Miroir - M600 Full HD Pro 1080p Projector - Black

This HD projector provides a good balance between image quality and portability . It is not feature rich because it lacks wireless and Bluetooth support; does not include a media player and does not have a remote. It is however very portable and is good for office presentations and an occasional movie in a relatively dark room. Image Quality: At 600 lumens this projector is not the brightest and it loses image quality quickly if the room is not dark. The brightness level is also affected by the distance between the projector and the screen. If you plan on using the maximum 120 inch projection screen you will need a dark room to get acceptable image quality. I found that with the blinds closed during the day we could get acceptable images of about 90 to 100 inches. The projector has a native resolution of 1080p providing Full HD images. Once manually focused the projector provides a sharp image with accurate colors. Due to the low brightness the contrast level can be lacking on some image content. The blacks and greys start to blend together as the ambient lighting is increased. This can be easily overcome when creating presentations by using vivid colors with higher contrast. Operation: The projector has an HDMI port, a type-C and a type-A USB port and an audio port. There is a manual focus wheel on the side and volume up and down on the top. There is also a Mode button on the top that allows you to put the projector into ECO mode which lowers the brightness level to conserve power. The buttons are touch buttons that are flush with the top and they light up when touched so you can find them in the dark. There is no built- in wireless support however you can overcome this by attaching a Roku or Chrome Cast to the HDMI port and then use screen mirroring on your device. If you are going to use an HDMI cable I recommend purchasing a long cable especially if the presenter is not very close to the projector. The included HDMI cable is very short. The single speaker provides 5 watts of audio which is good enough for most small to mid-sized rooms. The USB-A port is strictly used to power external USB devices such as the Roku or Chromecast mentioned above. The projector does not include a media player so you cannot plug in a USB drive in either USB port to provide media content. The projector comes with a standard tripod screw mount and I have found that attaching the projector to a small tripod lets me more easily align the projector to the screen. This is very important because the projector has auto Keystone correction but for it to work correctly the projector needs to be level and not tilted in any manner. There is an issue with the tripod mounting hole on the projector because it does not sit flush with the base. To compensate for this, I added a small square piece of foam to the top of my tripod that helps stabilize the projector once its screwed onto the tripod. Portability: The projector is very portable due to its size and shape. Its roughly 9”x5”x1.5” and although it doesn’t come with any type of travel protection I have found that it slips nicely into a small spare laptop sleeve. Adding the projector, power supply, HDMI cable and small tripod in my backpack was not a major weight or space issue. The projector does have a built-in battery that is supposed to last 2 hours but I prefer to use the included power supply. It is nice to know the battery is there in case I can’t get the projector near an outlet.

Me and my husband so happy with this purchase. It’s good for outside , inside ) Really good quality , watching fav shows before sleep ! Great product, recommended!!

