Review 2

Opening the packaging box, what presented itself to Xue Lei was the projector body, wrapped in a plastic bag and cushioned by two pieces of shockproof foam. As a moderately well-known content creator, Xue Lei was already very familiar with unboxing.

In a flash, Xue Lei had unpacked everything from the box and arranged it on the table.

From left to right, they were the empty cardboard box, two pieces of shockproof foam, the projector body in its plastic packaging, a manual, a warranty card, a power adapter, an HDMI 2.0 cable, and two DP cables.

The manual, warranty card, and power adapter were all standard fare. What Xue Lei found confusing was the inclusion of two DP cables.

DP cables were the display connection cables used by most computers nowadays. Two of them? Xue Lei suddenly thought of the data transmission solution for Dell's 8K monitor, a 32-inch Dell 8K monitor that cost over twenty thousand yuan...

Unable to hold back, Xue Lei said speechlessly, "The manufacturer of this projector is really joking, aren't they? They actually treat their projector like a monitor manufacturer. Why would a projector come with two DP cables!"

"Forget it, forget it. Let's look at the product first. Complaining too much is pointless."

"Alright, dear viewers~, what you can see now are all the accessories included with this Phantom Projector produced by Shenma Technology Company."

"Although the specifications are incredibly exaggerated, and it even comes with two DP cables, and the price is as high as four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine yuan, making one want to vent endlessly, let's patiently watch on. Perhaps there might be some surprises later, right?"

"Enough with the nonsense, let's finish this quickly and get to work. Let's power it on and see what this product is really like!" After removing the projector from its plastic packaging, Xue Lei couldn't help but pause for a moment.

The feel of it was surprisingly good, far from the rough, trashy plastic product Xue Lei had imagined. And the weight, it must be around three to four jin (approximately 1.5 to 2 kg)!

Compared to projectors he had encountered before, for the same volume, this product weighed about twice as much as others!

Xue Lei said with some surprise, "This is interesting. The build quality isn't the flimsy plastic that breaks at a touch, as I imagined. And this type of plastic, if I'm not mistaken, is made of much better PC plastic. PC plastic is an excellent material for making the casings of various small and medium-sized machines, possessing advantages like high strength, high-temperature resistance, great hardness, safety, non-toxicity, and good low-temperature performance."

"I didn't expect a newly established, boastful company to be willing to use such good materials for the machine's casing. It's not entirely a scam company after all."

"And besides the casing material, look, the workmanship is also quite exquisite. They must have found a large factory to produce it. At the same time, the machine's casing is designed to be square, with rounded corners to remove sharp edges. The body has louvered vents for heat dissipation. While this design might make the appearance a bit dated, it will greatly improve the product's heat dissipation performance."

Holding the camera and filming around the projector, Xue Lei said again, "That's about it for the product's appearance. Next, let's test the projector's display effect and see its actual performance. Compared to just looking at the packaging earlier, I now have a glimmer of expectation for it. I hope it lives up to its price."

He aimed the projector at the wall and adjusted the camera's angle.

Plugged it in, and powered it on!

A light screen was projected onto the white wall. Under the illumination of the lights, the projector's brightness was slightly adjusted, and the image went from dim to vibrant in less than a second.

On the startup screen, a white Pegasus with wings rapidly ran across the screen before transforming into a full screen of blue background.

"Huh, it seems... a bit interesting!" Just this one screen made Xue Lei exclaim in surprise.

Then, Xue Lei explained to his non-existent audience why he was surprised.

"The brightness is very good. Look, everyone, even under the lights, the image presented before me now is very vibrant and has extremely high clarity."

"Perhaps friends who don't have much experience with projectors or monitors won't feel much about this, but as a professional digital content creator who has handled dozens or even hundreds of monitors and projectors, I can still discern some things."

"The screen display effect projected by this projector is very comfortable. And earlier, when it was starting up, I don't know if you noticed, the brightness changed slightly. It can adjust its own brightness according to the environment!"

"Let's try turning off the lights."

Walking to the light switch, Xue Lei turned off the lights in the room.

As the lights went out, only a few fill lights Xue Lei used for filming and the projector emitted light in the room.

As expected, the image projected by the projector also changed slightly in brightness. While ensuring clarity, the brightness was slightly reduced to prevent the human eye from feeling dazzled.

Turning the lights back on, the projector's brightness increased!

After repeatedly turning the lights on and off a few times to fully demonstrate the projector's brightness changes, Xue Lei returned to his workstation and started again.

"Honestly, it's a bit too surprising. Perhaps this projector's brightness can indeed reach Six Thousand Lumens. At least from the display effect I'm seeing now, it has the advantages of clear display without being dazzling. If it were daytime, the brightness might even increase!"

