Samsung's Incredible Portable Projector | The Freestyle Full Tour

Samsung's The Freestyle projector has just launched at CES 2022, boasting standalone streaming thanks to Tizen 6.0 OS. It's one of the most compact, portable options out there, boasting a rotating design, instant auto keystone and focal correction, flexible connectivity and 360 degree sound.

If you're after a mini projector in 2022, this is definitely one option to keep an eye on. It's tiny and light at just 830g, but also rugged. The Instant Setup feature means you merely have to point The Freestyle at a wall and the keystone, levelling and focus are immediately automatically sorted on your behalf. That bright 550 lumens picture can be clearly seen even in quite light rooms, with Full HD visuals boasting punchy tones. And you have respectable built-in 360-degree audio too.

Note that the detailed specs of the sales product may differ from the pre-production sample.

Samsung The Freestyle Projector Chapters:
0:00 - The boring intro bit
0:51 - Design
2:37 - Setup
3:09 - Tizen OS
4:43 - Smartphone streaming
5:36 - Remote control(s)
6:03 - Video & audio
7:19 - Voice control
7:49 - Byyyeeeeee

[krammis]

How can you not show this thing being used in a dark room? That's how you are supposed to use it!

[cmbat]

"Crystal clear" and "punchy colours". Yet the picture looked really dark and washed out! I'm looking forward to the real reviews rather than all of these paid promos that Samsung has paid for on YouTube this week. It sounds like a cool product but picture quality is key.

[martinbarham]

Watched this with my Kiwi mate. He cracked me up saying he needs subtitles for your vids. Legend!

[jonq.public]

I'll wait for a review with full specs and testing not an infomercial.

[Kyle_Hubbard]

Me: Wow, looks pretty cool, sounds good too.
Price: £600+
Yeah, not sounding quite as good any more. Don't personally care for all the other features just considered them a bonus but that's one expensive projector otherwise.

[Stringbean]

When content creators get sent products for review then it's hard to take them seriously. I miss YouTube from the old days, like 12 years ago when there was none of this product placement. People actually purchased their products and made a simple video on it in their back bedroom. Because it was their own purchased product, the review was honest and people weren't looking for 'Likes'.

[thb]

Obviosly a paid review. "Nice crispt visuals", sure, talk about lumens and such, just dont compare to 4K TVs (for a third of the price), or projectors with similar image resolution for half the price. This might be a great product, I just cant trust this guys take on it. First and last time on this channel, cannot trust a clearly biased review.

[topherwayne]

Great video by the way, comma however the price is completely ridiculous for nothing more than a small projector, cost will kill it....

[DMulabiTalejan]

Thanks. For a product that is supposed to replace TV and trad projectors, this review is incomplete with some sort of side by side comparison with a TV or projector. But perhaps because it is sponsored, we will wait for independent reviews.

[figs]

I love how the commercial makes the image look way more colorful and bright. The washed out look that a projector gives is always disappointing. The portability is what I love about this but does it heat up your room or make any noise, like a fan?

[mnreddy]

If they cut the price in half, it would be a great choice. Imagine using it as external monitor for work, entertainment without cramping up room space. Hope they add a button to switch between master devices without having to connect manually everytime.

[skk-tgkt]

@tech Spurt 550 LED l/ 230 ANSI lumen seems really low for normal lit room. In the promo videos they show this as lifestyle projector with lot of outdoor activity. for the advertised lumen the outdoor ambient light will kill the brightness of projector. Not sure if i am reading something wrong

[charlietunathethird]

Have just unboxed, have watched for a couple of hours. Assuming the room is somewhat darkened, not a lot, I was incredibly impressed by the picture, I am currently looking at about a 65" image. It looks simply brilliant. Brightness varies according to source and the source's source (news programs for example) but it is frankly better than I expected from the specs. The resolution is plenty good for my taste but I'm not a gadget guy attuned to all of the nuances or picture quality. I'm looking forward to having a try at 100". It can be a little laggy with the remote control but it seems to depend somewhat on distance and position. The automated keystone feature was at first disappointing, I expected it to have a bigger range for adjustment but once accepting the limitations and positioning the device closer to center, not projecting at too severe an angle, the keystone function works pretty well.

Price-wise I compared this purchase to the purchase of two high spec, large screen Samsung or LG TV's for our place. Saved me at least a grand and I can use the projector for multiple situations, like having 3 or 4 devices.

But it's early days, we'll see if it sustains it's appeal after a couple of weeks of use...

[ellmatic]

Drinking game: take a shot every time he says "dinky".

[davidmaes]

It seems a very nice product. I would want to buy one once it launches instead of buying a tv, since I'm moving to a new apartment with a still empty white wall. So I do have one question for you: is the image good during the day without closing all curtains or do you need to be in a dark room?

[KaioshinAemi]

So Samsung can make this small compact great portable projector and they decided to do 1080p but not 4K? I’ll buy it in a heartbeat if it is 2.7K or 4K. I had Epson 1080p 2000 lumen for 5 years, I’m ready to step up to 4K.

[mattlloydy]

Didn’t expect you to say you were from the mighty Boro 😂 4:35

[HePants]

wow you nailed a Samsung sponsorship and now you're an altar boy... not a single bug or mini criticism ?? Sold your soul like many others

[jamiem]

if they could make a slightly larger 4k version id be sold

[jen.g]

My husband bought this for me for Christmas and I love it. However, it does heat up pretty good and if you're in a standard 10x10 room it will heat it up. The navigation is nice, but again as with most projectors it still can look a bit dull if you need to project from a distance (ex: backyard to house wall for movie viewing). I use it for painting murals on walls and it's fantastic and sleek.