Xiaomi has another new product for today,
and that new product is a projector. The Xiaomi Mijia Laser Projector is the
next in Xiaomi’s lineup of Fengmi produced projectors. Fengmi specialize in the
production of projectors. Pricing begins at 4999 yuan (US$ 853), which is
definitely leaning quite a bit towards to expensive side of the spectrum.
Previously Xiaomi had released the
standard Mi Projector, which was a bulky, chunky box that focused mainly on
quality. The new Mijia Laser Projector is a follow-up to that device, thought
it’s not really a successor to it. It’s not as powerful as the Mi Projector,
but it’s also more powerful than their last projector, the portable Mi
Projector Vogue.
The specifications are in line with this
idea where it’s right in between the powerful Mi Projector and the weaker Mi
Projector Vogue. The brightness has been toned down from the staggering 9000
ANSI lumens of the original Mi Projector to a more modest 2400 ANSI lumens.
It’s still brighter than most though, which is good.
The Mijia Laser Projector comes with
multiple different image optimizations. It allegedly helps with the brightness,
color gamut, sharpness, skin color reproduction, HDR display and HDMI output
quality. It can achieve brightness levels to up to 1500 ANSI lumens when in
highlight mode. It comes with over 85% NTSC’s wide color gamut and the colour
performance is rich and vivid.
It uses an upgraded graphics edge
processing algorithm which can effectively distinguish the edge and details of
the image object for processing. This also enhances the image clarity. The
projector is also optimized for lower latency when bring streamed through HDMI.
This represents a 50% improvement over previous products.
The Mijia Laser Projector features dual
10W speakers for sound. Images projected can go to up to 150-inches, which is
quite good. It also supports 8K video decoding. For software, it runs the same
version of MIUI that comes on Xiaomi’s MiTVs. This means the Mi Laser Projector
works with Mi Home IoT equipment, which is great.