"From this boot-up screen, this is about all that can be seen. The display is relatively clear, and the colors are relatively vibrant. Let's continue testing!"

"However, while the screen clarity and smoothness surprised me, look, everyone. The image projected by the projector doesn't show the common TV box software application desktop. As a projector, even those that can be bought for a few hundred yuan nowadays mostly have their own video playback system."

"But this projector only displays a blue background, just like a monitor. This is very unfriendly to customers who want to use the projector as a TV. It means that to use this projector, you must prepare another set-top box or connect a computer."

"The price has already reached four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine yuan, and this manufacturer is actually this stingy? Well, I won't say more. At least the display effect is worth looking forward to."

"Fortunately, as a tech reviewer on YouTube, I have all sorts of equipment at home. Wait a moment, I'll be right back!"

Going to the next room, Xue Lei found a set-top box he had previously bought for review. He brought it to the workroom and connected the set-top box's HDMI port to the projector.

"Plug it in, power it on!"

On the wall, the image projected by the projector finally changed.

The set-top box's boot-up advertisement appeared, an advertisement for a car. On both sides of the road, tall trees were lush and vibrant. A tall, handsome, pure black vehicle sped along the road into the distance.

The slogan appeared: 'Through wind and rain together, the all-new Cadillac XT6, accompanying you over mountains and across rivers!'

The short ten-second advertisement ended, and the display showed Xue Lei's familiar set-top box interface.

Staring blankly at the screen in front of him, Xue Lei's face looked as if he had seen a ghost, and he said in disbelief, "How can this be? The display effect shouldn't be like this!"

"The projector's boot-up screen earlier was short, so although it felt good, I didn't have a strong impression. But this set-top box's boot-up screen has somewhat amazed me."

"Even looking closely, I can't see any pixelation at all. The picture is extremely smooth, and the colors are extremely vibrant. It doesn't look like something a projector can display at all!"

"It even gives me the feeling of watching a monitor! And the most outrageous thing is, this is a high-end monitor. Judging solely by the naked eye, I feel this picture has at least the effect of a 2K monitor!"

"Brothers, have you ever seen a 100-inch 2K monitor! Perhaps this is what it's like!"

"This is too powerful, it can actually achieve the effect of a monitor!"

"Wrong, wrong, wrong!"

"Perhaps the data on the packaging box just now was real!"

"Wang Defa! This is truly unbelievable! You call this a projector?!"

Clutching his forehead, a string of disbelieving words came from Xue Lei's mouth. After a while, Xue Lei finally calmed down a bit and said, "Brothers, this product is truly surprising. I never expected the display effect to be this amazing!"

"I admit, the current projection screen of about one hundred inches has a very good, very good display effect, with image quality comparable to a 2K monitor. As for the maximum 8K display data mentioned on the product packaging, it probably wasn't an exaggeration. If the projector's screen size is reduced to about forty inches, the display effect should have a qualitative leap, reaching 8K display quality!"

"8K display quality, I don't even know what to say!!!"

"Never mind, let's not talk about it anymore. Let's continue the review."

"Since the screen display effect is so stunning, let's directly watch a movie. Unfortunately, my set-top box only supports up to 4K movies, so I can't fully utilize the projector's display capabilities. We'll test it with this set-top box first, and later I'll connect my computer to the projector to test the 8K display effect, as well as those seemingly outrageous but potentially real data: 144Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time."

"Let's look forward to a miracle!"

Using the remote control, Xue Lei operated the set-top box and randomly played a 4K movie, setting the resolution to the highest. The movie began to play.

It was a previously popular sci-fi film, The Wandering Earth!

Time slipped by unconsciously. When Xue Lei came back to his senses, twenty minutes had already passed!

The large screen and high resolution provided a truly satisfying experience!

Moreover, the projector's built-in audio system was also surprisingly good!

Returning to his work, Xue Lei, with an excited expression, carefully shared his feelings with the camera after the experience.

"Dear viewers, I don't know what to say anymore. I apologize for some of the disparaging remarks I made about this product earlier."

"It was my lack of imagination that made me mistakenly believe this product was like many others on shopping websites with severely inflated specifications."

"This product has subverted my perception of projectors. You can't judge a book by its cover; judging a product solely by its price and brand is a mistake!"

"Based on the current usage, this can already be considered a perfect product."

"Honestly, apart from the one thousand yuan for electricity the merchant covered, I haven't been bribed in any way. I also told the merchant beforehand that I would speak the truth about the product before they sent it for review."

"After a short period of testing, the outstanding performance of the Phantom Projector has conquered me."

"Watching movies on a 100-inch 2K screen is incredibly awesome! It's a true private cinema experience! And it only costs five thousand yuan! It's completely dominating the market at this price point!"

