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Portable projectors

A portable projector either runs on its own battery or is light enough to pick up with one hand, and this page uses that as the test rather than the word on the box. Published battery life and weight decide membership, so a projector that simply has a handle does not qualify. Expect to trade brightness for portability: the physics of a battery means most of these are at their best in a dark room or after sunset. If you want something for a garden in daylight, look at the bright room page instead and accept that it will need mains power.

What this page filters onBattery or under 1.5 kg

Tell us your screen size, how far back the projector sits and how much light the room gets, and every row here shows whether it fits. Open the room finder

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We only list projectors whose specs we have checked against the manufacturer's own pages, and this corner of the market is thin. Rather than pad it out, we show what we have and keep looking.

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Before you buy

How long do the batteries actually last?

Published figures usually mean a full charge at reduced brightness, which is typically two to three hours, or about one film. At full brightness it is often half that. We record the maker's figure where it is published and leave it blank where it is not, rather than estimating.

Are portable projectors bright enough outdoors?

After dark, yes, on a screen up to about 80 or 100 inches. In daylight, no, and no portable projector currently sold changes that. If you need daylight, you need mains power and a much brighter projector.

Do they have Netflix built in?

Some do and some do not, and it is a genuine problem rather than a detail, because Netflix licenses its app per device. Several Android and Google TV projectors cannot run it at full resolution without a separate stick. Every product page here says plainly whether Netflix runs on the projector itself.