Danieladbidh
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Thirty-six thousand nine hundred yen for 250 ISO lumens is the number I keep coming back to on this one. XGIMI launched the Nova Air in Japan on October 30 as an entry model in the Nova line: full HD LCD, LED light source, 1500:1 contrast, a throw range of 45 to 150 inches, and a gimbal stand built into the body that turns through 300 degrees so you can swing it up at the ceiling. There is also a bundle with an 80-inch screen at 37,900 yen, and the launch coupon on XGIMI's own store and Amazon Japan dropped it to 26,800 until November 12.
The part people will skim past is that there is no battery. It needs mains power, AC 100-240V, so despite weighing 1.2kg and the gimbal doubling as a carry handle, this is a room-to-room projector, not a garden one. Sound is a 6W pair of 3W drivers branded Sound by JBL, it works as a Bluetooth speaker, and there is a speaker light mode for when it is just sitting there glowing. It runs XGIMI OS with Netflix, YouTube and Prime Video listed, plus autofocus and continuous keystone. Ports are DC, one HDMI and one USB, with Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.1. It even ships with decorating stickers, which tells you exactly who the target buyer is.
My honest read: the 150-inch figure is a geometry number, not a usable one. At 250 ISO lumens you are looking at a dark bedroom and something closer to 60-80 inches if you want the picture to hold up, and the ceiling trick works best there anyway. As a bedroom ceiling toy with real Netflix it makes sense. As anyone's first proper projector, it will set expectations too low.
The part people will skim past is that there is no battery. It needs mains power, AC 100-240V, so despite weighing 1.2kg and the gimbal doubling as a carry handle, this is a room-to-room projector, not a garden one. Sound is a 6W pair of 3W drivers branded Sound by JBL, it works as a Bluetooth speaker, and there is a speaker light mode for when it is just sitting there glowing. It runs XGIMI OS with Netflix, YouTube and Prime Video listed, plus autofocus and continuous keystone. Ports are DC, one HDMI and one USB, with Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.1. It even ships with decorating stickers, which tells you exactly who the target buyer is.
My honest read: the 150-inch figure is a geometry number, not a usable one. At 250 ISO lumens you are looking at a dark bedroom and something closer to 60-80 inches if you want the picture to hold up, and the ceiling trick works best there anyway. As a bedroom ceiling toy with real Netflix it makes sense. As anyone's first proper projector, it will set expectations too low.