"Apart from the brand being unfamiliar, everything else is excellent!"

"I'm done for. I feel like I've been completely won over by this projector and have become an organic promoter for the product."

"The review is only halfway done. There are still many functions to test. Let's look forward to the even more dazzling performance of the Phantom Projector next!"

As he prepared to connect his computer to the projector, Xue Lei said with great anticipation.

"Regarding the one-millisecond response time and 144Hz refresh rate displayed on the projector's packaging, Little Lei was very excited. If these were true, then this projector wouldn't just be for watching TV; it would also be very convenient to use as a monitor for gaming."

"Its size is much smaller than traditional monitors, making it very convenient for scenarios like business trips, travel, or moving. Carrying a small ITX computer paired with such a projector monitor, you could easily fit everything into a suitcase."

"The only drawback, perhaps, is that a computer supporting 8K displays would need at least a 3090 graphics card to barely run large AAA games. However, that's not the projector's fault!"

He unplugged the HDMI cable from the projector and plugged in the computer's DP cable.

It was still a massive 100-inch screen, but this time it displayed Xue Lei's familiar system desktop. The 4K anime girl dancing wallpaper was as smooth as silk.

Just looking at this screen was a kind of enjoyment!

In the following time, Xue Lei conducted an in-depth user experience review of this projector.

He tested its performance in playing 8K video movies, its performance in games, compared it with his own brand-name 4K monitor that cost over 3000 yuan, experienced its audio effects under different song playback conditions, and conducted long-term stability and temperature tests.

The more he tested, the more Xue Lei marveled at the projector's powerful performance.

The user experience crushed the brand-name 4K monitor that Xue Lei had bought for over 3000 yuan. For the same game and the same scene, just by visual observation, the image displayed by the projector was actually more comfortable than the monitor!

"What the heck is this, it's too outrageous!"

After watching an entire 8K movie, Xue Lei was captivated!

Even though he had already watched the movie once, under the 8K display effect, it felt like entering another dimension. The actors' movements, expressions, joys, and sorrows all seemed to be right in front of him, happening beside him, creating an immersive experience!

The audio effects were also excellent. Compared to a brand-name speaker that Xue Lei had previously reviewed, priced at over two thousand yuan, he could tell who was stronger and who was weaker with just one listen!

"This is simply unscientific!"

For an entire night, Xue Lei was like a possessed man, testing all the projector's performance features until the morning sun shone into his studio, and he finally came back to his senses. The night had passed just like that.

Xue Lei's original plan was to casually review this projector from an unknown small manufacturer, but it turned into an in-depth experience. However, Xue Lei didn't mind; it was all worth it!

After this night of testing, Xue Lei had confirmed that this was a super, invincible projector, capable of even being used as a monitor, offering an excellent experience for watching movies!

Xue Lei could even think of some usage scenarios. Besides being a monitor for a TIX host, it could also be used as a normal display. Furthermore, for game enthusiasts, pairing this display with a Switch, PS, or other game consoles would provide an even more exhilarating gaming experience!

And the usage scenarios mentioned above were what Xue Lei planned to cover in his upcoming reviews of this projector's performance.

This is a super projector product whose price is far below its performance. It will absolutely satisfy consumers who purchase it!

Such a good product, yet it remains obscure. Xue Lei believed it would definitely become popular. By releasing a review video of this Phantom Projector while not many people knew about it yet, he was confident he could gain a large number of fans.

And when viewers who watched his review video bought the product and tested its effects, they would also develop a favorable impression of Xue Lei, who brought them the review video, thus gaining followers!

The current situation was no longer just about earning the 1000 yuan review fee.

Such a good product was like digging up a gold mine, enough for Xue Lei to create many review videos.

The studio windows were all opened, letting the sunlight stream in to illuminate the projected screen. The picture on the screen was still vibrant, its brightness automatically increasing to fill in the final scene.

"Let's go all out!" Looking at the sunlight coming through the window, Xue Lei's spirits lifted. He patted his cheeks and continued to immerse himself in video editing. If he didn't finish editing the review video for this projector today, he wasn't planning on sleeping!

Just as Xue Lei entered his all-out mode, Ning Yifan, who was in another city, had already gotten up early. After exercising, he returned to his rented room to start his work.

After a whole night, the Phantom Projector still hadn't had a single customer purchase or inquiry.

Perhaps this situation would change soon.

Ning Yifan wasn't in a hurry and continued his work step by step. Yesterday, he had finished assembling the remaining parts. Currently, there were a total of 194 projectors stacked in the room.

Since he didn't need to assemble projectors today, Ning Yifan could take a little rest, browse the order platform, play games, or watch movies and anime.