JIMTAB M18 Native 1080P LED Video Projector, Upgraded HD Projector with 300”Display Support AV,VGA,USB,HDMI, Compatible with Xbox,Laptop,iPhone and Android for Academic Display (Dark Star)

The M18 v1.0 is probably one of the best budget projectors on the market. Its picture quality is great (so much better than $100 budget projectors), its brightness is decent for most room lighting conditions, and its sound quality is good. The fans/motor noise is loud, but you tend to not notice it after a couple of weeks. Strategic projector placement and external speakers may help. Otherwise, I’m very happy with my purchase and would recommend any native 1080p projectors, and specifically M18, to any friends/family looking for a mostly enjoyable projector viewing experience. Breakdown incident - after unplugging it for the holidays (~6 days), we plugged it back in and suddenly it wouldn’t turn on. We troubleshooted with new power cord and using other outlets, but still no power (besides faint green light on power button). After communicating with customer service via email, they kindly agreed to send us a new replacement projector free of charge. We’ve had it for a week now, and things appear to be working great again. Long story short, when the projector works as expected, it’s great; when it doesn’t, JIMTAB support will help you troubleshoot and eventually take care of you properly, so it’s great then too.

Bought this projector after only doing a little research online and am content with it. Even in medium lighting in my room, I can make out enough of the picture to see what is going on but that is just the nature of projectors, an already bright room will decrease picture clarity. Overall very pleased with this projector and feel it was a pretty good value. Wish Id have done more research to find one that would automatically adjust the picture because it really limits where you can put it and have it work. If you put it at an angle to the surface it is projecting on, the closest side will be smaller than the farther one. There are a couple manual adjustments you can make to focus the lens or tilt the screen but neither really helps enough to make mounting it point at much of an angle a viable option. Originally I wanted it in the corner of my room but quickly learned that wont work unless I wanted a lop sided screen so I ended up buying a ceiling mount and putting it on the ceiling where it works great. Ultimately this was my fault for not doing the research so I am not holding it against them. Overall, good projector and if you understand the limitations and can work around them, this is a good buy. > Best in darker rooms > Needs to face directly at the surface it will be playing on for best results > Semi noisy fan but it is a projector, easy to ignore once you get use to it > Can flip its orientation to accommodate being mounted up side down or on either side > The remote and construction seems of decent quality

Picture quality is GORGEOUS and when the speakers overpower the projectors fan, the sound quality is also great. I always have guests because now I have the biggest screen, but the fan is louD and it gets hot in the room. With the volume up you can’t hear it anymore and we turn no the fan, but I’m for sure buying a sound bar and mounting it so that it’s not so close to me anymore. (Right now i have it sitting on my vanity close to my bed.)

Terrible audio. The fan is just as loud as the speaker.

I have owned three projectors in my life. Viewsonic, Epson, and a mini 720p projector by 3M. I have used them for presentations in meetings, watching movies, and playing games. In short, given my experience, I highly recommend the JIMTAB M18. I did my research. I watched hours of YouTube reviews for about 20 of these budget Chinese projectors before I settled on this one. The thing that sold me on this model was the common denominator... everyone seemed to love this projector. They have good reasons to! Heres what I like: 1) It is bright enough. When running a presentation in a lit environment with blinds open and lights on, text and graphics are still crisp and readable. With the lights off, the picture is phenomenal. I know there are cheaper native 1080p projectors on Amazon, but what suffers as a result? Would you sacrifice deep blacks for a higher LUX rating? Would you sacrifice color fidelity? I think the contrast and color representation on this model are wonderful. The blacks look black in a darkened room. The colors look natural and even. 2) The fan is quiet enough. I am used to hearing a fan run while using projectors. I feel like many of the reviewers who complain about fan noise on these projectors have no experience to guide their opinions. This is not the loudest projector I have owned, nor is it the quietest. I have owned PC PSUs that were louder. 3) The speaker is loud enough and the sound is good enough. You should not rely on any projector to deliver a high-fidelity audio experience, and this projector is no exception. For presentations, watching YouTube, etc., it will work fine. I recommend a separate audio solution for watching movies and listening to music. The speaker can be heard well over the fan. 4) The picture quality is very good. Running various screen tests, I can confirm that I am pleasantly surprised at the quality of the picture. I did these tests with an 82 white projection screen in a darkened (but not totally dark) room. I noticed a little blurring at the edges of the screen and slight dimming of brightness at the extreme edges. I see these as common traits of all of the projectors Ive used. I suppose you can buy projectors costing thousands more that do not have these issues, but I am happy to save that money for something else. When using the manual keystone control, I noticed some bowing of the image at the top and bottom, and more variation in the focus of the image, but overall, within the acceptable range for my use. 5) The price is excellent. In a crowded market of budget projectors, it can be difficult to choose the right one. The fact that this one costs less than $250, but offers features generally found on name-brand projectors costing $300-400 more is impressive. In summary, if you are looking for a great projector in the crowded field of value projectors, you should seriously consider this one. Lets be real. You cant compare this to a $1000 projector, and nor should you. This is the right projector for business presentations in environments where lighting can be controlled. This is the right projector for a kids room. This is the right projector for a backyard movie party. This is the right projector for watching TV, and movies, until you can afford to step up to a $1000 system.

