WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:06.160 Last couple years, I pretty much thought the projector category was kind of dead. 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:10.160 Like, why would you get one when TV's picture quality is so much better and 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:13.360 the prices are coming down so much? But Valyrian, who sponsored this video, is 00:00:11.920 --> 00:00:19.439 attempting to shatter that narrative with projectors that are not very large, 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:23.760 like this, the Vision Master Pro 2. Look at this little brick. This thing 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:30.640 promises to be super bright, super color accurate, super color uh gamut covery, 00:00:28.400 --> 00:00:35.440 and super easy to use and compact. Let's open it up and check what this thing can 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:37.280 do. Jeez, 00:00:35.440 --> 00:00:43.840 this is a cool look. It has this kind of like radiator fin kind of look with Oh, 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:46.320 it's it's dense. Pretty heavy glass on 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:49.920 the front. That is cool. Probably a fingerprint magnet, but why would you be 00:00:47.760 --> 00:00:53.920 touching it? Don't touch it. Oh my god. And then you can see on the sides. This 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:58.399 thing definitely radio te out of each side and that's a a good design making 00:00:56.079 --> 00:01:01.359 it like a heat sink because otherwise you'd be hearing it. You don't want to 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:06.479 hear fans on your projector. You got your lenses in the front. You've got some sensors that's going to help it do 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:09.119 auto keystone and autofocus when we do the setup in a minute. Then on the top 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:14.000 you can see it actually has these like long range microphones because it has 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:17.680 Google Assistant or Alexa or Apple HomeKit on board. So you can do all 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:23.600 sorts of voice activated things with this as well as the hard toggle for 00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:27.680 turning the mics off. Also some LED indicators there on the bottom. We've 00:01:25.759 --> 00:01:32.640 got our quarter20 thread and a couple feet. And this other kind of kickstand 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:35.600 Nintendo Switch style foot, which means you don't have to hang this from the 00:01:34.240 --> 00:01:41.600 ceiling. You don't have to put it on a tripod. You could just put it on a table 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:43.360 and adjust it with that. It's super 00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:48.320 stiff, which is what you want because you don't want to be touching this thing too often. You just want to set it and 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:55.280 forget it. And finally, on the back, we have nothing. Just joking. Yeah. IO, an 00:01:52.720 --> 00:02:00.640 IR sensor with a power button, Ethernet, headphone jack, three HDMI ports, 00:01:57.600 --> 00:02:03.920 including one that's Eer, two USB ports, 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:05.759 your spitiff, and the power barrel jack. 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:09.679 Speaking of power, I never did actually finish the unboxing cuz I was like just 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:16.239 too obsessed with looking at the actual thing. But here's a box of stuff. And 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:19.440 here's a bag of stuff. Um, specifically 00:02:16.239 --> 00:02:20.959 a manual. A thick boy manual. Holy cow. 00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:23.760 Wow. It's like full color and stuff, too. It's actually pretty sick. I 00:02:22.640 --> 00:02:29.360 haven't read it myself, so I'm not going to say it's super usable or well written, but I will say they definitely 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:35.360 paid more attention, put more effort into this than your typical user guide. 00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:36.959 And that is it. So, let's look at this. 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:41.200 Ah, yes. They give you a little shammy for all those fingerprints. the remote, 00:02:39.040 --> 00:02:44.480 which is pretty standard. You know, it's got the back button in the bottom left 00:02:43.040 --> 00:02:48.640 like normal. You've got a voice assistant button, power button, some app 00:02:46.720 --> 00:02:53.519 specific buttons, and at least this section of the row is back lit. Uh, but 00:02:51.040 --> 00:02:58.080 down here, you got to just memorize. And finally, you have the power brick 00:02:55.120 --> 00:03:03.360 itself, which is 180 W. It's fairly heavy. I don't know for sure. Oh, it is 00:03:00.160 --> 00:03:06.319 GAN. Yep, it's GAN, which is why it's so 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:11.440 small for being so beefy. And then for length, it's it's less than 6 ft, but 