Optoma ML1080UST PHOTON GO Ultra Short Throw 1080p HDR10 Portable Projector, Triple Laser (RGB), Onboard Google TV with Netflix and Disney+ Certified, Built-in Battery, Wi-Fi & Bluetooth

Perfect as a Second “TV” for My Small Condo — Huge Screen, Zero Hassle
I picked up the Optoma ML1080UST as a second TV for my small condo — Mainly for movies, sports, and weekend gatherings. I already have a regular TV in the living room, but I turned the spare bedroom into a second area for when my girlfriend is in the living room and I want to watch without her or have buddies over for games. The room is too tight for anything bigger than a 55″. I wanted a big-screen experience without rearranging my entire layout.Because this is an ultra-short-throw projector, I’m getting a 90-95” image with the unit sitting just a few inches from the wall. For a compact condo, that’s honestly the only practical way to get a screen this big. No ceiling mount, no casting shadows, no pulling the sofa back 3 feet — it just works.Picture quality is excellent for the size of the projector. As a long-time projector user, I know what to expect from 1000 lumens: it’s not for bright daylight, but in evening or controlled lighting, it looks sharp, colorful, and surprisingly clean for such a small UST. Perfect for movie nights, YouTube deep-dives, or watching football with friends.The fact that it has Google TV built in is a massive win. I didn’t need to plug in any streaming sticks — everything from Netflix to Prime to YouTube runs smoothly out of the box. Setup took maybe 10 minutes. Geometry controls and the UST optics made alignment go quickly.Final bonus is how easy it is to move around and take with me to a friend’s, camping or anywhere I can get a spot to put up my mobile UTS screen or a flat wall.A few notes from someone who’s been through a lot of projectors: -If your wall isn’t perfectly smooth, consider a UST-compatible screen — UST lenses pick up every bump. -Don’t expect full TV brightness with lights blasting; using it in ambient-controlled lighting gives the best results. -LED + ultra compact design = zero maintenance and super easy to move around.Overall, the ML1080UST is exactly what I wanted for a second screen: huge image, small footprint, smart OS, and no installation hassle. For condo or apartment living, this thing is a dream.Highly recommended.

Good for images, not text
Decent for the price, extremely lightweight, good picture quality and impressive color gamut. My only complaint is that the lens doesn’t render small text well, and since I bought it to use as a display for programming, I was disappointed on this front. It probably won’t bother you if you are primarily using it to watch videos.

Bad picture.
Screen wa warped in corners after focusing, input is slow after hitting button, had buffering issues several times even with Wi-Fi 6.

Perfect size for a UST I’ve been looking for, but too many major disappointments for this price.- Too dim for use during the day in the room with lights on. Color look washed.- Too bright to used at night with all lights turned off. Can’t turn down brightness other than putting it on eco mode. (Which is still too bright and lit the whole room waking up others)- Processor is sluggish and took too long from power on to start being usable. The initial set up too over an hour due to all the update and downloads it must go through. I have an Epson EF12 and it boots faster and is more responsive. (The Optoma is less bright and courser image comparing to the Epson).- The remote feels cheap and hollow, button press has a low quality feel and every press gives a bright blue light which is annoying. Day 1 setup already gave issue because it wouldn’t respond and at times buttons press won’t register until seconds later. Pairing it also had numerous issues and took me 15+ min and 2 reboot to work properly. But again, this thing is sluggish and can be frustrating at times.Optoma was known as a good projector brand and The size of it plus being a UST is the key reason I bought this. (I’ve only used NEC and Epson before). But I’m having second thoughts because of the high price and too many deficiencies. The major turn off is that the image are not completely straight!! It doesn’t have the usual vertical/horizontal keystone adjust but rather a 4 corner type adjustment. While auto adjust works fine, the image is never straight especially at the top.The image I attached is how “wavey” the image is shining on a beige straight wall. (The google TV set up and app install along took almost an hour, that’s after the initial software download/update I already done early in the day). Being 5GHz don’t seem to be any faster, I blame it on the weak processor which can cause stutters at time watching PrimeVideo and slow response during and right after boot.*I also wish pressing and holding the remote power buttons can let you choose to power off or restart (like Epson) rather than go straight to shutting down.Second day use update:Continue to be disappointed by the weak processor, playing prime video using the built-in Google TV is a pain. Stutters and took forever to load even though it uses 5Ghz band. Again, size is perfect and what I wanted for my room, but the performance is too poor and lacking that I can’t justify the 1.5K price tag with many deficiencies. Image is not straight, too dim for lighted room yet too bright to use in the dark. Poor load time due to weak processor, and unresponsive remote/sluggish menu. Image/display not very suitable for computer use due to courser pixel.Very potentially good projector plaques by too many flaws for my need. 🙁