Samsung The Freestyle
Oh what a feeling, we're…
18/04/2022 08:30
To say I was excited to test this product would be an understatement, envisioning all the ways I can use it, projecting an image onto my bedroom ceiling, summer nights watching films projected onto the side of the house, chucking the projector in my backpack or suitcase and being able to share the experience with others...this product will allow me to do all of those things but doesn't quite live up to the hype in my imagination.
Out of the box the design is great. It's really compact and the included cradle stand makes it very versatile. The carry canister is a nice addition to protect the unit when transporting it (remote and power cable will just have to be chucked in the backpack alongside it!).
Getting started is really as simple as plug and play. Once powered up I first tried pointing it at the ceiling and hit the first stumbling block, auto focus could not get a good lock and every couple of seconds would refocus making it unwatchable. Moving it to a more stable surface and giving the lens a quick clean with a glass cloth fixed this though.
I tried it in a couple of different scenarios and when it works it's great, but quite often I needed to give it some help to get to that point.
Auto focus and auto keystone when they work are a very clever and useful addition, point the projector at a surface and away you go. I did find that I needed to manually tweak the settings to get the picture I wanted when not just pointing directly at a surface.
As expected from the spec sheet the projector is best used in a dark room and would be barely watchable in a bright/sunny room. When you manage to dial in all the settings and use it in the right conditions the picture is good from such a compact, versatile unit. The sound in particular is very good and surprised me.
The interface is nice and clean, if a bit sluggish and the addition of streaming video apps including Samsung TV Plus is a nice touch, allowing quick and easy access to content.
Being able to easily move it from room to room and throw up a large picture on the wall is one of the biggest selling points for this and using it to project a slide show of pictures from a phone worked seamlessly.
It may not have lived up to the hype in my mind but I'm still enjoying using it and looking forward to putting it through its paces some more and sharing it with friends and family.
MattyT
Haywards Heath , Spojené království
Age: 38
Gender: Female