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HY300 PRO – THE BEST LOW COST PROJECTOR ideal as a CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEA 2024

Do you have a rumpus room that you want to use as a multimedia room or a house in the countryside without a TV? After a nice dinner with friends it would be nice to watch a good film together or the match of your favorite team or you are simply a movie buff and want to transform your living room into a Home Cinema. To all these situations and many others the answer could be the purchase of a projector and if finances are scarce the answer is the compact and super functional HY300 PRO, sold on various online stores at a decidedly cheap price and if you are lucky enough to have a white wall you don't even have to buy a screen for better viewing.

As anticipated, the economical HY300 Pro projector is available on various e-commerce sites including Amazon, Aliexpress but also Temu and TVCMALL, the latter being the most convenient overall as it is offered at a price of around 30 euros. Let's find out together if it will meet my expectations and will be suitable for my context of use.

Magcubic Android 11 Projector 4K 1280*720P HY300 Dual Wifi 260ANSI 180° Portable Outdoor Flexible Cinema Projector BT5.0 HY300 Pro

151,61
40,94
 available
AliExpress
as of February 7, 2025 18:12

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Let's start immediately with the technical specifications provided by the manufacturer. From what you can read below, we have some interesting features in relation to the selling price, such as the customized operating system based on Android 11 with PlayStore and the possibility of Mirroring with Android devices but also iOS, integrated 3W audio speaker, complete connectivity with USB ports, HDMI, Bluetooth and WiFi, perfect for connecting consoles, video sources or additional speakers to improve the sound effect.

HY300 Pro:

  • Native image quality: 720P resolution, 160 ANSI lumens center brightness
  • Image adjustment: Automatic keystone correction and manual focus
  • Dimensions: 170 101 mm x
  • CPU and GPU: Quadcore Cortex A53 and Mali G53
  • RAM & ROM: 1GB+8GB
  • Operating System: Android 11.0 with custom interface and Play Store included
  • Audio: 1 x 3W built-in speaker
  • Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0 for additional headphones or speakers, USB *1, HDMI*1, 3.5mm jack input

It is important to note that these budget projectors often list 4K compatibility in their descriptions. In reality, this refers to the ability to play files with 4K resolution, which is higher than the native resolution, but the file will be played at the native resolution with a downscale.

Although the low value of 160 ANSI lumens may suggest that the projector needs total darkness to reproduce high-quality images, in reality even with light sources that disturb the scene, the HY300 Pro projector manages to reproduce multimedia content with good definition. It is clear that in complete darkness, the best viewing of video content is guaranteed. The remote control is not missing, similar to the one supplied with smart sticks such as Amazon's Fire TV, which offers some function shortcuts but when necessary transforms into a controller, a sort of mouse.

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

The aesthetics of the HY300 Pro projector are elegant and sober with a cylindrical shape anchored to a base that offers a rubberized surface on the bottom to prevent the product from slipping when placed on a surface, but also integrates a tripod attachment that also allows the projector to be positioned on the ceiling if necessary. On the back we find everything needed to enjoy a gaming experience of the highest quality: there is an HDMI port for connecting external peripherals such as Playstation 5, Nintendo Switch or sticks such as Fire TV Stick. We have an AUX input available to connect earphones or wired speakers and then we find a convenient USB input for inserting external accessories such as keyboards or mice but above all for reading external files from memory sticks.

The presence of the power button, power socket, IR port to receive commands from the supplied remote control as well as the presence of a built-in 3W speaker completes the whole thing. On the upper body of the projector cylinder we then have a ring that allows you to adjust the focus of the lens based on the projection distance, which I remember goes from a minimum distance of 0.5 meters up to 3 meters, obtaining a projection from 40 to 130 inches. The 30W lamp is instead placed frontally. Finally, I add that the base can be rotated 180 °, obtaining different projection angles, counting on an automatic adjustment of the distorted image or the trapezium.

USE AND TEST VIEWING

If this projector may seem like a "toy", also considering the price starting from just over 30 euros on the store TVCMALL, it is by using it that we remain wonderfully amazed. First of all, the boot is in just 3 seconds and the quadcore processor manages to smoothly run the entire system, which basically integrates a customized version of Android 11 by the manufacturer.

We can install additional compatible applications through the Play Store, such as IPTV Pro, in order to project Italian TV channels and therefore we can actually use the HY300 Pro on a TV without having a physical TV. We control the interface through a remote control that can also be transformed into a "mouse" if necessary, which in some apps, such as Netflix, is requested as a command. Among the functions we also have the mirroring of both Android and iOS smartphones. The operation is not very noisy, that is, a noise lower than 28dB.

In terms of connectivity, Bluetooth 5.0 and WiFi 6 guarantee network stability and the possibility of expanding the functions with accessories such as joysticks to play titles on the Play Store or to connect a soundbar to better obtain the cinema effect also in terms of audio.

The available lumens are not many, 160 ANSI lumens and the native resolution in HD 1280x720p may seem like values ​​relegated to poor viewing, but I assure you that you will be able to appreciate the multimedia content transmitted by the projector right away. Once you have adjusted the focus manually, you can project wherever you want, even by orienting the HY300 Pro in different modes, as the automatic keystone correction will do the dirty work for you. Furthermore, you do not need to be in a completely dark room to ensure good image quality.

Magcubic Android 11 Projector 4K 1280*720P HY300 Dual Wifi 260ANSI 180° Portable Outdoor Flexible Cinema Projector BT5.0 HY300 Pro

151,61
40,94
 available
AliExpress
as of February 7, 2025 18:12

PROJECTED IMPACT

Making a sensible reasoning about who could find in these products a useful system quality/price ratio, we can only think of teachers or people who need to make presentations in very large rooms and with an audience of people who cannot sit close to a classic TV. But also for all those who do not have particular demands, a bit like what happens with smartphones. The speaker's audio could be enough to reproduce a multimedia element even to listen to in company and I think that none of your friends will complain about the color fidelity reproduced not at 100%. For a price starting from 30 euros, the HY300 Pro is an absolute best buy.

Emanuele Iafulla
Emanuele Iafulla

Nerd, Geek, Netizen, terms that do not belong to me. Simply myself, technology lover and provocative as Xiaomi does with his products. High quality at fair prices, a real provocation for the other most famous brands.

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