iCODIS CB-100W Mobile Projector Review: Little, Sturdy And Powerful

We often look around in magazines, blogs and even communities of tech enthusiasts topics and discussions about what they expect from the soon-to-be-released products of their favorite brands, fantasizing about the implementation of their most wanted features in their favorite company’s shiny new flagship device.

However, these improvements promote changes the protocols that enable us to connect our handheld devices to monitors, projectors or TVs, which produces incompatibility issues in the long run with cables or adapters that we may have around for other devices. This leads to uncomfortable situations when we want to watch a movie or show some photos to our friends and family in a bigger display or even a presentation for your clients or class. Having to use a laptop as a middle-man to display our content is a solution that has been around for quite a while, but it isn’t the most practical as it is a hefty device to carry compared to a tablet or a smartphone. What kind alternatives we have that are portable and cordless?

Introducing the iCODIS CB-100W Mobile Projector. It’s a small (and we mean it) feature-filled pico projector with 80ANSI lumens with Wi-Fi capabilities and compatibility with most-used streaming protocols, such as Airplay on iOS/OSX and Miracast on Android/Windows devices. Being so compact (only about 2 inches) and looking so tiny in the photos, it got us a little bit concerned about the quality of the image it could provide and the durability of it. All these doubts have vanished once we got the device in our hands. The iCODIS CB-100W is a sturdy machine; the build quality of it is top-notch and includes an 1800 mAh battery for about 2 hours of untethered use. It includes all the peripherals you may need or want to use with it; it includes a small bendable tripod, an 8GB Micro SD, an international adapter a micro-USB charging cable and a quick-start guide.

Once we set up the tripod to put our device in a comfortable angle to project the image, we set it in action. We tested the most practical method to display media through the projector, connecting our Android smartphone to it via Wi-Fi using the Miracast protocol to stream media to it. The connection was easy to do and took less than a minute to do so. We used some test photos to test out color reproduction and image quality and size, along with a brief presentation to test out text sharpness.

The iCODIS CB-100W can output up to a 120-inches display size with a 640×480 resolution. As the resolution was our primary concern, we didn’t push too much on the image size but rather how clear the picture was at certain distances from the projecting wall. Our tests showed that the image was very clear and sharp, and colors were accurate enough for our expectations. The 80ANSI lumens LED bulb shined in all the right places.

The iCODIS CB-100W is also able to receive media through its micro SD port, and has built a speaker for multimedia playback, but honestly, you can do yourself a favor and skip the consideration of getting a decent sound of a device as tiny as this is. It is very quiet, which renders it unusable unless you are sitting near it. We assume this is the case to avoid compromising the internal functioning of the projector while leaving space for other essential components, as the 2.4-5Ghz Wi-Fi antenna to improve streaming reliability.

All things considered, we can conclude that this is an excellent little device to have around for situations where you want good results presenting your media and focusing on having a great time rather than fiddling around to get your media displayed. The price tag implies that you’re getting the best components and accessories available, and while they include very good and practical ones, we would’ve liked it to come with a carrying case to keep all the included accessories in place.

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