With the World Cup and some surprisingly good weather upon us, there's been quite the interest in portable projectors that can be taken outside.
The problem is finding a good portable projector – Amazon's sales are often flooded with cheap outdoor projectors, but you'll want to invest your hard-earned cash into one that gives you the AV quality, battery life and easy setup fit enough for the beautiful game.
Well, we have good news. There's a portable projector in the early Prime Day sale that we've tried and tested ourselves, and can vouch for as an outdoor projector we recommend. In fact, the Anker Nebula Mars 3 Air is our favourite outdoor and portable projector – and it's currently on offer for £339 at Amazon.
That's the lowest price we've seen for the Mars 3 Air, though bear in mind that you'll have to be a Prime member to access this deal.
If you're looking for a quick, easy, fuss-free setup to minimise chances of missing a match, then it's hard to look past the Anker Nebula Mars 3 Air.
With a built-in battery, speakers and wi-fi, it’s entirely self-contained, so once you’ve got it in position, there’s no need to add any other kit to get it up and running – just fire up the Google TV operating system and away you go. It’ll even automatically adjust the picture to make sure everything looks as it should.
The handle makes it easy enough to carry around, and it's well-built enough and nicely designed that it'll look good in any room of the house.
The maximum picture size is 150 inches, but we find the Mars 3 Air loses some of its brightness at full size. We recommend an image size of between 70 inches and 90 inches for the best balance of brightness and scale.
And the all-important picture? A step above the rest at this size and price.
"For starters, we’re really struck by how sharp and detailed everything looks," our Anker Nebula Mars 3 Air review reads. "Despite the projector using (like all portable models) a fairly small lens aperture, every pixel and texture of a good HD source is faithfully rendered, adding up to a really dense, smooth, cinematic finish to the picture with little evidence of visible pixel structure."
Audio performance is also a cut above, with the pair of 8-watt speakers producing an expansive and well-rounded soundstage with a solid bass presence. We'd love a bit more volume, but the Mars 3 Air doesn't disappoint on the audio front.
There's also a built-in battery rated for 2.5 hours of mains-free playback. This will depend on your brightness and volume settings, of course, but this should be plenty long enough for a World Cup game.
As a World Cup projector, the Anker Nebula Mars 3 Air is compact, feature-packed and bright enough to be used outside. It's also much more affordable now, thanks to a £211 discount at Amazon for Prime members.
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