I was skeptical at first—how could something so tiny deliver a theater-like experience? But the Aubor Mini Projector proved me wrong. The first time I used it, I projected a 100-inch screen onto my living room wall, and the colors were vibrant even with some ambient light. The auto-keystone correction saved me from awkward angles when I placed it on a side table.

Movie nights have leveled up. Last weekend, I rotated it 180° to project onto the ceiling while lounging in bed—like my own drive-in theater. The built-in speakers surprised me (decent for casual viewing), but pairing it via Bluetooth to my JBL speaker made explosions in action movies actually rumble.

Traveling with it feels like smuggling a secret weapon. At a friend’s cabin, we streamed Netflix directly from the Android TV OS—no extra dongles. Though fair warning: Disney+ didn’t work, mirroring from my phone was hit-or-miss, and focus is manual (but takes 3 seconds). For the price, I’ll take these quirks over bulky alternatives.