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:15.840 more than 5 1/2 ft. Now that this is empty, we just got to set this puppy up. 00:03:13.760 --> 00:03:20.239 We've got the projector projecting. It's all automatic and seamless. Once you 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:23.440 leave your baggage at the door and and don't try to treat it like other 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:27.760 projectors you've seen, and by you, I mean me. We actually set it up on a 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:31.519 tripod behind the couch and it was shooting onto the ceiling. What the 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:36.000 heck? Turns out it really is not an ultra short throw, but a short throw 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:39.440 projector. It kind of wants to be on this table in front of me. And you can 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:42.799 see I don't even have any tilt adjusted at all. This screen is kind of just 00:03:41.200 --> 00:03:47.599 straight ahead of me, not very high up. And to to hit that, it just needs to be 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:52.720 flat because the image actually projects outward a little upward like by default. 00:03:50.720 --> 00:03:56.319 And I guess that makes sense because the IR sensor is on the back of the device. 00:03:54.640 --> 00:03:59.680 So for the remote to hit it, you've got to be on this side of it, whether it's 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:03.120 on the table in front of you or mounted to the screen there. That might be 00:04:01.200 --> 00:04:06.640 something to consider if you actually have this projector a lot farther from 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:11.920 the screen because you're trying to project a 300 in image, which this does 00:04:09.040 --> 00:04:15.680 support. In that case, uh you're still going to have to be behind this thing if 00:04:13.920 --> 00:04:21.199 you're not using an IR extender. We got it hooked up to the PlayStation. We're going to watch some movies hopefully in 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:24.400 HDR. Before we get into a film, we want to make sure we're watching it properly. 00:04:22.960 --> 00:04:29.759 Man, they got everything under the sun on this thing. HLG, HDR10 Plus, Dolby 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:33.199 Vision. Like some very expensive projectors, this projector does have 00:04:31.520 --> 00:04:36.080 frame by frame dynamic tone mappings. Another thing that's really cool is that 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:39.919 in the picture mode settings, they don't just say game and sports mode. They say 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:43.680 HDR game and HDR sports mode. I really like having that label on there just to 00:04:41.840 --> 00:04:46.880 make it more clear exactly what you're getting. I am going to choose filmmaker 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:51.520 mode. While we're in here, worth mentioning it has not only 24 FPS 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:56.639 support, but also 48. So, if you want to watch Gemini Man or for some reason The 00:04:53.680 --> 00:05:02.000 Hobbit, you can. And if you're another type of weirdo, 3D person like Lionus, 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:05.600 it has active 3D support as well. Now, I am going to launch this movie through 00:05:03.520 --> 00:05:09.120 Plex. That's on the PlayStation because we're going to be gaming a little bit 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:12.560 later. Um, but just want to note, don't need a PlayStation at all. Don't need a 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:16.240 Fire TV stick or anything. Google TV does ship on this thing, which is 00:05:14.960 --> 00:05:21.280 awesome. It's a great OS. That's what's on my NVIDIA Shield. One thing I like about Google TV is obviously it supports 00:05:19.280 --> 00:05:26.080 chcast or casting. Sometimes I cast from my PC to my uh home theater. So you got 00:05:24.400 --> 00:05:30.560 you can do that, but you also can do AirPlay too with this thing. I wish that 00:05:28.400 --> 00:05:34.800 the volume buttons was back lit on this because that's what you're using most of 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:38.160 the time. It's not. But I can live with that. You know, it's funny though. 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:42.400 Onboard speakers on here. Don't use them, please. But it's nice to have, you 00:05:40.479 --> 00:05:45.440 know, just in a pinch or maybe the first day you move in, you don't have all your 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:49.520 stuff yet or maybe you're troubleshooting. Nice to have. The 00:05:47.440 --> 00:05:54.639 picture quality honestly is really good. I run a cutie OLED at home, so I'm a 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:56.320 black level snob. This looks pretty dang 00:05:54.639 --> 00:06:01.199 black. They have this technology called enhanced black level, which basically 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:04.960 just dims the lasers so that they're just not shining as brightly in the dark 00:06:02.960 --> 00:06:09.759 areas. Now, of course, it's a