TMY 5G WiFi Projector with Bluetooth 5.1, 9000 Lumens HD Movie Projector, 1080P Supported Mini Projector, Portable Outdoor Projector, Compatible with TV Stick, Phone, Computer, HDMI, USB, AV, TF
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Erik R Radford
> 24 hourFirst projector I got shorted my xbox. Customer service made it right and replace the Xbox. The second one works. Minus one star for having to replace my xbox.
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Manuel Gottlieb
> 24 hourMe and my family really Enjoy this thing I waited a decent amount of time before reviewing. Can confirm it’s definitely worth it. However my lens seems to be dirty in the inside somehow and I can’t seem to get it cleaned which really sucks because it makes my projector screen look dirty when it’s actually not.
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Ntfk52
> 24 hourI bought this to occasionally watch movies from the comfort of my bed (I know, what American doesnt have a TV in their bedroom? Me... I do not believe TVs belong in the bedroom). I was successfully able to mirror my Samsung Galaxy s10e & use my Bluetooth Bose speaker. The video quality is decent (I assume it would be better if I had a projector screen instead of my wall/ceiling) the fan noise wasnt distracting & the setup was fairly simple. We however were unsuccessful in mirroring my friends IPhone & this is why I gave 4 stars.
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Shady OGrady
> 24 hourThe first unit I received malfunctioned (review of that below.) Despite it being slightly past the return window, customer service reached out. I am modifying my review based on their superior customer service. They sent me a new unit immediately (that works much better so far.) They also followed up and really made sure I was satisfied. I would trust this company again based on the customer service and standing behind their product alone. Initial review: Total junk. We dont use it often so are a bit past the return window. We used this once and it worked well. I reboxed it into the package and stored it on a shelf. Went to use it for an important presentation and nothing. So it worked one time and now, it wont turn on at all. Ive followed all of the trouble shooting/ tested the outlet, etc. The unit is plugged in and wont power on at all.
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Ebony Cawthorne
> 24 hourI bought this a few months ago and started out working fine. The projector fan is a bit loud and noisy but you get used to it. The no sound problem started two months ago where I turned on the projector as usual and the sound doesnt work. No sound from the home screen. No sound when I go to another app (ex: Hulu, Netflix, Youtube). Nothing! Then the sound would come back either a few hours later when I tried again or the next day. I would unplug everything from the projector sometimes and then plug everything back up and the sound would still not return. I realized theres nothing I can do and just essentially wait until the sound comes back which is sporadic. For example, I was watching a show yesterday and now this morning the sound came on for a few seconds and then stopped working. So, now Im unable to thoroughly enjoy the projector as I previously had. This is honestly very embarrassing as I was going to use this projector for an arts event and brought it as a backup because I wasnt confident the sound would work in front of the live audience. I choose another projector just to be on the safe side. I dont know if this projector is faulty or if this is a gradual problem with this make and model but Im disappointed in this purchase now because I just wanted to enjoy my viewing content without all this hassle and wondering if my sound will work today or not. I would appreciate a replacement for a newer model because I did originally enjoy the projector and its capabilities.
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John Rollins
> 24 hourJust as a matter of perspective I have never bought or used a projector before. That being said I love this product. Got it on a whim for my daughter’s birthday (3) thinking it would be fun to have a movie night in the backyard with a fire pit and some company over and that was a huge success. The projector is easy to set up and understand the instructions. I’ve been plugging my Amazon fire stick into the hdmi port and using the streaming apps I already own to play movies. The picture on the screen is crisp and bright. The sound on the projector itself isn’t great but it’s a small speaker so no surprise there. I can hook up a blue tooth speaker and take care of that easily. Have used it with the projector facing toward the screen but it got knocked over as people moved around to get to their chairs so lately we have set it to film behind the screen and that works great too and we have done this 3 or 4 times now and enjoyed it each time. Happy not to break the bank for a simple projector that the kids love to use outside.
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James
> 24 hourUpdated Review: Shortly after I wrote my original review, I was contacted by TMY with an offer of a replacement projector to make things right. Through the whole process, their customer service was top notch. Now, as far as the Projector goes, they sent me a slightly newer model than this one, so take this review with a grain of salt, as I cant be certain on what a new unit for this model will be like. Anyway, on to the review: In short, this projector is pretty good for the price, you just need to know what you want in a projector. Weve had an old Vankyo projector for the past 4 years, with similar specs to this one. It has 15 degree keystone tilt, 75%-100% zoom, 230 ANSI lumens, and several inputs. Pretty simple projector that is just aging a bit and has fit our needs fairly well. The lens has gotten some scratches on it from our 4 kids, and some burn in, so we figured we would get a new one, with maybe 1-2 new feature. Now, it looks like Vankyo has been kicked off Amazon for some shady practices (they offered me a free projector stand in exchange for a review at the time), so I had to look at other options. Enter the TMY. I looked around at new projectors in the same price point with one additional feature I wanted, bluetooth audio. The Vankyos built in speakers were fine, but when we did outdoor movies, having to hook up cords was kind of a pain, and I wanted something that would get loud enough to be heard over the occasional airplane that flew overhead. The TMY seemed to check all the boxes. It had a slightly brighter bulb with about 100 more ANSI lumens, and had bluetooth for audio. All the other specs seemed similar, so I pulled the trigger on a Cyber Monday sale. The unit I received was clearly a returned item, with gouges on the casing that looked like someone tried to pry it open at one point (maybe an attempt to repair it?). The keystone on it was awful, the focus wouldnt focus very clearly, and, I realized, it didnt have any zoom support. So I returned it and wrote an honest review of the experience and projector, with the caveat that a new unit might be better overall than the returned one I was sent. The one problem I had with it that I knew would be an issue regardless if all the other issues were fixed was the key feature that it lacked a zoom function. So when TMY contacted me offering a replacement with their newer