![]() ![]() I had high expectations for the Formovie Theater’s image quality, and I wasn’t disappointed. Some focus adjustment may be required the first time you use it, but it’s best to wait until the projector has warmed up. It’s best to avoid keystone correction as it can distort the picture, but it’s there if needed. Once the projector is roughly in place, you use the thumbwheel controls on the feet to level it front to back and side to side. At that size, the bottom of the screen sits 14.6 inches from the bottom of the projector at a distance of just nine inches away. Setting up the Formovie Projector was fairly straightforward on my 100-inch ALR screen. The built-in speakers are tuned by HiFi company Bower & Wilkins, and it supports Dolby Atmos surround sound if you have a compatible soundbar or 5.1 system. The 42-millisecond lag time (according to Projector Central), is sufficient for light gaming, but not anything beyond that.įinally, the Formovie Theater has a fairly impressive audio implementation. It also offers SPDIF digital output, a 3.5mm line out, two USB-A ports and an ethernet input. It comes with three HDMI inputs at the back, including one with eARC enhanced audio capabilities. Optoma’s latest UST projector, the CinemaX D2, only offers smart TV features through an external dongle, for which they charge a cool $200. In any case, Formovie is still ahead of some rivals in terms of its smart TV implementation. The latter can be activated by the usual “Hey, Google” command that’s picked up by the projector’s far-field microphone. The remote is basic but functional, with dedicated buttons for YouTube and Google Assistant. It has Chromecast built-in so you can cast from your phone, tablet or PC. Other than that, however, the Android TV experience is good, with every other streaming app (Disney+, Prime Video, YouTube, etc.) working well. Sure, you can use a $30-50 4K streaming stick, which I did, but it’s unfortunate that the world’s most popular streaming service isn’t available natively. “At this time we are negotiating with the Netflix team, however, we can't commit that Netflix will work on our device in the near future,” a spokesperson told me. As it stands, the Netflix app isn’t supported by Formovie’s Android TV implementation. You’ll notice that I didn’t mention Netflix there. And you get a decent remote to access all that content, adjust picture settings and more. It also comes with YouTube and numerous other apps, along with Google Assistant voice control. Unlike with some other projectors, it supports 4K and Dolby Vision HDR streaming, so you can get the most out of Disney+, Apple TV+ and other supported services. Other models like Samsung’s Premiere support HDR10+, which is similar to Dolby Vision but much less widely supported.Īnother key feature is Android TV 11.0 support. However, the Formovie can display more colors than any TV and even most monitors out there, so you do get the HDR benefit of a wide gamut and billions of colors. Keep in mind that projectors, even the latest UST models, generally aren’t as bright as 4K TVs – so you lose some impact of Dolby Vision. To that end, brightness, color and contrast levels are generally superior to the HDR10 found on most projectors. As you probably know, Dolby Vision is an advanced form of HDR (high dynamic range) that uses dynamic metadata programmed by content creators on a frame-by-frame basis. The Formovie Theater is also the only model for sale in the US with official Dolby Vision certification. The $3,300 Hisense PX1-Pro and $3,500 Vava Chroma are some of the few other models in this price range with a triple laser engine – others (LG’s CineBeam HU915QB, the Samsung LSP9T and AWOL Vision LTV-3500) are $5,000 and up. It also eliminates the rainbow effect that happens with single lasers and a color wheel. The triple laser allows it to cover 113 percent of the Rec 709 and 107 percent of the HDR BT.2020 color gamuts, while delivering an excellent 3,000:1 contrast ratio. With 2,800 lumens of light power, it’s in the mid-to-upper-range of UST brightness levels. It uses a 0.47-inch Texas Instruments XP DLP chip with a 1080p native resolution and 4X pixel shifting that effectively delivers a true 4K image. It’s cooled by a fan that can be mildly distracting during very quiet passages. As usual on UST projectors, the triple-laser light source and lens element are located in a trough at the top, with a sensor designed to shut off the powerful light should you poke your head in front of it (which I did, multiple times). The rectangular dark-gray-and-black body is relatively small, with a pair of fabric-covered main speakers on the front and two tweeters on the side. It has a nice-looking, discreet design that would fit into most living rooms. ![]() By subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy.
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