in this video we're going to be taking a look at one of the best looking projectors on the
market and as good as it physically looks does the picture match up so i've managed to get my
hands on this nebula cosmos 4k laser projector now this projector is made by the company anka they've
not sent it to me in this video is not sponsored these are my honest opinions now you cannot argue
that it doesn't look good on the outside but today we're going to find out if it is actually as good
as it looks so it is 4k you can get a 1080p version it supports hdr10 it runs android tv
and one of the highlights of a projector like this is that it actually supports netflix natively
i cannot tell you how annoying it is that no projector supports netflix this is actually
the first one that i've reviewed that has it built in and working so the projector weighs just under
five kilograms and just under about 11 pounds and it is a pretty heavy piece of kit now it doesn't
mean it's not portable it's got a massive handle on the top underneath the handle it is rubberized
which means it's actually very easy to grip and because of that big handle it's not hard to get
around even though it's quite heavy now it does have that gun metal coating on the outside it
isn't metal it is plastic but it does look very good and it still feels pretty quality i really
like the gun metal color choice and with the sort of perforated speaker holes and fan holes
it actually looks really really nice and i'm a massive fan of the red detailing around the lens
and the nebula logo on the back of the projector we do have a power port one hdmi port and a usb
port there's also an auxiliary audio out as well so if you want to use that that is an option for
you and inside this little hatch at the back there is a little port for a media dongle in a sense
this media dongle is the brains of the projector so that is where your android tv is installed and
that's where you're going to be accessing all of your streaming apps and content that way now i
would describe this projector as a semi-portable projector it's not a portable projector in the
fact that it doesn't have a battery inside it but it is actually much easier to just
switch on and use than most normal projectors it does have automatic focusing and auto keystoning
as well so that means you can sort of just put it down anywhere facing any wall and it's going to be
getting you that perfect aspect ratio that you should expect now it does all of this using the
sensors on the front of the projector now i think if this did have a battery in it it would be the
perfect portable projector but unfortunately power requirements and stuff to actually have a decent
projector means that it's going to need to be plugged in now there are two ways of controlling
this projector one of them is with the remote it's a fairly nice and simple design you get some
shortcuts to your favorite apps and just basic navigational tools the other way of operating the
projector is actually from the touch pad at the top if i touch up here you can see that the panel
will light up and once it is up you can see all of the buttons that you got you can navigate around
different apps you can also do things like change the volume which is really nice so as i mentioned
earlier like most projectors this projector does run android tv now android tv is a perfectly fine
operating system luckily the chip inside this is actually quite quick and it navigates android tv
pretty well ultimately i didn't really notice much delay while i'm going around different apps
so for ease of use and for actually getting around this thing this thing definitely ticks the box now
because it's android tv it means you can download apps from the google play store there's anything
from normal streaming apps to potentially even games now i would say i wouldn't recommend playing
games on this it's powerful enough for navigating apps i wouldn't say it's particularly well built
to play games on now one of the apps that on other smart projectors just doesn't ever work is netflix
now they actually do have a license for netflix with this projector and because they have that
it means that you can just load up the app and watch it like on any normal tv streaming stick or
anything it's not like annoying projectors where they just don't have support for it if you haven't
seen any of my other projector reviews i can assure you is one of the most frustrating things
about buying a projector in this day and age now because this is a laser projector it does have
some pros and cons the pros of a laser projector is that the colors are very good and so is the
contrast a lot of the time projectors can feel a little bit washed out especially if there's any
ambient light going around with a laser projector your colors do tend to be a bit more saturated now
one of the issues with laser projectors is that you can get something called rainbow effect now
this is a weird one and for some people they're more susceptible to it than others i don't really
understand the physics or the biology of it but that is just the case personally i don't get
affected by it so i can't really make a massive comment on it i have heard from other people that
this isn't actually the worst for rainbow effect so bear that in mind unfortunately i'm not really
a reliable source so i tend to not care isn't that i have good eyes or is it that i'm not very
observant probably both now being a semi-portable projector brings good things and bad things the
good things are that you can set it up and play anywhere you just need a power source the problems
is that it doesn't necessarily have the most compatibility that a built-in projector might have
namely it's only got one hdmi port and it's got no real audio out other than an auxiliary port
now i would have liked them to at least included an optical audio out or hdmi arc but only having
one hdmi port for me isn't really good enough that being said the speakers are actually pretty good
if this is a projector you're just gonna whip out on the odd use being semi-portable do you
need all those ports probably not now also because it is a portable projector it's not something that
you're necessarily going to be mounting you can mount it on a tripod or on a fixed base
it's got a standard sort of camera tripod port at the bottom and you can also ceiling mount it using
that port i didn't really know if i would sort of trust that fitting but it is there if you want to
use it now if you just pop the projector on the side it's actually not necessarily going to be
hitting a screen that's up in the air which is a little bit frustrating and there's no sort of ways
to adjust it other than necessarily propping it up with something underneath it now you can flip
it over on its head as if you're going to mount it and if you pop it on the floor it is going to prop
the projector at an angle so potentially you can use that to get to the angle you want to get it at
but there's no sort of rubber foot grips or anything like that on the top of the projector
so you might get some scuffs or scratches on it and also you're now not going to be able to access
the touch ports so maybe it's just worth propping up with a couple of books or a tripod so how good
is this projector well luckily it's got something going this favor it's very bright it's got 2
400 iso lumens which is actually very very good it works out about 3 000 antsy lumens so if you're
comparing it to other projectors that's a good way of doing it so because this projector is
very bright it means that you are going to get a very good image even if it's not necessarily
the darkest room now we use an alr screen which is a screen designed to reject ambient light which
i think is probably the best way of watching a projector but you can just project this onto any
sort of wall and because it's very bright you're going to be getting a good image now obviously
the colors are fairly accurate out of the box now i couldn't actually find a way of adjusting
the colors and the picture settings when i was in the projector which is actually a bit of an issue
in my opinion some people like to change things and customize it and this isn't a projector for
customization so if you're going to be getting this just bear in mind you're going to be stuck
with it out of the box that being said colors and accuracy and everything like that out of the box
is very good so it's not really a massive issue in my personal opinion now as it does have that
one hdmi port i did plug in my xbox to have a bit of a play and see what the gaming was like on it
now it is a 60 hertz projector at 4k it doesn't go any higher than that if you're planning on playing
games 120 hertz it's not going to happen now i couldn't actually find any exact numbers for input
lag but from my personal experience it was all right it wasn't the snappiest thing i've ever had
laser projectors tend to have a bit of a delay but it wasn't unplayable and when i was playing games
i wasn't getting distracted or getting frustrated by that input lag so something that is actually
very important to consider is the price so you can get this in the uk for about two grand and
it goes up to about 2 200 in the us now if that sounds a little bit too pricey for you you can
go for the 1080p version and save yourselves a few hundred pounds i will see links to both of those
in the description below so if you are interested please do go down and check them out but what is
my verdict i think this projector is actually a fantastic option for you now if you're looking
for a projector that looks really cool on the shelf but also packs a punch then this is going
to be a fantastic option for you now i would say this is probably a good contender against the xg
me horizon pro but i think i could probably cover that in another video so if you want to see that
comment down below and maybe we can make it happen but if you do want to see my review of
the xgenie horizon pro you can click it somewhere around here and i will see you in the next one