Light weight portable food Pic in the dark only 600 lumens not the best picture

If you need a portable projector that is bright and VERY portable, this might very well be your best choice. This unit is quite bright for its size. In a dark room, a 10 foot image will be bright and vivid. Of course, as with all projectors, the perceived brightness falls off quickly as the room gets brighter. If you are giving a presentation in a typical office environment, an image of five feet should be very visible if you have a white wall to project on. To actually get the claimed 10’, you will need to close all of the doors and windows. This unit features full 1920x1080 resolution, and it looks sharp. It will focus as close as 4", which gives an image size of under 6", if you need that. The best thing is that it is only 9" x 5" x 1-1/4". The included speaker seems like it would be loud enough for a typical office or a smaller conference room. If you need to fill a larger room, you will need to hook up external speakers via the 3.5mm audio jack. It has a battery that offers a claimed 2 hours of life, and has a USB-A port for powering other devices. I had it in “ECO” mode, and powering an older Roku Express and the battery lasted for 93 minutes. The only problem is that the USB power output is always active. If you do have a Roku attached, it will still drain the battery even if the projector is off. So be sure to unplug everything from the USB-A port or the battery will be dead when you go to use it. To power the unit projector on, you open the lens cover, and it comes on. This is a nice touch, as there is no separate cover to lose. The focus knob is on the side by the lens. The included power adapter is the usual laptop-style 19V 65W. The prongs fold out for the US, so that is a big improvement over similar power supplies. If you travel internationally, the included adapters (UK and two-prong Europe style) actually attach to the supply while the prongs are closed. But if you want to travel light, the unit can also be powered from USB-C. Given the power requirements, you will need a true laptop-style adapter that can drive 19V. A phone charger will probably not be enough. If your laptop supports driving a video signal over USB-C, then you can drive and charge the projector from just the one cable. There is also a full-sized HDMI input if you need that. While there is a standard 1/4" tripod mount, it seems to be inadequate. The mount extends beyond the surface of the unit’s base, so any mounting on a standard tripod would likely be wobbly (see the picture). They should have either recessed the socket, or extended the plastic around it. Some shims could be made from cardboard if necessary. There is automatic keystone correction built-in. The projector assumes that you are projecting on a vertical surface, and detects the angle that it is resting at to automatically set the keystone. This works great as long as your projection surface really is vertical. But to use this feature, you need to tilt the projector. There is no provision included for tilting it, so if you don’t have a tripod, you will be propping a book under the front feet. There is no way that I could find to turn off the auto keystone feature. The projector’s top is a shiny “piano black” but I prefer to think of it as “fingerprint black.” A matte finish would be more practical. While a quick-start guide is supplied, there is only a URL provided for the full manual. At the time of this writing (late July, 2021) that URL does not work, and I could not find a manual. The only controls appear to be the volume “+” and “-” buttons, and an “M” button which seems to show the battery strength via the four white lights on the back. Holding down the “M” button for a few seconds will apparently shift the projector into “ECO” mode that will extend the life of the lamp and the battery life. The only downside to showing video on this projector is that the blacks lack contrast. I watched “Breach” starring Bruce Willis (a mistake I don’t recommend you repeat),which is a dark “space zombie” movie that has a lot of shadows. The dark grays and the blacks just kind of blended together. It was usable, but not an optimal experience. Still, I doubt that you can do better for something so small. So horror fans might be disappointed, but for brighter movies and PowerPoint presentations, this will be ideal.

