Well, I have acquired the $59 Menards DVD Projector during Black Friday sales. There is going to be a lot of picture embeds, so I resized them all and compressed them. This thing packs a lot of features.
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The included accessories were a very cheap and thin AV cable, a small remote control, and AC power cord. The projector itself has sturdy plastic, but it's also rather lightweight. The light source is a bright LED and the images are produced via a 320x240 LCD screen. Using the AV out cables, you can send the DVD/USB/SD video to a TV or VCR. There is no component or HDMI output sadly. A composite video input is also present, but you can only use that with the projector and not the video output. There is also a mini-USB connector with "VGA" labeled above. Doing a quick Google search, mini-USB to VGA cables apparently exist and the very sparse Engrish manual states it only supports a 1024x768 resolution.
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The DVD player is region free out-of-box, and showing in the pictures above is one of my R2 Little Polar Bear DVDs. It plays DVDs good so far, but I have yet to test it with DVD-R discs. The projector can also play AVI, MP4, and various other video files from a SD card or a USB drive, shown below, using an obscure Romanian cartoon I ripped off YouTube several years ago.
Unfortunately, there was no game ROM disc or USB joypad included, but the projector firmware still retains a game emulator function. I loaded up a ROM of Super Mario Bros, and while it does load, the frame rate is jerky and slow. I can clearly see that NES emulation is not great at all. The NES function is moot anyway as the spots where the USB joypads would plug in has been filled with plastic nubs and a generic "Caution" sticker has been stuck over them. If any other kinds of systems can be emulated, the manual or box never say.
In closing, this DVD projector works rather good for the price, but as with all unbranded Chinese electronics, it has a few rough edges such as retaining the game emulator function without being able to control the game. It also has a few features that seem like bloatware, such as the E-book function. The fans are also somewhat noisy, but what projector isn't? One of the better points is that this uses an LED light rather than a standard halogen lamp so it uses far less energy and you don't have to worry about trying to find a replacement lamp for a similar generic projector.
I love foxes, especially the one in my avatar.