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I've always dreamed of owning a projector but the idea of losing my TV is kind of scary but now with pocket projectors and their quality image their small size and portability maybe it's time for me to actually buy one I live in a crammed - New York City apartment and I don't want to dedicate thousands of dollars to a massive home theater setup but with a pocket projector I could put it anywhere in my house and adjust the image size so make it big or small I could also bring it anywhere with me so I could even take it up to my roof okay so if you don't know pico projectors are smaller and more affordable than what you usually think of as a home theater projector a good one should have decent battery life or at least enough to last two hour movie quality image and acceptable sound so you don't have to use external speakers also you should be able to play content off your phone or laptop without much hassle I tested the five best projectors under $600 and the winner I found to be the inker Nebula capsule for $350 unlike all the other projectors the capsule runs Android so it has apps built in including YouTube and Netflix and you can connect to your home Wi-Fi or your phone hotspot if you're outside it also supports airplay yes airplay so I'm aired content from my phone on the projector I'm actually connected to a home media server so is able to watch content from my phone on the projector it also supports Android devices because it supports miracast it has an HDMI port as well so if you want to connect to your laptop chromecast or a fire stick you can do that too the capsule projects at an 854 by 480 resolution with a 16 by 9 aspect ratio it supposedly reaches up to 100 lumens of brightness but it really can seem that bright and definitely looks best in a dark room Ankur says its battery should last up to 4 hours and I'm not sure if he'll go that long that I can say I watched Captain America Civil War which is two and a half hours long and I handled it just fine I wish it charged over USBC like some of its competition but the microUSB does the job other than its Android apps I also appreciated the capsule speakers they were by far the best of any of the projectors that soda can shape works well to spread the sound around a room anchor even advertises the projector as a Bluetooth speaker and I can see why it handles music and movie soundtracks while regardless of where its place that shape also helps with the projectors actual placement because you might not need an extra platform to raise it up unlike other projectors that lie flat you can control playback in the projector in general through its remote although you have to be within a narrow range for to actually register commands it also has a companion iOS and Android app but I had trouble pairing my phone in the projector the other obvious downside to my pick are its fans which are kind of loud but not the loudest my dream projector would be silent of course but I haven't found one that is the capsule is the best overall projector but if you value image quality you might prefer the more expensive LG pH 550 at $550 the LG is $200 more than the capsule but offers 720p HD resolution that looks great you can also make lots of image adjustments including brightness color and contrast it can supposedly project a 550 lumens and ice clearly saw a brightness difference between it and the rest of the competition but its speakers are horrendous and it's bulky making it the least portable of all the projectors you also need to bring your laptop or foam with you to supply the content you want to watch there's an HDMI port so you can connect a streaming box but that will limit your ability to take this projector outdoors I tested a few other projectors as well I loved the slim shape of the sony MP CD and the picture quality was crisp and nice to look at this would be my other brunner up its primary downside is its speakers the mini projector M 175 is sold in Apple stores and has a cool angling feature so you can aim it at walls without a stand however an HDMI cable weighs it down and makes it difficult to use the axe of P six was disqualified almost immediately because of its bulky form and loud fans I flew to Chicago with all of these projectors in my carry-on which wasn't exactly a pleasant experience but did prove that they're truly portable the TSA agents who obviously wanted to examine them were shocked how small they were and is true they're super tiny and that's really impressive the pico projector field is still developing but anchor has built the most complete device for a casual on-the-go user so go ahead and live your wire free life and watch a backyard movie thanks for watching if you use any of these projectors in your day to day life let me know in the comment I'm curious about how it's going also if you liked this video you'll probably like Verge science so go check it out at youtube.com slash Virg science