Vankyo - Leisure 470 Neo 720P Wireless Mini Projector - White

Small and compact. Wi-Fi works very well. Seems to have everything that one needs for a portable projector. 4 stars- picture quality as you go further from the projection wall becomes blurry, and therefore larger size of projection is slightly limited. Overall good quality.

Works great. Easily accessible. Hook up was straight forward. So easy my 6 yr old could do it.

The Vankyo Leisure 470 Neo is an affordable, 720p HD home projector that holds up surprisingly well for what it is. If you’re looking for a simple projector to have a family movie night with the kids, or aren’t looking to drop a small fortune on a projector that you may not get the full value of, this little projector may be the option for you. Pros: • The Leisure 470 is a fairly small, and very lightweight. It comes in at about 5.5” length x 7” width x 3.5” height. I haven’t weighed it on a scale, but given it’s made primarily of plastic it is undoubtedly light weight. Given its compact size, I was able to pack it away with me in a suitcase for a short weekend trip. • The user interface is somewhat simple and doesn’t give you a lot of extra options to completely mess up the picture quality, which is great if this will be used by kids. On the left-hand side of the home screen, once the projector boots up, you’ll have your input selections for HDMI or AV inputs, and in the middle of the home screen you’ll have your Apple Air Play and Android Miracast options to cast from your phone, tablet, or computer. In the settings you can adjust the picture’s “trapezoidal” alignment which helps if your projector is angled up towards your screen or wall. • Focusing and fine tuning the picture is also straightforward, with two focus buttons on the remote that adjust the projector’s lenses one increment at a time. • The projector’s fan noise is not too loud. It’s there, but if you’re using an external speaker to bump up the volume, you aren’t going to notice it and you really can’t avoid it in most projectors. • The built-in speaker is better than expected. If you want to keep the setup pretty simple, you can definitely use the built in speaker. It gets reasonably loud, and it sounds almost like any other cheap TV’s built-in speakers. • While only boasting a max resolution of 720p HD, the picture quality looks surprisingly crisp. Plus there’s something about watching it on a projected image that makes it feel like you’re in a theater setting and picture quality kind of falls to a secondary concern. Again, for $130 you’re getting excellent picture quality. I watched a bunch of re-runs of USA’s White Collar and tons of Youtube on this unit on my short trip, and it looked solid all around. Cons: • You will definitely need a dark room. Maybe not a completely pitch black room, but close. Keep in mind that even a little bit of ambient light will start degrading your picture quality. • This projector does not have a built-in battery for ultimate portability, but for that type of feature you’d generally need to spend at least 3x as much as this unit costs. I personally wish the power cord were a little longer to account for this, but I’ve made do with an extension cord. • While this projector does support Apple’s Airplay and Miracast for Android, I would not recommend using these options. Instead of casting the video in a way that lets you lock your phone or tablet, you have to essentially screen mirror your phone or tablet to the projector. What that means is that everything you do on your phone, tablet, or computer is casted to the projector, and locking the screen means that your video is stopped. It may be okay for some if you’re planning on casting from a computer than can stay plugged in, but you’ll still have two screens playing the same content between your computer and the projector. • While you can connect a bluetooth speaker for wireless audio, I found that there was a noticeable delay where the video’s sound would be off by 1-2 seconds using this method. I’d recommend just plugging in a speaker with an Aux cord and the headphone jack on the projector, or, buy a Chromecast and connect a bluetooth speaker to it directly. • There are other projectors that have an auto-focus feature. This unit, given it’s price, does not. Its not a dealbreaker, but if you don’t have patience to fiddle with it for a few minutes, you may consider going with another unit. • There is some aliasing, or jagged edges, that you can see on some images after adjusting the image “trapezoidal” parameters. It wasn’t terrible with my setup, but I can imagine it could be bothersome to some folks. Overall, this is a great portable projector that wont break the bank. It’s easy to use, and while it doesn’t have all of the latest and greatest features, it’s hard to look at the price of this unit and feel like you’re not getting what you’re paying for.