Projectors

Anker has launched on Kickstarter with a new Nebula projection system called the Cosmos. Well, actually there are two projectors on offer – a Full HD model with a pair of speakers and a 4K UHD unit packing four speakers for the promise of 3D audio.

Epson's LS500 Laser Projection TV comes with a screen that's designed to reject ambient light interference.

Acer has announced the C250i portable projector – which can take content from your smartphone and throw it on a wall or ceiling.

​Imagine if you were a spy who needed to receive secret messages while you walked around a crowded room, but you didn't want to wear an earpiece. Well, a cheap new device could help. It's billed as being "the first sound projector that can track a moving individual."

Big screen TVs are all well and good, but there's nothing quite like sitting in your favorite chair and watching a projected home movie. Epson's latest home theater 4K UHD projector – the Pro Cinema 6050UB – is reckoned to be the company's most advanced to date.

Nebra's AnyBeam is a portable 720p projector that's small enough to fit in your pocket, It's pitched as the world's smallest pocket cinema projector, and comes in not one, but four variants, including a board for a Raspberry Pi and a funky sphere.​

Nothing in your house is safe from becoming smart. At CES this week Bosch has unveiled a device that could be fitted to furniture to plug regular old shelves into the Internet of Things. The BML100PI module projects a touchscreen onto shelves to help you pick out an outfit or book a laundry pickup.

​Throwing 4K images onto a wall or screen can be very expensive if you opt for projectors like Sony's LSPX-A1 laser model. But a 4K-capable projector doesn't have to cost the same as a luxury car, as Epson is proving with its Home Cinema 4010 4K Pro-UHD projector.​

Voice-enabled digital assistants have charmed their way into many, many aspects of our daily lives. Our gadgets can now answer quick queries, set up and play a breakfast playlist and help automate home appliances. Optoma has today released the UHD51A 4K projector with Alexa built in.

Just a few short years ago, the first 4K home theater projector from Sony carried a retail price of US$26,000. Now, flash-forward to 2018 and we have the release of the N-Tech wireless, portable 4K projector that boasts built-in surround sound speakers and is going for a remarkable $475.

At CES this year, Sony launched the LSPX-A1 laser projector that combines big screen, 4K projected visuals with its forte for top sound quality in one unit. And it carries a ticket price of US$30,000, which is only a few thousand less than the starting price for a brand new Model 3.​

Swedish startup Sweam has included a touchscreen display on the top of its pocket smart projector, offering familiar smartphone-like control and also allowing users to watch shows on the small screen for the commute back home from work and continue the viewing experience on a living room wall.​​