I'm STEALING this! - Nebula Cosmos Laser 4K Projector
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·2022-05-05
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- This one's gonna be interesting. This video is sponsored by Nebula, is under the Anchor Umbrella.
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And it's about one of those portable projectors, but it's unlike any portable projector
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that I've ever seen before, because usually those things are kind of basic
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and this one is anything, but it is a 4K Laser Projector with Android TV built-in
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and obviously a focus on portability.
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In terms of hardware, it's got a Cortex-A55, quad core two gigs of RAM 16 gigs of storage.
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Here we go. Auto Keystone, auto screen detection.
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It'll apparently actually dim the lights if you accidentally walk in front of it,
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which is kind of important for a 2,400
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lumen laser projector. - [Andy] Great if you have a kid.
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- Yeah, yeah, definitely beneficial if you have a kid.
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It's better not to blind your children, leave it to them to do that themselves
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when they're teenagers, if you know what I mean. If I had to guess, I'd say these allow
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to do all the smart things it does. So ambient light detection,
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auto positioning of the image and all that kind of cool stuff.
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Cooling fan right here. If you're gonna do 2,400 lumens laser,
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you're definitely gonna have a little bit of heat to deal with.
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It remains to be seen how quiet it is. There's a vent pull up and back up.
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Okay, here we go. And then we've got here.
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Maybe there's something in the accessory kit that will make sense.
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They're supposed to put like a little Chromecast thing in there or what?
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Oh, hello, Nebula 4K Streaming Dongle.
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So it does have Chromecast built-in and okay.
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This is really cool. I think this is the whole brain,
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which conceivably could mean that you could upgrade it.
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That's really cool.
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Is that a little cooling fan for this compartment? Totally is.
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Interesting. What an unusual way to do that.
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Kind of like it actually. Does it have on board speakers?
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Yes, it does. It's got two speakers apparently support for Dolby audio, auto focus.
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I guess all that remains now, is to try it. Actually, let's have a quick look at the remote first.
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So you've got all your main video services. Find video, YouTube, Netflix, Disney,
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they missing anything? I guess you see Hulu, Hulu buttons on some.
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- A Floatplane button. - Yeah, Floatplane button. Where's the Floatplane button Nebula by Anker?
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Where's the lttstore.com button where people can get really nice shirt like this one,
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or a dad hat like this one? The buttons on the top, other than the power button
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all seem to be touch sensitive. So all that remains now is to go try it out.
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BRB. Something I noticed about the Cosmos Laser 4K while I was coming up here
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was that it's hefty, but not heavy. Like you can, you can one hand it.
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And I really liked the grip on the bottom. It's nice and rounded.
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It's rubberized. It's not the kind of thing you'd wanna drop.
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So I guess that's a good thing for it to have. That's interesting.
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It's got what appears to be a quarter inch
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threaded mount on the bottom. So if you wanted to just put it on a little stand or something, you could do that.
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Let's plunk it down and theoretically, this should be about the distance we need
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cause it's got a 1.27 times a throw ratio.
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So we need to be about 27% farther from the screen than the diagonal
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of the image we're trying to get. Nebula says the Cosmos is good for anywhere
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from a 60 inch to 150 inch screen. So we are gonna be at the very limits
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of its capabilities here. Let's try that one more time.
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Maybe you hold to turn. Yes.
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Okay. You can correct the image or blah, blah, blah.
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Oh, one of those sensors on the front was IRR. So it's an IRR rather than an RF remote
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something to keep in mind, but they seem to have, yeah, they have sensors on both the front and the back,
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which makes life a little bit easier. Unfortunately, I won't be able to use the Nebula Connect App
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because this particular model isn't out yet. They are launching their Kickstarter when this video goes up
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and then they're gonna be shipping in March, 2022. To be clear, I don't consider this to be us
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promoting a Kickstarter product cause it's like Nebula by Anker.
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They're not exactly some nobody's. So I would be pretty darn confident
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that it's actually going to ship. One thing I would like to see is some way to
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kind of level it a little bit more easily.