projector, so the darkest black can never be darker 00:06:07.280 --> 00:06:13.360 than the screen you're projecting on in the darkness of your room currently, but 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:19.280 it does look really good. And the brightness with 3,000 ISO lumens is 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:23.759 super bright. So, I'm getting like a TV- like experience here in a room that is 00:06:21.039 --> 00:06:26.639 dark but not so dark. I think we should flip the lights on just to compare a 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:32.639 little bit. But if you are watching in a bright room, Valyrian does offer a premium ambient light rejecting screen 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:36.319 which claims it can block up to 85% of light from the ceiling or the sides. 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:39.520 Okay, now this is a lighting setup that I would say is not ideal. I would 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:43.680 actually hate to watch a movie with this kind of lighting setup. A bright light 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:46.720 kind of right behind me pointing at the screen. It drastically affected the 00:06:45.520 --> 00:06:50.880 picture quality. this is still watchable. Um, but it no longer looks 00:06:49.280 --> 00:06:54.880 great. That's the thing with projectors. You buy them because the screen size is 00:06:52.479 --> 00:06:58.560 huge. Um, but you have to realize they do have to be in a room that is at least 00:06:56.880 --> 00:07:03.199 a little bit light controlled. That said, with this projector at this 00:07:01.039 --> 00:07:06.560 brightness, at this throw distance and screen size, I would say this is at 00:07:04.960 --> 00:07:09.680 least usable. But if you want to get locked in, turn the lights off. In terms 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:15.840 of color performance, there's some claims here that are maybe even surpassing your QD OLED. We're talking 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:19.919 110% coverage of the REC 2020 color gamut, which is just huge. We haven't 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:25.440 tested this ourselves, but from other reviewers and places on the internet, 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:27.440 I've seen 95 99% coverage of BT2020, and 00:07:25.440 --> 00:07:30.720 that is plenty. My first impression is total satisfaction with the color 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:34.720 accuracy, and the black levels are awesome, too. Um, so why don't we find 00:07:32.960 --> 00:07:39.039 out what the latency is all about and play some games. So, we're gaming. We're 00:07:36.960 --> 00:07:45.360 gaming. And it looks awesome, and it feels really responsive. There's not a 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:48.400 lot of imput lag happening here. Uh I'm bad at games, but it's not gonna be 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:51.759 because of this projector. I'll say that. One thing to note though is 00:07:49.840 --> 00:07:58.240 though, the PlayStation is of course pumping this out at 120 FPS at 4K, and 00:07:54.960 --> 00:08:00.160 that's awesome. But with projectors, 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:03.440 particularly this DLP technology, there is a limitation with the chipset that 00:08:01.840 --> 00:08:10.080 you're only going to be able to get 60 FPS at 4K. However, you can play at 00:08:06.479 --> 00:08:11.759 1080p up to 240 Hz, which is pretty 00:08:10.080 --> 00:08:15.120 insane for a projector, and they're claiming 4 milliseconds response time if 00:08:14.080 --> 00:08:19.520 you do that. Now, we're playing on PlayStation, so we don't have unlocked frame rates, so I'm not going to 00:08:17.840 --> 00:08:23.520 experience that today. But I will say that gaming is not a reason not to buy 00:08:21.440 --> 00:08:28.479 this, that's for sure, which is kind of my default ickiness around projectors. 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:31.039 So, I guess my mind has changed on that. For someone at my level, there is no 00:08:29.840 --> 00:08:34.880 discernable difference between this and a TV. Overall, my first impression is 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:37.839 that this projector lived up to the hype that was circling around the home 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:43.120 theater community about it. The performance you're getting, the picture quality you're getting is just really 00:08:40.880 --> 00:08:48.959 good for the price. Now, what is that price? Normally $3,000, but right now at 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:53.920 the time of shooting this, $25.50. You can also check out their early bird 00:08:50.640 --> 00:08:55.839 prime day deal, which is 15% off plus a 00:08:53.920 --> 00:09:00.240 free pair of 3D glasses. To get that, use the code pro2 EPDD. Don't sleep on 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:04.000 this. It's It's at least worth considering if you're in the market for those kind of things. So, thanks for 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:08.399 watching, guys. Subscribe to ShortCircuit and check out some other videos 00:09:05.760 --> 00:09:11.120 that have me in them just to feed my ego.