AAXA Technologies KP-101-01 AAXA LED Pico Micro Video Projector – Pocket Size Portable Mobile Mini Projector with mini-HDMI, built-in Media Player & Speakers, 3.5mm Aux Out, Micro SD/USB readers and 80 Min Lithium-Ion Battery
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Price: $129.00
(as of Sep 12, 2024 04:30:31 UTC – Details)
The AAXA LED PICO, Pocket projector combines ultra-compact, long-lasting LED projector technology, a built-in multimedia player, and an HDMI port to become a mobile projector power-house. The LED PICO plays high-resolution videos, pictures, and text through a micro SD Card or USB memory stick, or accepts a digital data source from multiple input sources. HDMI, VGA, USB, Composite Audio/Video, SD+HC, Provides an extensible design that enables. Design that delivers high availability, scalability, and for maximum flexibility and price/performance. The country of origin is China.
Ultra Bright 25 Lumens, High Definition 720p (1280×720) Native Resolution (Max 1080p), Vibrant Color Technology with 15,000 hour LEDs
Ultra-portable with 80 Minute Built-in Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery that can be charged via supplied micro USB cable.
Built-in Speakers, 16:9 compatible, mini-HDMI, 3.5mm Aux Audio Out, Composite A/V connections, and Micro SD, USB readers for Media Playback (Accepts sizes up to 16GB)
For Personal Media Sharing with friends and family, USB Plug ‘n Play instant set up; Apple Mac and PC Compatible
Up to 60 inch image (in low-light condition)
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Customers like the picture quality, size, and ease of use of the video projector. They mention it projects a crisp picture and has great resolution. Some appreciate the size and ease. However, some customers have reported that the battery only lasts 80 minutes. Customers disagree on the value for money, functionality, and quality.
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H B –
Just perfect for me!
I bought it without expecting much, but got more out of it than expected!I have been busy for a while now with budget LED projectors, and this one by far beats all competitors.For one, it has a built in video decoding capability!Two: Extremely low power consumption.And three, I don’t think I should mention portability, battery life, and ease of use, as it may be obvious…It’s very basic Linux one; RM files not included in the decoding, but regular AVI, MKV, MP4, OGV, and other most common containers play back well; as well as audio and image files.So far I only tested upto 720p video, and it works fine!Good, because, most my vids are 480p anyway.The cons of this device:The projection is rather small, so you’ll have to place it quite far away from the wall to get a decent sized screen.About ~10ft of distance gets you 70in of screen estate; very roughly estimated (I may be off + or – 10″).It’s pretty hard to angle the device correctly, and it doesn’t have a keystone correct.Generally I dislike digital keystone correct settings, however it takes only very little to add a small tiltable lens, to get an analog keystone correct.In a pitch black room you can get a decent 80in screen displaying on a bright white or matte light grey wall.In the slightest ambient light, the screen size should be reduced to a mere 30in screen max due to image wash out.In broad daylight (Sun light), the screen can be no bigger than a netbook screen of 10″.So the light intensity is good enough for a dark room, but that’s about it!The speaker is barely 6-9dB louder than the fan, which can be annoyingly loud sometimes for it’s size; and especially during silent moments.They should equip these kind of projectors with curved bladed fans instead of straight fans.The device is so small, about the size of a remote control, or a bank card; only a bit thicker; that the fan has to be so small, that it needs to rotate full power to keep it cool.The internal speaker is barely loud enough to be heard in anything bigger than a small bedroom.In a minor way you can see the rainbow effect when shaking the projector and image a bit.But when not moving, you won’t notice the effect at all (which is, how you usually would watch TV anyway)!Pro’s:I can literally plug in a 32GB MicroSD card in the device,plug in speakers or headphones,and start watching hours of movies.It’s all the device needs. No need for massively large hardware. Just the projector, a USB flash drive plugged in, a micro SD card, or a Google chrome, and your micro projector theater project can all fit in the palm of your hand!The image quality is very good! I had to add round about 25% of color contrast (from 50%; as stock (50%) the image is somewhat grey-ish), but the colors at 75% contrast look excellent!Setting it to 80% and it looks somewhat a bit oversaturated.The resolution is very good as well!Playing back HD 720p files looks very good! Much better than any DVD player I remember playing back standard DVD’s on any TV!It comes with a tripod stand with flexible legs, but really,unless you are planning on tilting the projector only in the slightest way, the tripod is pretty useless to me.My 4yrs old adopted son loves the gadget, and spends countless hours watching his Sponge Bob and Veggie tales episodes on it!It is cheap, and small. And won’t break easily, as it’s lightweight, and the plastic housing is adequately strong to prevent the device from breaking from a 5ft fall on a concrete floor.I usually plug in a micro USB charger cable into it, rated 1500mA, or higher, and the battery hasn’t gone dead on me yet.I heard others say that stock USB power ports do not keep up with the device (stock = 500mA).I recommend 5V 2000mA or 2500mA ac adapters for continuous playback; if you don’t want to drain the battery.That way the projector can play back from AC, while charging the battery as well.For a sub 10W projector system, I’d say this is probably your most economic way to watch TV, video, Netflix, and so on.Oh, BTW, it works well with google chrome (didn’t try my Roku on it yet).Overall I’d say it’s an excellent device, perfect for the very dark bedrooms and movie theaters of upto 5 people.The least bit of ambient light will wash out the picture though.Great resolution, and best bang for the buck online!More questions?Feel free to ask!
