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The cheap ones all work like a charm, until they dont. I've blown through multiple cheap ones for my kid. They all look pretty ok for about 6 months, then the lcd screen starts discoloring/melting, or they just stop turning on. The ones under $200 that dont die, are incredibly underwhelming picture wise. With one exception... I got off temu for $140, but it typically retails for $400 elsewhere. That become the cheapo kids projector and its been holding up well. Its only 1080p 500 ansi, but its enough for the kid, and actually has hdr, which looks surprisingly good. Side by side with my much more expensive projector I actually got mad at how good it looked for so cheap. But its a blacked out room only type of deal, and i'm a 4k+ diehard, so I wouldn't consider it for main projector.
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