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"Is it a genuinely great product or a total rip-off? Boiling Digital Reviews will help you get to know the projector that recently appeared online: the Phantom Projector."

The video began with Zhou Yuánlěi sitting behind his desk, smiling as he greeted the audience.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Zhou Yuánlěi. Welcome to my tech review channel.

"Today, I'm bringing you a product called the Phantom Projector. It's made by a company that was founded less than a month ago. I only found out about it a few days ago, when one of my followers asked me whether it was worth buying."

As he spoke, Zhou Yuánlěi pulled the Phantom Projector out from under his desk and set it on top. "In the spirit of taking good care of my followers, I've brought you a review of this product today!"

"Maybe a lot of you, like me, only heard about this product recently. Some of you might even be learning about it for the first time from this video. Let's start by taking a look at what it has to offer."

"According to its official ads, it has an 8K ultra-high-definition resolution, 100 percent RGB color gamut, a 144-hertz refresh rate, and a one-millisecond response time. Those specs would be perfectly normal for a monitor, but when you claim them for a projector, they sound ridiculously over-the-top—almost funny!"

"They're two completely different kinds of products. It's as ridiculous as telling me how fast a hen can swim and how long it can stay underwater!"

"Even before I got a follower's request to review this product, I thought its claims sounded outrageous. I was afraid it was just a product designed to fleece gullible buyers. Even its boasts were pointed in the wrong direction. It could claim an 8K resolution or say its brightness reached some incredible level, but when you make claims like these, aren't you treating consumers like idiots?"

"With the idea that I'd take the hit so my followers could save their money, I bought one of the Phantom Projectors made by this company!"

"Now, let me pull back the curtain on this mysterious projector!"

After saying this, Zhou Yuánlěi fiddled with a few things, then took out another projector, this one made by Sony. He plugged both projectors in and got them ready to turn on.

"First, take a look at this projector and compare it with another one I bought earlier."

In the video, Zhou Yuánlěi turned on both projectors at once. After a flash of light, the one on the left displayed Sony's logo and startup animation, with excellent brightness and color. The projector on the right showed a scene of a heavenly horse galloping past, followed by the words "Shenma Technology."

"The difference between the two is obvious when they're projecting onto the same white screen.

"The image from the Phantom Projector made by Shenma Technology Company looks washed out and blurry. Compared with the Sony projector beside it, it doesn't even come close. You can see the difference at a glance."

"An 8K resolution? I doubt it even reaches 1080p!"

"It's a fake. There's no point testing any of the other specs, either. What's the point of a 144-hertz refresh rate or a one-millisecond response time? Even if it had those specs, who'd want to play games on a screen covered in blocky pixels? It can't even manage basic high-definition projection, so the rest of those numbers are meaningless."

"So, whether the Phantom Projector is worth buying should be obvious by now."

After turning off the tampered-with Phantom Projector and the Sony projector, Zhou Yuánlěi spoke confidently to his viewers.

"These days, the Phantom Projector has become popular online thanks to a few familiar sales tricks: exaggerated specs, false advertising, polished videos and PowerPoint presentations, and a bunch of paid shills singing its praises. That's all it takes to fleece a bunch of people!"

"Before the Phantom Projector came along, plenty of influencer shops and products already used the same tricks. We all know that a lot of the products promoted by Douyin influencers turn out to be nothing like their ads. The Phantom Projector just takes the deception a little further."

"Shenma Technology Company is just another business trying to pull a fast one and make a quick buck. Once the money's in their hands, they'll just shut down the company and disappear!"

"Shenma Technology's official website promises a three-year warranty and a seven-day no-questions-asked return policy. But if the company's gone, customers will have nowhere to turn if they want to complain."

"Finally, let's get back to the product itself. Its resolution doesn't come close to 8K—or even 1080p. It's a shoddy product with none of the advantages of an ordinary projector that costs a few hundred yuan. It doesn't even have its own video playback system."

