Anker NEBULA Capsule Max Mini Projector, Pint-Sized Wi-Fi Portable Projector, 200 ANSI Lumen, Native 720p HD, 8W Speaker, Movie Projector, 100 Inch Picture, 4-Hour Video Playtime, Home Entertainment

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What I find interesting about the projector is that it offers keystone correction (making the image rectangular even if you are projecting at an angle) of ± 40° both vertically and horizontally, with an “auto-adjust” feature that works quite well. It projects the Nebula logo and the camera on the front captures it, automatically putting the image in focus and with the right keystoning in roughly one second. Once it’s done it does not need repeating until the device is turned off; once turned on the process is done automatically, though I found it to be slightly less accurate than when starting it manually from the settings menu (for some inexplicable reason). Battery Life

Anker NEBULA Capsule Max Mini Projector, Pint-Sized Wi-Fi

Supported video formats include H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 and DivX 4x/5x/6x, with video decoding up to 1080p at 60 fps. Audio decoding includes MPEG-4 AAC, MPEG-4 HE-AAC, MPEG-4 HE, AACv2, AAC ELD, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, FLAC, MP3, MIDI, Vorbis, PCM/WAVE and Opus. This explains why when I tried playing an MKV of Koyaanisqatsi I ripped off the DVD (yeah, that’s legal in Italy as long as you own the original!) the Capsule Max wouldn’t play the audio despite it being standard AC3. There seem to be a few formats that are not recognised by the device and that require installing different player apps, though one has to resort to manual installation as the Play Store is not present. Alas applications such as Netflix and Prime Video are not usable without the companion app for smartphones, Nebula Connect: this is available for both Android and iOS and allows to control the projector with both a remote-like and a mouse-like control system. A pop-up appears when you open these apps recommending you to use the smartphone control. The nebula Connect app connects fairly easily and fast to the projector, so it’s easy to set up the connection and start watching content. I do like the remote control on the phone app but it takes some getting used to, but easy enough to navigate and you don’t have to worry about forgetting the remote. The Capsule Max’s remote is light; it’s made of a hard plastic that’s pretty solid. The buttons have a rubberized finish.

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While all of this sounds reasonable, it’s worth noting that the Anker Nebula Capsule II costs pretty much the same as both the Nebula Solar Portable and the Nebula Mars II Pro portable projectors. These two other machines have similar features but offer far more in the way of luminance (400 and 500 ANSI-lumens respectively). On top of that, the Mars II’s sound system is even beefier (2x 10W) and the resolution on the Solar goes up to Full HD with HDR and support for 4K inputs. Travel Tech We’ve tested out dozens of products over the last few years to bring you review of gadgets to take on the move. The DLP projector works with Android TV and features an 8W speaker that’s pretty loud. It also has an image that can go all the way to 100 inches in size, which is perfect for conference hall or theater-sized presentations.

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Turning the lights up shows how little luminance there is to play with here. Expect to lose plenty of the action whenever there’s ambient lighting. That’s not a big problem if you’re looking at taking the Capsule II out camping in the countryside, but unless your garden is extremely dark, you might struggle with outdoor cinema use. Sound

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Colour is not what I would call “accurate” even in the best of conditions. Most probably, though, the Capsule Max won’t be used in the best of conditions: the typical setting is to use the projector on a wall or some other less-than-ideal surface. Considering this, the colours are good enough: even when projecting onto a wall they look fine. There’s enough depth and contrast for images to look vibrant and saturated. Colours tend to the warm side and it is especially apparent with the skin tones. This does not take away from the vision at all, though, as it’s a relatively small deviation. This is true regardless of the mode being used, even though the “normal mode” has brighter colours that appear to have less of this issue.