TANIA H. –
Great cost-benefit ratio. Accessories leverage this projector to another level.
I didn’t use it a lot yet. I got it today and made a lot of testing with different devices.Overall it is a reeeeally nice product/gadget with a great cost-benefit ratio. For this price you WILL NOT get perfect quality anywhere, and hardly a better quality than this product provides.One really important thing you should keep in mind, projectors and projecting aren’t a simple science. You have a lot of variables while using this product: cables you are using, adapters, the wall you are projecting on, the room clarity, the settings you can change in the projector (Brightness, Contrast, etc), your demand on the image quality (you may not want a great image to play an arcade game through your PS3, but you may want a really good image to play GTA V, for example. Just as you may find it great for watching comedy series, but not worth watching a full movie with lots of special effects and details. In many cases just projecting as a smaller screen improves the image a lot, in expense, of course, of having a smaller image. So keep in mind, this projector may be really good for some of your needs, but not so good for others. And it can be really useful and practical in some situations, but not at all in others.IMAGE: You need a dark room to get a nice image, I expected it, since it is a pico projector. So if you are planning on using it more on daytime, bright rooms or similar, you may need to consider spending more money on another projector. Maybe you can have a good enough image with some clarity in the room, but it will also depend a lot on the situation itself. Cables, device plugged, if you need to show small text or detailed images or not, if you are willing to project as a smaller screen and other variables.You can change some settings on Contrast, Brightness, but I couldn’t notice big changes on the image. Maybe a little more practicing and testing can improve the image a little bit. But I didn’t find it easy to do, since when you want to change this Settings, you go back to the main Menu, and you can’t see the changes on the image in real time. The Menu appears on the screen, you make changes, then you go back to what you were watching and try to notice some possible improvement.According to what you’re going to watch (movie, videogame, Netflix) you can have a REALLY big image with a little lower quality (bigger than 60 inches), but still really nice. Depends on the game, room clarity, cables, device, etc. I played an arcade game on my PS3 projecting on my entire bedroom wall and it was really great! GTA V also looked nice in a huge screen, but the night scenes made it kind of unplayable since you can’t get much contrast and brightness on the landscape and the streets you are going through. So I had to project it as a 40 inches screen.In general, if you go until 50, max 60 inches, it will maintain the standard quality of the product.Also, you can get really good image if you want a small screen.Some people wrote that this projector might be good as flight entertainment, but judging by the distance you need to project an image bigger than an iPhone screen, I find this really hard to be true.Heads up, if you want this to play videogames keep in mind that some games demand a really good image because they have a lot of details, small text you need to read all the time, maps, mini maps and lots of dark scenes in-game, such as GTA V (when it’s night time in the game). So some times it won’t be comfortably playable in 60, 50 or even maybe 40 inches. And in some extreme cases, even projecting as 30 may not deliver a good enough quality, since text with small letters are an issue.In the other hand, for what I tested, projecting as a smaller screen will improve the image and make any projection more enjoyable and deliver a good quality. You need to consider how much screen size you are willing to give up, and if you will be able to easily find different positions for your projector. Since you will be moving it closer or further from the wall you are projecting on, according to how much quality you need.The focus is easily adjustable.Also, you have some pre sets of settings, such as adequate for Movies or Presentations. Please notice that only 1 “settings profile” is editable. This limits you, since you may find the need of having one setting specification for your PS3, another for your iPhone and another to watch Netflix, for example.IMPORTANT: A bad thing is that you can’t adjust the image format digitally if the projector is diagonal to the wall you are projecting onto. This means you need to find the perfect position for your projector when you are going to use it. It must be 100% perpendicular to the wall, vertically and horizontally.A proper tall stable tripod solves this easily, but will cost you more money. Still a good cost-benefit ratio in my opinion.SOUND: I read people saying the built-in speakers are not good, but I tested it with videogames, Netflix and others, and I think