The Epson EF12 is a tiny projector with built-in streaming and surprisingly loud speakers, all packed into a slick-looking cube. It’s a one-stop shop for movie nights anywhere you can run an extension cord. The downside? For $1,000, its picture quality is no great shakes, with below-average contrast ratio and a rather dim image compared to other projectors in this price range.
Like
- Great design
- Sounds big for its size
- Android TV streaming buit-in
Don’t Like
- Not very bright
- Mediocre contrast ratio
- Expensive
As you can guess from its design, however, the EF12 doesn’t intend to compete with traditional home theater projectors. For one thing, it’s tiny: way less than a foot cubed. So it can fit just about anywhere. There are multiple HDMI inputs, Wi-Fi and Android TV. It can even double as a Bluetooth speaker. And it also uses a laser light source, so you never need to