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While 800 lumens isn’t the brightest, it’s pretty good for a portable projector – and much brighter than the Anker Nebula Capsule. With the curtains open you can get a large, TV-sized picture; draw them, or watch at night, and you can easily get a much bigger picture. The Elfin can project up to a 200-inch picture. Inside, I easily achieved a 100-inch-plus picture.
It offers a brightness of 800 ANSI lumen portable – that’s bright enough to light up a small dark room – which should give you an enjoyable viewing experience that’s easy on your eyes. In fact, that’s bright enough that you can still use it in the daytime as long as it’s indoors in a non-brightly-lit room. Yes, there are brighter projectors out there with better dynamic range or more vibrant colors, but bear in mind that this is a portable projector. And, for a portable projector, it’s pretty great.The 800 ANSI Lumens are a particularly nice touch for the Elfin, as most mini projectors in this class use LED Lumens, which are significantly less bright than their ANSI counterparts. Automatic object avoidance works well too, changing the size and position of the image to avoid light switches and other objects on your wall. There’s no major input lag. I’ve seen it measured at about 26ms, and it’s not noticeable for casual gaming.
It also offers plenty of contrast and vibrant colors, although if you raise the brightness level all the way up, the picture does get a tad washed out. Drop it down too low, and it’ll likely lose a lot of details in the shadows. Turning on the HDR10+ gives a nice little boost, but don’t expect anything mind-blowing.
My Experience
The XGIMI Elfin offers one HDMI port for external connections, making audio transferring much easier for daily use. It can make films sound a little flat, more like watching on a regular TV. Still, having the option of clear audio wherever you go is still welcome, and in instances you want better sound you can connect more powerful speakers or even use a soundbar. The XGIMI Elfin mini projector offers a lot on paper that you might not expect from a relatively cheap, small model, like HDR10, intelligent screen adjustments, Harman / Kardon sound and 800 ANSI Lumens, together with a Full HD image.
The audio is impressive for such a small projector. The dual 3-watt Harman/Kardon speakers take advantage of DTS-HD, DTS-Studio Sound, Dolby Audio, Dolby Digital, and Dolby Digital Plus to deliver high enough volume for a large family room and sound quality that's a match for many TVs. For even higher quality and volume, you can connect an external sound system using the 3.5mm stereo output, the HDMI port's ARC support, or Bluetooth. If you can't find the desired app from the Play Store, it's recommended to install the application via a USB disk: Armed with the X-Vue 2.0 image engine, Intelligent Screen Adaption (ISA) technology, and HDR10+, the Xgimi Elfin is fast and delivers bright and sharp 1080p picture quality in an up to 200-inch image, which is pretty massive for a portable projector.
My Areas of Expertise
Among its best features is its keystone correction and autofocus functions. The keystone correction, especially, is robust and effective – better than those on other portable projectors I’ve tested. The auto keystone correction is pretty intuitive and so effective that even on my ever-so-slightly skewed bedroom wall, I only have to make the tiniest adjustments manually. Autofocusing, in the meantime, is done decently fast – again, better than on other portable projectors. Although, the device is so stable, unless you move it, you hardly ever see it at work.
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