A Closer Look
The NeoPix looks fantastic, and frankly, I wouldn’t expect anything less from Philips. There’s no shortage of cheap projectors on the market, largely Chinese brands that are quite simply all utter garbage. You’ve likely seen them on Amazon with prices typically under £200, sometimes much lower than that, and yeah, you get what you pay for.
However, at £399 I wouldn’t even go so far as to call this projector particularly expensive. This is very affordable, especially when a decent budget 4K projector starts at triple that, and there’s no way you’re getting a decent 120″ image from a TV for around £399. But this looks and feels like a quality product and it’s very attractive too, so having this mounted on your ceiling or on a shelf isn’t going to look garish in your living space.
Up on the front, you have the projector lens, it’s a fixed lens, so all the adjustment must be done digitally, but that’s to be expected at this price range and is going to be much more user-friendly than manual adjustment systems. Speaking from experience here, trying to align a manual lens that doesn’t have digital keystone correction is hard work.
Down the sides of the projector, there’s lots of ventilation, with cool air being pulled by a fan into one side and warm air exhausted out of the other, so of course, when you place it in your room, ensure it can get appropriate airflow.
Along the top, there are a few touch panel buttons, with menu, return, arrow keys and OK, so all pretty self-explanatory there.
Around the back, there’s a master power button, Type-C, USB A and Type-C, headphone jack, and HDMI, but keep in mind the device also has WiFi and Bluetooth.
The bottom supports all the usual universal mounting screws, and there’s an adjustment screw to adjust the angle when placed on a flat surface. The power cable connects under the projector, so it’s not sticking out the back, a little detail, but I like that a lot.
