Xiaomi Mijia HD Projector (Youth Edition) Full walkthrough review [Xiaomify]

The Youth edition of the Xiaomi Mijia LED projector... -Is it any good and did it exceed my expectations? Oh yes, it did! -Want a coupon for $30 discount on the projector on banggood: BGZSFWICK

This more budget-friendly HD projector is nothing like the Xiaomi laser projectors as its not a short-throw laser projector but rather a LED-based longer distance projector with (only) 500 ANSI -lumens strength. Despite having such a smaller light intensity it did exceed my expectations, by a lot!

On paper, it seems a day and night difference with many other projects that all have much higher specs, but also much higher pricetags. The Mijia HD projector is not only A LOT brighter then I imagined it would be, it's also a lot sharper. And this goes for normal indoor-quite close-to-the-wall-projection, but also for much larger distance projection like projecting it on the building next door which is about 7-8 meters in distance. -That surprised me a lot!

In terms of specs, the Xiaomi projector is not all that bad. It's got HDMI in (with 4K support) a USB-3 port, Mini-jack audio out, wireless screen support (for android, windows, iOS and MacOS). It's got WiFi connectivity; both 2.4 GHz and 5GHz and Bluetooth which can be used to connect a mouse, keyboard, game controller and also to use the projector as a Bluetooth speaker (just in case you want that....)

It's got built-in audio with DTS and Dolby support; and this doesn't sound as bad as you'd expect either. It had a rather full low-end and really did not sound all that bad.

It even has 3D video support and, even though you would need to have 3d glasses for that, it is pretty cool!

It's running MIUI TV, which is the same OS as you would find on other projectors from Xiaomi but also on their Mi TV's and their Mi TV boxes. As this is a China mainland release only (at least for now...) the OS does not come with any Google APPS preloaded, but you can install additional apps on it. Through the Xiaomi APP store you can find a handful of (Chinese) video apps, but you can actually install apps like Netflix and Youtube on it. I managed to easily install these and they worked just fine.

Overall I am very impressed with this much lower-spec'd, but well-performing projector. In my opinion, the main downsides are the lack of an ethernet port and the fact that the MIUI TV OS occasionally might show you an ad when it's booting up. But overall this projector really performed much better than I expected it would and I found it to be quite impressive for its price!

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[alexnava]

It cost $469.00 for this if anyones wondering before looking...

[theben]

I actually thought the intro was animated, boi I'm blown. It's dope.

[talkingcup]

Regarding the ads on starting up, you can skip it by pressing the Home button on the remote. I actually bought one based on your review, so thanks a lot! Great piece of kit for the bedroom.

[neopada]

So your neighbor's wall is now your TV.
And your whole neighborhood.

[rohit]

Your intro itself made me purchase this Projector. Awesome experience till now..

[leledumbo]

You can watch movies together with your neighborhood using that gigantic wall. Just connect a gigantic speaker as well.

[floki.g]

I am a big fan of Xiaomi stuff and this channel is great been watching alot of your videos, keep up the good work, best regards from Iceland

[bochaowang]

It looks pretty good, so much better than my expectations, but having native ads on a device I paid for is still a deal breaker for me.

[kwongheng]

I think you failed to mention that it doesn't have horizontal keystone correction and digital zoom control. With horizontal keystone correction, you can only place the project straight ahead. Without digital zoom control, you need to move the projector to adjust for the size you want

[xiaomify]

Hi y'all! I've been very busy over the last week, but got some very cool videos coming up... and that will be some very exciting stuff! Stay tuned! ❤

[soloistcool]

I have never seen one of your videos, but this intro was so impressiv i instantly clicked like and sub

[nawabshaikh]

Dude I really like your concept for this video ( no time wasted) and you've got an amazing voice, which makes this video 5 stars!!!

[eng-khalil]

MAN!! me after seeing only the intro, SOLD!

[ThePrBr]

This is youth edition it's a way for xiaomi to say “very low end”

But those products prive how good they are for you to want the pro

[davidcarrillo]

Hey man - Excellent Xiaomi Mijia HD Projector! Very clear picture, even with small print on Powerpoint.

[MrGanbat]

This is fantastic. I decided to have one in my bedroom. 🎉

[tycn]

ads? you have to be kidding me! I travelled with a viewsonic 3000lm projector for 2 years and they can be amazing as party pieces. The sony pocket projector I bough later was rubbish

[mitjahorvat]

great review, and the part with casting the projection onto the opposing building got me totally sold on getting this product!! keep up the great work

[KannanRavindran]

Supercool channel specifically for xiaomi! Thanks for your effort @xiaomify appreciate it.

[trelectric]

Auto focus is one thing but the auto-keystone is a HUGE feature on this device. It makes all corners sharp regardless of horizontal and vertical inclination.
The HDMI lag is decent, but if you try to output audio via bluetooth to a soundbar for example, the sound will be out of sync noticeably.
Brightness is some10% more than a "3000lm" LCD FullHD projector from China (120W lamp). Drawing only 65W this xioami is a super green and power efficient device.
When you start it up it is almost noiseless. After a while of use over hdmi you can hear the fan ramping up but far less noisy than a regular projector
It is the fourth projector I own and the best to date. congrats to xiaomi for this amazing engineering feat. I don't even see the need for a 4k version of this