model, I went to the page and looked it up to make sure the newer model supported zoom. A free replacement projector is nice, but if it doesnt work for my needs, it doesnt work for my needs. Luckily, the newer model said it supported zoom, so I went ahead and got the replacement. The new projector is much nicer than the old. The picture focuses much easier, the keystone adjusts much easier, and the audio with bluetooth on my speaker is amazing. Theres a little lag on YouTube, but with everything else the audio has been perfectly in sync. Overall, it worked pretty well. I had it running side by side with my old Vankyo and the picture was quite a bit brighter and better overall. The only problem I was having was, I couldnt find the zoom option anywhere in the menu. I contacted customer service again and asked them about the zoom function as noted on the product page. They were quick to respond, but unfortunately let me know it didnt actually support zoom, but the zoom function was only for media from the usb/sd card reader it supported, not for making the picture smaller. So, if youve read the far, this is the main problem with this projector, and the reason I cant give it more stars, in spite of TMYs great customer service. But, if your usage is different than mine, it might be a fine projector for you. When you cant zoom in and out with a projector to make the screen smaller, you have to do it by physically moving the projector forward and backward. The problem with this is, if you need to say, mount it on a shelf and the shelf is too far back. Theres no way to shrink the image to fit the screen its projecting on. And, without having a digital 4D keystone like some more expensive projectors, this also means it for the most part needs to be right in the center of where youre going to project it on. So, in our case, it doesnt fit in our kids playroom where we wanted to put it on a shelf where they a: cant reach it, and b: it stays out of the middle of the floor. We also tried it in our living room, but it has to be so close to the wall we project onto and in the middle of the room that it is a little in the way and we had to makeshift a stand for it to get it high enough for it to project at the right height. We finally found a spot where it will work in our bedroom, where we set it up on a table in the middle of the floor, about 6 feet from the wall in order to keep the screen size small enough to fit the spot we have available for it. But this requires us to move the table out to that spot every time we want to use it, and move it back when we are done. Additionally, the fan is quite a bit louder than our Vankyo was, which isnt bad for watching movies with the family, especially outdoors when we have the audio turned way up, but with the place it works the best currently, in our bedroom, where we dont have the audio as loud, the fan can be a bit distracting. So, to sum up, the TMY is a solid projector for the price, depending on what you need it for. If you dont mind moving it back and forth to get the right screen size, or plan on using it exclusively outdoors at night, it will probably work just fine for you. If you need to mount it somewhere, you probably want to make sure the area you are projecting on is the right distance away for the size before you purchase this, or look for something with a zoom. It will make your life much easier. For us, after this experience we decided we would go ahead and spend a little more and get all the features we knew we wanted, and have ordered yet another projector that has 4D keystone, 50%-100% zoom options, bluetooth audio, and about 900 ANSI lumens, so we can watch movies outside before the sun sets as well. It was a little over double the price of this one though, so it really just depends on what you want to spend for the features you want. Well be keeping this one for our bedroom for now, because it does have a lot going for it, and I definitely want to find a use for it where I can. Original Review: I bought this projector supposedly on a Cyber Monday sale, though after Cyber Monday it was actually $1 cheaper than what I paid for it. Not a big deal, but felt pretty shady overall. But thats just the tip of the iceberg of problems. Once it arrived and I opened it up, I noticed there was no plastic wrapping the projector, just a thin piece of foam on only 1 side. The cords were not wrapped either, and the twist tie was off one of them and just floating in the box. The projector was clearly a returned item. The projector itself had scratches all over the housing and the lens had smudges on it. Well, I figured I would try it out anyway and plugged it in and got it set up with my Roku. The picture quality was worse than my old projector that is very smudged and has some permanent damage to the lens (which is why I was buying a new one). The keystone didnt have a very wide range for adjustment, and made a grinding noise when I adjusted it. The focus was also not great and never really got into focus. And finally, the fan was louder than my last projector, and much higher pitched, harder to ignore. The sound itself wasnt awful, though it didnt matter much to me because I got this to use with a bluetooth speaker, but, with the fans loud noise, it wasnt great. The menu was also pretty difficult to use, something Id taken for granted with my last projector as well. Some of these issues are likely due to it being a returned item, and may not be indicative of an overall bad product, however, there are a few things that, even if the projector was brand new and operating properly, I would still not keep it for. No Zoom option. I didnt realize how much I used this, but in some spaces, I really need the option to shrink down the screen size. Short Keystone range. This is doubly affected by the lack of zoom. The projector really has to be placed in the exact right spot to get anywhere near a normal picture. Difficult Menu. There are several extra steps just to switch between inputs easily through the menu. Its just poor design and frustrating to use. If you dont need the zoom function, and are mounting this somewhere where the keystone isnt important, and happen to be lucky enough to get a new one that works otherwise, this might not be a bad projector for you. But I cant be certain, because the picture also wasnt ever that clear and the fan was pretty loud, both potentially defects that arent on all models, but maybe not, maybe its just not a good picture.
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Kevin C.
> 24 hourBought this projector to use outdoors and it works great. Price was great for what I got and its easy to use and set up.
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Rae D.
> 24 hourBefore the 1st month was up the picture started to get dark in the middle. I ordered a replacement and the replacement ended up doing the same. I would have returned it for a refund but I let the time expire. It’s been at least 3 months and the faded spot is expanding. Had the fading not been a thing I’d give 4 stars. It can get a really blurry in some corners if the projector isn’t 100% straight. Otherwise The picture quality is good. *Edit* +1 star. The store reached out to me and offered an upgraded replacement device free of charge. I declined. Then they sent a full refund at market value. I don’t know if their upgraded projector is any better but it is worth it to try out solely based on the company’s morale.