Having owned one of those large, bulky projector in the past, let me tell you that the Nebula Capsule is a godsend. This is the little projector that could!
Everything about this projector screams quality and well built. It has a good weight to it, which is a good thing, so you know that it isn’t comprised of cheap plastic. Buttons are clearly marked and has a good feel to it and the ports for the connections (micro USB & HDMI) fit nice and snug.
Being the equivalent size of a soda can, I was skeptical about the volume output. But that was all put to rest as the speakers are more than adequate. In fact, I have constantly had it in the 60% range as that is plenty loud for me.
Hooking up external devices was painless. I connected my laptop and a FireStick via the HDMI port and the Capsule instantly detected the HDMI signal and switched to it immediately. As for connecting a USB stick, you would have to go to the File Manager icon and select that input from there.
Casting from my devices to the Capsule, on the other hand, was a bit tricky as it took a handful of tries but I eventually got it to work. Initially when I used my older phone, OnePlus One, to stream some music videos from YouTube, it was really choppy and practically unusable. I then used my current phone, OnePlus 5, to stream the same music videos, and it was 95% better (a little bit of stutter here and there). Now I’m not sure if the casting performance depends on the specs of your device but this is something that you might keep in mind. The OnePlus One had 3GB RAM, Snapdragon 801 chipset and 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) OS. The OnePlus 5 on the other hand has 8GB RAM, Snapdragon 835 chipset and 8.0 (Oreo) OS.
Navigating the menus is accomplished by the included remote. But the feature that I also liked was the app that is downloadable for either IOS and Android where you can use your phone or tablet to navigate just like if you were using a mouse. This makes it a ton easier if you are searching for something and you can use the keyboard on your device to type it in instead of the remote.
The Capsule comes with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage, of which around 2.5GB is already used up by the OS. 16GB would have been preferable though! Right off the bat, I have already received 2 system updates so the current version is Android 7.1.2
The only negative that I can point out in the Capsule is the lack of Google Play Store compatibility. What it comes with is something called Aptoide TV. I’ve never even heard of it. I tried installing a handful of apps from there and some of them failed because it said it needed the Google Play Store. Then what the heck was the app doing in Aptoide TV in the first place then? Makes no sense. Anyways, one way around this was to use the FireStick.
As for how long the internal battery lasts, I have gotten around 4 - 4.5hrs on this thing. Pretty good for this size of a projector. With the included Quick Charge outlet, recharging only took 2.5 hours.
All in all, this projector has exceeded all of my expectations. Its small size is great for portability, great volume output from the speakers and 4.5 hrs of playtime means that there will be more than enough power to watch a whole movie.
