screen, it makes the speaker "buzz" for whatever reason. There is the red white and yellow inputs only, and one standard headphone jack output. The fan is loud but not excessivly loud.All in all, if you realize this is more of a novelty and not meant to produce theather quality images, you will LOVE it. It's perfect for family movie nights! Works best in a completely dark room obviously. FUN! Worth $70.

I bought this item on a whim a few weeks ago and I couldn't be happier! Let me explain why it works so well for us and maybe not so much for others.I live on an acreage and have a large metal shed that is open on three sides with sliding doors opening on each end. I stapled a large sheet of white opaque drapery liner fabric sewn into a panel 11 feet by 9 feet onto a frame of 1X2s pieces of lumber, 10-12 feet long on the closed side of the building and set up the projector 15-20 feet from the screen - this makes the image fill the screen.The image quality is very similar to a tv screen from the 80s or the old drive in theater. The sound is plenty loud enough because the acoustics in a metal shed make for excellent amplification. What we basically created was an old drive in theater. This is a wonderful projector if you're outside or in a large outdoor building.Total cost for the homestyle drive in theater -$82 for the projector$35 for the drapery fabric (on sale at $3.50/yard)$20 for the lumber (although the fabric could be directly stapled to the wall I imagine)The box itself has a handle, so I store the projector along with a dvd player I had in a spare room that we never use. On a moments notice people can come over and have an outside movie night. Set up takes less than 5 minutes if you have a ready power supply.Completely worth the cost considering all the fun memories my family will have watching movies on warm nights.