AAXA P300 Neo LED Video Projector with 2.5 Hour Rechargeable Battery, Onboard Media Player, HDMI/Mini VGA/USB/microSD Inputs, iPhone iPad PS4 Xbox Compatible, 1080p Support

I have had this little projector for over a month. PROs It is compact, when it works well, it works mostly very well. The speaker is "nahhh" but you dont expect great speakers in projectors. It does its job well. It has batteries although they dont last much unless you have the light source in Eco. It isnt heavy and mostly delivers. CONS 1. At least mine has some issues connecting correcly to the cable box. The image is fine, but sound works sometimes, and some other times it does not. The same HDMI source, when used on my old OPTOMA HD projector or on my LED TV always works fine. So the issue is the projector. I took the time of writing to AAXA before writing this review. We exchanged emails with a nice guy called Michael. Most of the time he tried to explain how everything worked and the problem was just mine. After going back and forth 9 times, I finally gave up. He was very nice to apologize but then again, he said that there must be a compatibility issue between my Cable box and the unit (again, the problem was mine and not the units). As I explained to him in my last email before giving up, I get sound, another days I dont...on, off...if it is incompatible, it just does not work since the software cannot "work out issues" (it is not a programmer, it is just a program), so it will not work out what is wrong. If it works sometimes, and sometimes it does not (while everywhere else the connection is always fine), then it is either an issue with the HDMI imput or with the projectors software. Thats it. So we agreed to disagree. 2. Other annoying little issues: a. I put the lamp in BOOST mode, and the projector, on its own, brings back brightness to Standard within 10 minutes. It will just not stay on BOOST (brightest) b. Focus is very annoying. It is just a short wheel. So if you miss the exact spot, you are off focus. ALSO, if you have it working with the tripod it comes with and listening loudly with the onboard speaker, it will shake enough to move it and to get it off focus. I have to get up every 20 minutes to refocus. c. This is common of all these small projectors, the interface works but it is awful, and the remote is just garbage. OVERALL: It is still a nice little projector and it delivers a lot for your buck. It is just full of little nagging issues which very much detract from what could be an enjoyable experience. Their service department is responsive but I wish it tried to solve issues instead of, very politely, trying to convince the user that there is nothing wrong with the unit... Just because it works, and it is bright (although very often only when it feels like it) and has sound (again, mostly when it feels like it)... 3 Stars.

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I mostly like it for the size, contrast, brightness. I use it almost every day. The colors had to be tained down to about half of the default which makes the picture a little pail nut more reasonable because the default is too "punchy" alot of saturation , which makes the reds really pink and glowing... it sounds like an old laptop on high performance mode. you definetly hear the fan, but with the movie in the background you forget. if you want the projector to attach subtitles to the movie it doesnt work. subtitles in english are unreadable, and other language such as hebrew doesnt work. I think the price is good but you have to know the downsides. PROS: size , contrast, brightnes, good white color. sharp if you nail the focus ring by the milimeter. no lag. nice tripod. price. remembers last settings. good standart light even with battery but for 30 minutes- eco mode is longer. (buying an extrenal battery for outdoor use as it draws only 25W) CONS: color too harsh. red is pink. no subtitle support (very important for traveling if you are not english native - now i have to buy a player..), a lot of light is spread around the picture (like a 20% frame of dim light). no keystone on the device bottons (have to keep the remote with you). handle gently with focus ring to nail exact focus. update : loses focus after few minutes. needs to be refocused after about 5 minutes. and than stays in focus

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After owning an old P1-J for years(and loving it), I upgraded to this. Pros: * Real HDMI input * Keystone correction. Granted, its digital, but still way better than nothing. Cons: * Archaic onboard "media player" is terrible for several reasons: 1- Its very finicky about what formats it will play, and AAXA gives no documentation on what codecs work best. 2- Theres a lot of input lag when using the remote. 3- When moving the selector over a file, if you stop, the entire interface will lock-up for a few seconds, the screen will go totally blank, and then it will start playing a "preview" of the file. Theres no way to stop this or to turn it off. * Battery life is "iffy" - best results occur when plugged in. The wall-brick draws 36 watts max, so you can power it off of a Jackery powerbar. Also, the included power-supply is very bulky. For the price, this thing should just run off of USB-C. * The included remote-control is terrible for several reasons: 1- All buttons are shaped the same way, so if youre using it in the dark you cant distinguish one button from another 2- If you forget/lose the remote, the buttons on the top of the projector arent very useful. They are capacitive, so its hard to tell what youre pressing. Also, many functions are difficult/impossible to do without the remote. 3- Lots of input lag. * 32GB max on the USB and Microsd card? Called support regarding this, and they said "Well, it might work with bigger devices, but this is the highest we support". Get real! Nobody has cards this small anymore. This is a big limitation, and even their latest high-end 4k projector says 32gb max. Thankfully, most of the cons are alleviated if you just use the HDMI input, which works as youd expect. Given this, I love my projector and would probably get another one.

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The menu on the top was very sensitive -- almost impossible to not activate the menu when adjusting the projection position. It was bright and had good resolution. The keystone correction feature was very fiddly to use. The signal from the HDMI would often cut out without warning and youd have to re-select the input. After testing it for a day, I found the cons far outweighed the benefit in a professional mini-presentation situation. I returned it and will look for a more suitable projector.

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I enjoyed the picture quality and brightness for two movie nights. I cant get over how loud and tonal the fan is. The space I wanted to watch movies on the wall means that our heads are pretty close to the unit. If it was a higher pitch white wush of air it would be OK, but my unit had a lower frequency rumble that was really noticeable in movies.

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