Anker Nebula Cosmos Laser 1080P

Verdict

The Anker Nebula Cosmos Laser 1080P will get a number of issues proper: its laser backlight produces glorious picture high quality at excessive brightness, there’s Netflix in-built, and it’s comparatively straightforward to hold round. Utilizing an built-in streaming dongle does make the projector overly fiddly to make use of, although.

Introduction

Take just about each sensible projector and the massive bug bear is the dearth of Netflix assist. That’s not a difficulty with the Anker Nebula Cosmos Laser 1080P, which makes use of a plug-in dongle for streaming, with Netflix included as commonplace.

A laser backlight delivers glorious color and shadow element, however the fiddly configuration and some picture high quality points maintain this mannequin again from greater marks.

Design

• Helpful carry deal with
• Plug-in dongle for Android TV
• HDMI port

The Anker Nebula Cosmos Laser 1080P is out there in two variations. I’ve obtained the 1080P model right here, however there’s additionally a 4K model. As with the XGIMI Horizon and XGIMI Horizon Professional, the one distinction is that the 4K model makes use of XPR expertise to spice up the native Full HD decision. In any other case, each merchandise are the identical.

A chunky field, the Anker Nebula Cosmos Laser 1080P has a big carry deal with on high that makes it straightforward to choose up and carry round. Properly, as straightforward to maneuver as a projector that weighs 4.7kg might be. There’s no case within the field, so simply watch out that you simply don’t scratch the glass in entrance of the lens.

Spin the projector round, and there’s an HDMI enter on the again, plus a USB port for offline media storage and a 3.5mm audio output (Bluetooth can be obtainable, both for sending sound to an exterior speaker, or for letting the projector turn into a speaker itself).

Contained in the field is a small dongle, which plugs into the particular slot a the again of the projector. This dongle offers Android TV, and it helps Netflix. So, why a dongle? Netflix must be licensed for a producer to put in it, and Netflix solely works with TV and set-top field producers. Anker has turned to SDMC, a set-top field producer, to create this dongle, full with Netflix certification.

Management of Android TV is by way of the easy Bluetooth voice distant management though the Nebula smartphone app can be used.

There are additionally some controls on high of the projector, though these are for inner settings, which makes life a bit sophisticated at instances, as we’ll see.

Options

• Official Netflix app
• Automated keystone and focus

Utilizing a dongle may usher in Netflix, but it surely introduces some points, too. Firing up the projector for the primary time, I used to be requested if I used to be linked to a TV, soundbar or AV receiver. The reality is that none of those are true, so I hit the Residence button to skip this and go straight into Android TV.

Android TV runs easily right here, and having Netflix natively as an possibility is a bonus over most different sensible projectors. Through the Google Play Retailer, most massive streaming companies can be found, together with Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, NOW and Paramount+. UK catch-up companies aren’t obtainable, so it’s possible you’ll need to use a Fireplace TV Stick if you need these.

Some confusion comes from how the dongle interacts with the projector. Hit the Settings button and there are a really restricted set of controls, together with the choice to set the TV decision. To  modify the projector’s picture high quality, I had to make use of the controls on high of the projector as a substitute.

There are some preset image modes (commonplace, vivid, delicate, film, recreation) plus a customized setting that offers a bit extra management over distinction, saturation, sharpness, color temperature and gamma. That’s about it and there aren’t extra superior settings.

Automated picture correction is in-built, with each computerized focus and keystone correction. Each work effectively, getting an in-focus, sq. image shortly. There’s no sensible object avoidance as with XGIMI’s projectors.

Efficiency

• Wonderful colors and shadow element
• Native Full HD decision
• Highly effective audio

Anker doesn’t specify which DMD chip is used on this projector, however on condition that the 4K model simply provides XPR, it’s very doubtless that this mannequin makes use of the 0.47-inch chip, which has a local Full HD decision. Definitely, the Anker Nebula Cosmos Laser 1080P appears sharper, significantly when taking a look at textual content in app interfaces than projectors that use XPR to spice up a lower-resolution chips to Full HD, such because the XGIMI Mogo 2 Professional.

This projector will take as much as a 4K enter sign, and might stream video at 4K, though the result’s downsampled to Full HD. That’s all proper, as a higher-quality supply downsampled appears higher than a local Full HD picture. HDR10 is supported, and works on all of the supported streaming apps.

Picture high quality is usually excellent. This projector has a rated brightness of 1840 ANSI Lumens, which is sufficient to get an enormous TV-sized image throughout the day, however something as much as 150-inches is feasible when there’s much less ambient mild to cope with.

Due to its laser mild supply, the Anker Nebula Cosmos Laser 1080P shows a vivid picture edge-to-edge. It’s able to some very wealthy and vibrant photographs. Watch one thing mild and vivid, comparable to Coco, and the picture pops out of the display screen. It’s actually a pleasure to look at, and delivers that full immersive cinematic expertise that you simply’d need from a projector.

Laser backlights are additionally higher at coping with shadow element, too. Watch the battle scene on the bridge in the beginning of Black Panther: Wakanda Endlessly, and this projector does an admirable job of rendering element proper into the shadow. Blacks are even fairly good.

There are some downsides. First, this projector isn’t actually vivid sufficient to ship the peaks of HDR content material in a means a TV can. Secondly, I seen some unusual artefacts, with color banding in some scenes: the explosion on the bridge in Wakanda Endlessly, ended up wanting very pixelated. This appears to be a difficulty with the way in which that the dongle works, slightly than the projector.

Watching a movie at full throttle, these little errors don’t happen typically, however they’re noticeable sufficient after they do.

Twin 10W audio system are in-built, with Dolby Audio and AiFi expertise, which is designed to create a 3D soundscape. It’s not as convincing as correct 3D audio, comparable to with the Sonos Arc, however the projector does make audio sound a bit extra prefer it’s coming throughout you, slightly than being positional, as with a number of fashions.

Audio high quality is excellent. This projector is loud sufficient for any scenario, inside or out, and it has vary: speech is obvious and there’s sufficient bass to make motion motion pictures hit in the way in which that they need to.

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