Aurzen BOOM mini projector review – A mini projector that makes a vig impact

REVIEW – Growing up, I had a couple of friends whose parents had projectors in their homes. I thought it was the most amazing thing. They would hang from the ceiling and a screen would descend from the ceiling on the other side of the room as well. It was like having a movie theater in your house.  So when I had a house of my own, I definitely wanted to do the same.  However, at the time I didn’t know anything about projector quality, and bought an incredibly cheap one off Amazon and a screen to boot.  I realized quickly that I had made a mistake.  The speakers were basically nonexistent, and the line out was not powerful enough to connect a reasonably sized speaker to it.  And getting content onto it in the first place was a pain.  So it was short lived to say the least.  All that to say that when the Aurzen BOOM mini projector went up for review.  I had to try my hand again.

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Price: $349.99
Where to buy: Aurzen and Amazon

What is it?

The Aurzen BOOM mini projector is an all in one theater package!  It comes with Google TV built in so all you have to do is sign into your streaming services on the projector itself and start watching.  In addition to that it has some pretty impressive (size considering) speakers on the back.  Along with the included remote and power cable; you just throw this in your pack and set up wherever you like.

What’s included?

• Aurzen BOOM mini projector
• Power cable
• Remote
• User manual

Tech specs

Assembly, Installation, Setup

Unboxing the BOOM mini was fine.  Nothing amazing, but the unit takes care of that after it up and running.  Power was as straight forward as it gets.  Since it has built-in speakers there was literally one cord to connect the projector to power.

Setup was pretty easy as well (as easy as connecting a “smart” device to the internet and signing into all your apps).  Although since you set this up through the Google Home app, if you already have it on your phone and are already signed in, it’s very straightforward and automatically logs you into all your Google apps.  You do still have to log into all your streaming services, but most of them have a QR code to scan and you’re basically logged in if you have the app already on your phone.

Design and features

First things first: the remote.  And it’s fine.  It is extremely light.  Take that as good or bad.  That’s more a matter of preference, but to me it feels kind of cheap.  It doesn’t detract from the function of the remote at all though.  It gets the job done.  The buttons are pretty solid and feel very clicky.

The picture is better than I expected it to be.  At a resolution of 1080p it is on the lower end these days, what with all the 4k TVs we have.  But honestly, the picture quality is really good for most things you are going to watch.

The brightness is where it starts to show its price point, but only ever so slightly.  It honestly punches well above.  I was ready to knock the 500 lumens as just ok.  I assumed it would be dim in daylight.  And it is a little, but it was way brighter in a light environment that I thought it was going to be.  Use in a dark room or in the evening is still going to be the most ideal situation , but this thing holds up in the light of day.

The auto focus and auto keystone correction is just plain magic!  I know a lot of decently priced projectors have these features, but it never ceases to amaze me.  The last cheap projector I bought had none of this and you had to adjust everything manually.  Not having to worry if I over-corrected the focus, or if the picture is just a little angled, and I can’t tell, is just such a nice issue not to have to think about.  I realize this is kind of ridiculous, but this might be one of my favorite things about the product.

As for surfaces; take your pick.  Of course I set it up on a projector screen and it looked great.  My son had been asking for a TV in his room for a while now so I set this up for him and it works great on a wall as well (even the lime green wall in his room).  It was also set up right next to one of the can lights in his room where I was sure it was going to be washed out but it really held its own.

We even angled it at the ceiling!  Because of the way it’s mounted with a swivel it’s perfect for twisting up into the ceiling.  And again the auto focus and keystone correction kicks in and makes the picture just perfect.

The sound is pretty good for its size.  It’s definitely not going to be as good as hooking up some external dedicated speakers of course, but the fact that it has built in speakers at all is great.  One less thing to worry about setting up.  Are you seeing the theme here?

The speakers sound a little hollow.  They Also claim it has “deep base”.  I would not go that far but it gets the job done.  However, it’s really hard to hold any of this against the unit or company when again, they are built in.  If you want better sound you can use the bluetooth and send the sound out to an external speaker setup.

It also gets pretty loud.  In the fall, we do movies out in the yard for the neighbors, where we usually watch holiday movies.  In the past, in addition to the cheap projector we were using, I would also have to set up a receiver with separate speakers and an Apple TV.  All this to get decent sound.  Now, with speakers in the unit, as well as google TV on board all I will have to bring is the projector itself.  And that’s it!  So convenient.  I know I’m starting to sound like a broken record, but the point still stands.

As for the software, Live TV is great. It reminds me of a childhood of non-internet-connected TVs where you just turned it on and started flipping through the channels to see what was on. I kind of love it. To be fair, you can do this with other providers like Tubi and Pluto, but it’s nice that it’s built into the system here. Actually, I think Google TV is pulling from Pluto TV for the live TV function, but I could be wrong about that.

Google TV itself seems to be a bit laggy.  When clicking on screen elements it takes 1 to 2 seconds for it to register and start loading whatever you clicked on.  Not in navigating the interface, but in selecting to open service providers (Netflix, Disney++, etc.).  I don’t know if this is an issue with the unit or google TV.  And loading something always takes longer than it does on the Apple TVs that we normally use.

Final thoughts

The Aurzen BOOM mini projector just removes all the pain points of using a projector.  It removes all the pain points of family movie night.  It let us get to the fun without the hassle of tons of setup.  I love this thing and would highly recommend you pick it up if you are considering a projector.

What I like about Aurzen BOOM mini projector

• Auto focus and keystoning correction
• Portability
• Built-in speakers
• Brightness of picture even in daylight
• Onboard Google TV (streaming apps)

What needs to be improved?

• Sound could be a little better.  A little more base.
• Maybe more memory to improve the lag/loading of media

Price: $349.99
Where to buy: Aurzen and Amazon
Source: The sample of this product was provided for free by Aurzen. Aurzen did not have a final say on the review and did not preview the review before it was published.

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