that it is good enough depending on the situation and on your needs. Anyway, you have an audio output to connect better speakers or headphones.UTILITY: it is really light, not noisy but not silent (again, it depends, sorry to repeat this a lot, but it’s the truth), it’s the size of 2 iPhone 4S (one on the top of the other), it fits in your pocket, it turns on and off quickly, the Menus are simple and fast and I would say it is friendly user.One thing that pops out, is the fact that this pico projector is really versatile. It has features to solve various needs: USB, Mini SD Card, Mini HDMI, Composite A/V Connections, compatible with PC and Mac, and others.So this means that with the right accessories you can get a lot of utility from this device and make it more enjoyable. In my case, for the price I paid (it was on sale I think, about USD 115) I estimated that I could spend more money on accessories. Now I can connect it to my MacBook Air, to my iPhone and even to my PS3. And since the battery isn’t enough for a regular full movie length, I got a battery bank that keeps the projector running even if the battery runs off. Of course this battery bank will serve me for other needs and devices as well. Also, little speakers can improve the sound experience, but I already have one.Remember this useful tip: although you can’t charge it while you are using it, and the battery supposedly lasts 80 minutes, you can connect it to a battery bank as mentioned or to a wall charger, and keep it running (but not charging for what I noticed).I didn’t test it with a SD Card nor a Pen Drive, but for what I read in other reviews, this features works fine for a lot of image and video formats.The tripod is kind of useful for some situations (on a table, on a chair), but it is not great and it doesn’t stay the exact shape you want it to. Also, as it is light, it is not a really stable basis. Large or heavy cables connected to the projector can easily give you a hard time setting a good position for it.IMPORTANT: As I said, it may be kind of hard to set a stable proper position for the projector (depends A LOT on the furniture you have, the screen size you want, etc), because you can’t correct the diagonal projection digitally, you need to put the projector perpendicular to the projecting wall. And you may also need to change its position with a high frequency, in order to adjust the screen size according to your needs at the moment.So consider where you are going to put it, the places you are going to use it and how often you may need to change its position. For this limitation, just as for others, the right accessory can leverage your projector. Any good tall tripod can solve this, but this demands more money. I suggest a tripod that is at least 3 foot tall.DEVICES USED WITH THE PROJECTOR- iPhone 4S with iOS 7.1.2: easy to use, just plug and play, but depending on the cables and adapters you are using, it might not work properly. In my case, the adapter I bought doesn’t work with Netflix although it works with YouTube. But connecting your smartphone can also be useful for other things, such as showing pictures, watching videos in general or just navigating your Facebook timeline. I didn’t test it, but I guess it is not so good for playing games on your smartphone, since the connection is through a HDMI cable and the projector is so light that any cable movement can move it, shake it or even make it fall. Again, I can’t get Netflix to work because of the adapter I bought, nothing wrong with the projector itself for this matter.- Playstation 3: I had no sound the first time I connected it. So I explored a little my PS3 Audio Settings and made it work after a few tests. Apparently I had to choose for a lower audio quality or something like that and another thing about accepting different audio outputs I guess. As a result, the sound started working normally and I didn’t notice an inferior sound quality. Maybe for connecting a Home Theater this details are more important, I can’t tell for a lack of knowledge on the subject.You can play arcade and low graphic games in a projection bigger than 60 inches! But for other games you may need to maintain it under 60, 50 or even less to feel comfortable while playing. And since I didn’t test many games, I venture to say that some games may be kind of annoying to play, since some games have texts with little letters, mini maps and other minor details that should be clear on the screen. But maybe just projecting as a smaller screen suits you good enough in most cases.As for the audio, some videogames may require better speakers or headphones.