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I feel like our table's not level, wait.
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I think it is. I think I just didn't have it centered before.
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We are definitely gonna have to reposition this couch a little bit though.
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Actually we can try out the eye dimming thing.
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Did it dim at all? - [Andy] Nope. - Oh.
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- [Andy] You're blind now. - I wonder if it actually needs to see your eyes.
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I don't wanna test it. I legitimately do not wish to have
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laser beam shown into my eyes. You know what?
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I don't feel like testing that. Hopefully they've got it sorted out. So we just need to prop it up a touch.
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In a perfect world, we wouldn't wanna use Keystone at all. Ideally, we'd be able to
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just get it up a little bit higher. You'd want it right about,
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here. Yeah, do we have something about the Store?
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That's pretty darn close. Why is this table so crooked?
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I think we're actually gonna call that good enough for a portable projector.
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Just push down that box a little bit. Oh, wow. That's actually--
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- [Jono] Pretty good. - Not bad.
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We'll just use the standard audio profile.
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So it's actually got four separate drivers in it, are two full range and then two tutors.
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It's got Bluetooth connectivity. So you can use it as a Bluetooth speaker if you want.
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Wait, no. I don't wanna actually do that right now.
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Well, it can do that.
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There we go. Just press back and then it's all good.
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Open Plex. "Sorry, it looks like XGIMIGon Give It To Ya
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isn't available right now."
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Where did that come from? And I'm supposed to trust Google Assistant
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to like book hair salon appointments for me. Can't even do basically.
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I was trying to call Yvonne yesterday. It Called Yvonne ho,
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"Sorry, there's no number for Yvonne home, call Yvonne ho."
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And it's like Yvonne, something else entirely. "Sorry, you don't have a contact name Yvonne"
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Like call Yvonne. "Calling Yvonne ho". Like you'd think you'd look for maybe
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something that sounds close. No HDR support, unfortunately,
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but it's already really noticeable. The difference in contrast being on a laser projector.
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It's pretty cool. And Andy, unable to kill that light behind me? - [Andy] Sure, yeah.
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- Let's get to extract myself.
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Wow, look at that. It did warn me about being in front of it there.
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Not bad, right? - [Andy] Yeah, looks good up close.
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- Hey, Jono, did they mention if it supports HDR? - [Jono] HDR10.
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- It does support HDR? - [Jono] Yeah. - I said it didn't earlier and then I fired up how to train your dragon.
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I'm like, this looks like HDR. Good, I thought I was going crazy.
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(Jono laughs) Now it's Laser DLP. So if you are highly susceptible to the rainbow effect,
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then you might notice it. I do notice it a little bit, but I am highly susceptible to it.
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And it's as usual, only when you flick your eyes around on the screen.
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So during normal content consumption, it shouldn't be noticeable.
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But as I move back to look at you guys,
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I can see a little bit of rainbow effect. - [Jono] Oh yeah.
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- So personally I've never considered it to be a huge deal. Could I get that HTMI cable?
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You just moved my table, Jono. - [Jono] Sorry.
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(Jono laughs) - I had it just right.
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- [Jono] I'm sorry. - Man, this is really riding a fine line between,
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portable projector and like actually looking really good.
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- [Jono] Yeah. - Okay, let's try some games. - [Andy] Actually sounds good.
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- That actually sounds surprisingly usable.
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Man, the remastered graphics don't look that amazing
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until you toggle the original ones. You're like, oh right. Yeah, the nostalgia effect is strong with this one.
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I've never played this game with a controller really.
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So I have no idea how to, there we go. There's a weapon that doesn't suck.
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This is very different from the battery powered projector toys that we've looked at in the past.
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Oops. Oh, crap. (gunfire)
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Like this is an actual projector that just happens to be portable.
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It's pretty cool. (gunfire)
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It's got a one-year warranty. It's rated for 25,000 hours of light source life,
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which is freaking lot. And while it is going to be a
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pretty penny at around $2,200 MSRP.
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The Kickstarter is going to feature some hefty discounts. So we'll have that link down below.
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