100-inch large-screen PaPa pocket cinema real machine experience

Every Friday night, a variety of variety shows are coming at you. It hurts your eyes to watch them with a 4- or 5-inch mobile phone, and it’s unpleasant to watch them with a 10-inch iPad. Suddenly, a 100-inch screen appears in front of you, and the pictures and special effects directly hit your eyes. Think about it, isn’t it awesome? Do your mobile phone and iPad feel inferior instantly?

Now, a micro projector called PaPa Pocket Cinema has come into our hands. Its unique feature is that it can project a 100-inch large screen at home.

After turning on the device, a customized and optimized desktop based on Android 4.4 is projected in front of you. The focus is adjusted by the pulley on the front of the device, and the picture quality becomes clear and bright.

The PaPa pocket theater has a simple and elegant appearance, with the white and gold color of the iPhone series (yes, it is white and gold, not blue and black!). The top is made of glass, and the whole body is beautiful and exquisite. When placed together with a signature pen, the size is very obvious; on the back are the power supply, TF card, USB, audio interface, micro USB and other data interfaces. Users can expand and connect external devices according to their own needs, and can insert expansion cards or USB flash drives, which is quite considerate; for the audio interface, users can choose external speakers to enjoy the sound effects of the home theater, or wear headphones to use it without disturbing others.

As mentioned earlier, the operating system of PaPa Pocket Cinema is customized and optimized based on Android 4.4. After entering the second or third level page, you can see that some places still retain the style of the native Android system. Although some details need further optimization, in general, the system interface style of PaPa Pocket Cinema is simple and intuitive, convenient and easy to use.

When it comes to daily use, PaPa's "450 lumens" is enough in low-light environments. As we all know, if the light shielding conditions of the projector are not good or the ambient brightness is too high, the display effect will be greatly reduced, and PaPa is no exception. But PaPa can still meet the needs of normal home entertainment or office projection.

In terms of picture quality, all kinds of smart TVs are now pursuing 4K, and the physical resolution of the large screen must reach 1080p. However, the resolution of the PaPa pocket cinema we have seen so far is 854×480. This is because Texas Instruments TI, which provides the core projection technology, has not yet mass-produced 1080p chips. I hope PaPa can upgrade its hardware configuration as soon as possible to bring us a higher visual enjoyment.

It is worth mentioning that this projector adopts the world-leading DLP display technology of Texas Instruments in the United States, and the image achieves extremely high fidelity. It is equipped with a quad-core CPU + eight-core GPU inside the body, and has a dual-band wifi module embedded, so you can download any video you want to watch at any time.

Last year, home projectors were very popular, with an average price of 2,000-3,000 yuan. However, young people now have requirements for the size of the device in addition to the screen size. Small-sized projectors still have many advantages. They are small and do not take up space. When moving or traveling, you can just put them in your backpack and go. More importantly, you can enjoy the big screen experience anytime and anywhere.

As a miniature portable projection device, PaPa performs well in daily life and work. Although it is still difficult to achieve the cinema effect, it is enough to be the best substitute for large-screen TVs. As for the shortcomings, it would be perfect if the physical resolution was higher and the built-in battery was larger. Of course, when all these are achieved, the price will double. From the overall perspective of the miniature projector market, it is a great deal to buy a 120-inch smart theater for 999 yuan.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.