I have wanted a projector for a long time. After doing a lot of research and shopping around, I finally decided to buy this one. This was a wise choice. Im glad I bought it. By looking at those pictures, you can tell how clear it is. Clear imagine with a great price. Believe me, You wont regret your money! This is definitely an item that has improved my mood. I can lie in bed and watch TV on a big screen. It also has a nice plastic cover, so when I dont use it. I can cover the lid, so the dust wont get in. Overall, I am very satisfied with this purchase.

The title doesnt do it justice. The Projector isnt little, in fact its actually decently sized. Its not really a Portable projector at all. With that out of the way, lets get onto the actual review. I received the projector on the estimated day, even after having some technical difficulties with Amazon. That has nothing to do with the actual product, more of a note about Amazons warehouse. The projector arrived, and i set it up and used it right away, and was blown away with how clear the image was compared to another projector I ordered. This projector is TRUE native 1080P, which i was really concerned about, after getting burned by Venkyos projectors. I rated the Picture, and Value for money a 3 out of 5 stars based upon my own testing. One side of the image is always blurry, but I suspect that has nothing to do with the projector, and more about my setup, and once Im able to get a more substantial setup, and do more testing, Ill change the star rating accordingly. My current setup is just a Plain white sheet stretched and nailed to a Wood paneled wall (the wall is not 100% True/straight, so that probably affects the image. The brightness is amazing, though it still requires a pretty dark room to see the image clearly, it is possible to view it in a adequately lit environment. I used a Blu-ray player, my Macbook Pro, and Xbox one on this projector, and each time, i was surprised with the quality. Its easily able to play 60FPS videos/content with out any ghosting that I noticed. all in all, for the price, Id say this is easily a steal. the customer support is also very amazing. They have good live support if you contact them through their Facebook page. At the time of my purchase, they were doing a special, where if you give them your Order #, they will send you a gift free of charge. While the gifts are just novelty items, its still something that shows they care about their customers. I would rate their Customer support 5 out of 5 stars. They checked in with me after I received the gift, to make sure I got it, and to check on how the Projector is working out for me.

I wanted my first projector so I can dabble in visual projecting for artistic purposes for small projects like mural sketching and ambient illumination for artistic events, but I didnt want to spend a ton, as its not my main work tool. The projector works, is bright enough for my purposes The audio from the projector is also nice and loud, and the fan noise isnt too bothersome. But the edges do get a tad blurry when trying to focus, and of course, as other reviewers have pointed out, the brightness isnt what is described. Im giving it 5 stars because for the price and my purposes its ok. If someday I need something more professional, I will purchase one of the bigger brand names, but as in introductory tool, its great.

This is the most annoying thing I have ever dealt with in my entire life and that’s saying a lot. The audio cuts out extremely often (every 5 seconds to every 15mins) and you either have to restart your computer, switch to a different audio output & back again, or turn off the projector & back on again, and these solutions only work for a couple of seconds to a few minutes at most. I’ve only had it for a year and I’ve had this problem ever since I bought it.

Let me start by saying this $200 projector is better than the LCD one I bought for $2000 15 years ago (Panasonic L300U). But it has some issues that might be a deal breaker for you. PROS : Great picture. Nice black levels. Lightweight and easy to mount (I made my own). Its BLACK (what is with all these white projectors?!), True native 1080p. It has a nice response time so playing video games on it works great as well. LED lamp means tens of thousands of hours, so using it as much as a TV is just fine. CONS : Noisy. You wont notice most of the time but during quiet scenes you hear the fan. The lens cover only goes on if the lens is completely retracted inside the unit, meaning you have to refocus every time you use it (you may want to fashion your own cover to avoid this). It also gets dusty. 6 months in there are grey spots ALL OVER the screen in white scenes. You can open it up and clean them off, but a better filter system should have been put in place. Again you might do your own to fix this. Im not sure if the fan intake is the only place the dust gets in though. OVERALL : For $200 its a great projector, ticking many of the boxes I was waiting for at this price-point (1080p native, response time, black levels) but youll have to do some old fashioned modding to get rid of the dust/noise/lens cover gripes.