Miroir has created a new product, the M600 Full HD (1080p) Pro Projector, which is portable and easy to use. It won't fit in your pants pocket but possibly a large jacket pocket. The unit measures approximately 9x5x1 inches. The package contains the M600 projector, paperwork, 2 international plug adapters, HDMI cable, power block/cable (proprietary). Miroir offers a 1-year manufacturer's warranty on parts and labor. Disclaimer: I tested this projector with a Samsung Fold 3 phone, a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra phone, a Samsung TAB S7 Tablet, and a Microsoft laptop. This is also the first projector of any kind that I have owned, so this review comes from a newbie's eyes and is pretty thorough! BATTERY LIFE: NORMAL Brightness mode: 50 minutes until the unit shuts off ECO Brightness mode: 1 hour 52 minutes until the unit shuts off Time for battery to charge from completely dead to 100%: 2 hours BULB LIFE: Miroir claims 20,000 hours bulb life in NORMAL mode and 30,000 hours bulb life in ECO mode. To give you an idea of how long that is, if you watched TV with this projector for 8 hours/day EVERY SINGLE DAY: NORMAL MODE would give you 6.8 years of bulb life ECO MODE would give you 10.3 years of bulb life So if you watch 4 hours EVERY SINGLE DAY, double the results above. This projector should last you for many years if taken care of. PROS: ----------- * Automatic keystone feature levels your picture until you angle the projector past ~45-degrees. If you angle the projector past ~45-degrees+, the screen will start to look like a trapezoid on the surface you are displaying on. * ON/OFF is easy - simply open/close the lens cover from the bottom of the unit. Another good point - it has a lens cover. * Rubber feet on the bottom are solid and keep the unit still if it sits on a platform. * It has a tripod mount which is great, but... (see CONS) * Touch-sensitive volume controls and mode button. Easy to use. Volume can be turned all the way down on the unit if using BT audio between the connected device and a BT speaker. Audio level is shown on the screen in the upper-left corner. 0 to 100 in increments of 10. * The unit is pretty quiet during use. * I had no issues connecting HDMI from a PC to the HDMI input and getting sound/picture just fine. * If you use an Amazon stick (or device that uses USB power), you can plug the stick into the HDMI port while using the USB-A port on the back to power up the stick. * Battery indicator lights are on the back of the unit. But as long as you know the times I have provided, you'll have a better idea of when your projector will auto-shutdown if starting from 100%. Over time, those times will obviously shorten due to battery degradation. CONS: ----------- * At this price point, the most disappointing feature is that it is missing a piece of hardware - a video-capable USBC-to-USBC cable of decent length and/or an adapter for iPhones/Android-to-HDMI. I am using a flagship Samsung S21 Ultra to connect via USB-C cable, and it did not work until I used a thicker and more capable USB-C cable which is apparently used for higher throughput and video. At least a 3-ft cable of this quality could have been provided. Since it wasn't provided, it made the unit completely useless if you had only planned to connect via smart phone. There were no adapters included (except for power). This is a huge miss at $500 retail. The instructions clearly state "Some Android devices require a USB-C to HDMI adapter cable (sold separately)". That's fine; however, all USB-C cables clearly do not work, and that's the cable that should have been provided. * 600 lumens is acceptable by a portable unit like this, but the darker the room, the better the picture will be. It is absolutely nothing like watching an LED TV for sure. On ECO mode, the picture is even dimmer (to save battery). If you have a real projector screen or reflective paint, that may likely help with brightness. * There is no way to resize the display output other than moving the projector forwards/backwards. * Focus is done manually with a rotating wheel on the side (there is no auto-focus). * There are no detachable or adjustable legs on the front-bottom of the unit. If you want to tilt the unit, you will need to provide an angled piece of "something" under it if you don't want it sliding off a book or squared-off object. * There are NO wireless connections of any kind (no bluetooth/wifi). Everything is wired. * If you do not like fingerprints on glossy black, you better bring a microfiber cloth. It shows fingerprints on the top quite well. Perhaps a matte finish would have been better. * The tripod mount is great, but because it has a lip around the bolt hole, it does not lay flush against the tripod base - it wobbles. If you tighten that tripod bolt too tight, there's a chance the projector could be damaged. An EASY fix for this was to simply put a water hose rubber gasket around the bolt hole before attaching to the tripod. This allows for some "give", since it is taller than the hole, it will generally stay secure regardless of the attachment you use. I have posted in the pictures this concept - my hose gasket is red. This again was a huge miss my Miroir. The mounting area should be flat/flush. * There were no paper instructions other than a quick start guide that offered limited information. That same quick start guide could have been replaced by a complete User Guide (found online) and still fit on the same paper. Those instructions were also very basic but provided more than the useless quick start guide. * I texted their toll free text phone number, and after over a week, still no response from them. * On the power block, the plug folds into itself which is great, but unfolding the prongs out of the unit can be difficult since the prongs don't extend past the edge of the block. * The projector cannot be mounted upside-down (like traditional home projectors) or the picture will also be upside down. * I am only able to recharge using the proprietary brick/cable provided. Would be nice if there was another USB-C port for charging while the other USB-C is being used for video input. OTHER OBSERVATIONS: ----------------------- * 5 Watts of power is all this unit offers for the built-in speakers. On the plus side, more power would cause the battery to die quicker if using battery-only power. * For the best sound setup, connect the projector to your device, then bluetooth the sound from that device (phone/tablet/PC) to a nice bluetooth speaker, and that will be one less wire you have to connect to the back of the projector. If you must use the 3.5mm audio-out port, that will still work. * I did not test the USB-A port on this unit as I didn't connect an App stick of any kind. * The instructions state to hold down the +/- VOL buttons to change between NORMAL and ECO mode, but that did not work. If I long-press the M button, that caused power modes to change. If I plugged anything into the USB-C or HDMI, the picture would simply come up on its own. I did not try using both HDMI and USB-C at the same time since you can't use both. CONCLUSION: ===================== There were quite a number of items that Miroir missed in my opinion. The protruding tripod mount, and the lack of providing the proper cable to connect Android devices (USBC-to-USBC) caused many problems on my initial setup. I didn't figure out the cable issue until I got a higher quality (speed) USB-C cable and tested. I ended up using a 9" cable from another product in order to get it to work. The unit is built to be completely wired; however, at the price point of this product being released ($500), one would hope for more features, even the simplest feature of adding legs (in some form) to the front would help. Using a tripod shouldn't be the only way to use this unit if angled. Convenience for users is what the company should focus on - make it user friendly - like with the auto-keystone feature. Finally, this projector is likely only going to be used as a travel buddy or office presentation device. This would likely not be the best option for a home theater picture. It might suffice for a small room with the lights off or dimmed greatly or at a campout if you bring a portable screen. I posted one picture with the display swallowing up my 85" Samsung TV and another using a giant wall in our den (about 150' diag), then one more small area above a picture in our basement. You can literally watch it anywhere where there is low light. Given some much-needed components (worthy cables) and minor improvements (legs), this projector has potential. But the lack of the basics are holding it back especially given the price tag.