"Spend five thousand yuan on this thing, and all you'll be able to do is leave it in a warehouse to gather dust!"

"Let me say this three times: don't buy it, don't buy it, and whatever you do, don't buy it!"

"All right, that's it for this Phantom Projector review. The video might be short, but there's not much I can do about that. When you can see the problem at a glance, there's no need for an in-depth review. As for why my review is so different from those of some other creators, maybe it's because they got paid to review the product, while I didn't."

"I've attached my own purchase record. What a disaster! I spent a full five thousand yuan on a piece of junk that isn't even worth a few hundred. Given how much money I've lost, show your support by liking, following, and sending me a coin!"

"If there are any other tech products you want me to review, send me a private message. I'll test them for you and help you avoid the duds!"

Zhou Yuánlěi's video was posted and circulated across various video platforms. It quickly drew views from his followers and people interested in tech products, as well as those who had been following the Phantom Projector. Soon, it was flooded with comments, likes, and replies.

"Thanks, uploader! You helped me avoid a bad purchase. Damn, I'd been watching ads for this thing for days. The manufacturer has no shame at all—their paid shills are spreading fake videos all over the internet!"

"This is a blatant scam. I thought I'd found a great product and was about to buy one. Thank goodness I didn't—I saved a ton of money!"

"The Phantom Projector? Shenma Technology Company? Excuse my ignorance, but is this some new product?"

"There are too many idiots and not enough scammers! Anyone can see it's fake at a glance. Why does it even need a review? The specs are obviously bogus. I'm embarrassed to even say it—they couldn't have made their fake claims more believable?"

The people who felt they'd dodged a bullet after watching the video thanked the uploader in the comments. Zhou Yuánlěi happily liked their posts and joined in the discussion.

At the same time, buyers who had purchased the Phantom Projector also left comments below the video.

"What kind of clown is this uploader, trying to smear the Phantom Projector? Reported!"

"I've had a Phantom Projector myself for half a month, and it's been great. I even have friends who bought one, and none of them regret it. Their experience is nothing like what this uploader claims, either. Honestly, gaming on a 200-inch screen is amazing. Have you ever seen game characters fighting at the same height as real people? It's an incredible experience!"

But compared with the huge crowd of onlookers who didn't know what was really going on, comments like these quickly vanished in the flood of replies, often attracting all kinds of ridicule.

"Hey, if you're making money off this, share some with us!"

"Do the people blindly praising the Phantom Projector have no conscience? Will they really do anything for money?"

"Good thing I watched this video before placing my order. I almost fell for it!"

"I bought a Phantom Projector too. This uploader is a [censored]—he just can't stand seeing another company do well, can he? As someone who actually bought the projector, I'm telling you, it's absolutely, absolutely worth the money. If it doesn't work well, come find me!"

"The state of the internet these days is awful. People can insist black is white and white is black. Everyone needs to keep their eyes open and figure out what's true for themselves!"

"You've got me completely confused. So, is this product worth buying or not? The review videos from other uploaders and the buyers' photos look pretty normal—not like they've been altered. But this uploader also has a decent reputation. With so many followers, surely he wouldn't lie? Who am I supposed to believe? This is so confusing."

"Those who know, know. If you don't, there's no point forcing it. Time will tell who was right!"

"There are way too many brainless shills. You can actually spin this? It's obviously fake, yet so many people believe it. What a joke."

"If I hadn't seen the uploader's review, I wouldn't even have known this projector existed. Thanks for taking one for the team, uploader! Liked, followed, and sent you a coin!"

"I used to believe some of it, but now I've finally seen the light. How could a tiny company do something that big companies like Sony can't? Are all those big companies' engineers and research teams just sitting around doing nothing? When something doesn't add up, there's usually a reason. So it's obvious who's right and who's wrong."

Online, Zhou Yuánlěi's review video attracted a great deal of attention.