- MacBook Air: if you are willing to connect your computer to watch movies, series, general videos, YouTube, to show pictures or similar stuff, this projector suits great! But other than that this case is a little more complex. You can change settings on your computer to improve the projected image, but as far as I tested, this projector is not good for computers. As I said, you can also change the projector image settings, and adjust the focus and even project as a smaller screen until you get a nice detailed image, but computers involve a lot of reading, really small letters, small buttons, etc. And as much as I tested it, I couldn’t manage to project an enjoyable, usable image with readable texts.SITUATIONSMany situations may require a taller more stable tripod. Having one will leverage your experience as a whole, just as by having proper accessories: right cables and adapters, a battery bank, an USB wall charger and possibly others.But some situations are just unviable for this pico projector even with the help of accessories. Such as if you need to project a presentation with small letters, if you need to project something outdoors, if you need to project a 60 or 50 inches screen with small details on the image, and other possible situations.Although, don’t forget that it is really normal that this product requires some accessories to be more useful and enjoyable. There are numerous situations, reasons and applicability for this projector to be used (since it delivers a good quality image, is really portable, has a built in battery, built in speakers and different input options), and for this reason each person should look up which accessories to buy.- If you need portability for periods longer than 80 minutes, consider a battery bank. If you just need a battery that lasts longer, but you don’t need portability, consider having an USB wall charger.- Look up which cables and adapters suit better the devices/media you are going to plug in the projector.- Think of the places you are willing to use it, and try to analyze if you have the furniture or tripod to place the projector correctly in order to achieve the size of the projection and the quality of the image wanted. If not, look up for tripods. They aren’t super really cheap, but they will last long and save you a lot of time and headache. And they are also useful for other purposes, like cameras.- After thinking about the places you are willing to use it, try to predict if you will need to be moving the projector in order to achieve different image sizes and quality. For example, you may conclude that you will only use it in your bedroom, and you have a furniture to place it on. So you may think you don’t need a tripod or another support. But then you remember that since you will be willing to play videogames and watch comedy series, you will need to constantly move the projector closer and further from the projection wall, in order to achieve the demanded quality and image size. In this case, you will need to analyze if you have where to place it on for each different demand of yours. If not, a tripod may be a good solution.Hope you enjoyed it and found this review useful.Best regards,Albert
David –
Works great while battery is charged
Seller was fantastic on getting this shipped out right away. This was an emergency replacement for my wife’s cookie decorating business, and I ordered it late Friday night and had it show up Sunday. Thank you so much!As for the product, this model was much easier to set up and get started. Reading the instructions, found out this model does not charge while in use, even if its plugged in. The rating provided for the product is based on how this works for my wife. Manual says to put it on an energy saver mode (decreases brightness) to get a 90 minute display for a movie. It does seem to last a couple of hours for the still photo display, but then it shuts off and has to be charged before it can be turned on again. So its a lot of down time in the middle of a job. She’s still trying to find a way to rearrange the way she works, but I suspect we will be buying a different model shortly and keep this as a back up.Updated – used pretty regularly (16-20 hours a week) for barely over a month. Cable needed to charge will not lock in projector. Have to physically put a weight on cable to get it to charge. I’m going to see what manufacturer will do, but I have to send product to them with receipt and description of problem. They will do their best to return within 30 days after receipt. Despite the price and name, this is NOT designed for moderate to heavy use.
Luisa –
Comprei para projetar nos biscoitos. Melhor compra, vale muito a pena!! Chegou no prazo e bem embalado.
Olifile Gami –
This is the best projector. Picture quality is amazing, no need to make the room dark. If you go for it, you will not regret your money.
Maruka –
Es super facil de usar el tamaño es simplemente ideal para trabajos pequeños yo lo compre para el decorado de galletas y estoy fascinada con la calidad de imagen hago todo mas rápido y facil simplemente una excelente compra
Sab –
Bonjour,Je souhaiterais branchez ma tablette pour que le projecteur diffuse une photo mais je nâarrive pas comment faire ?
jmvallejop –
Mi esposa lo usa para dibujar sobre galletas artesanas y está muy contenta con él.Se lo recomendaron por ser uno de los proyectores que permiten enfocar a una distancia más corta. Es ideal para lo que lo necesita.