Instant Theater
The VA-LT002 beams a 100-inch image from a 7-inch distance and has a built-in 60-watt soundbar.
VAVA’S VA-LT002 4K Laser DLP projector is the first product of its kind to arrive from a company that offers a range of lifestyle-type electronics such as camera/DVRs for your car’s dashboard and baby monitors. At the 2020 CES, the VA-LT002, an ultra short throw model with built-in streaming apps and a 60-watt Harman Kardon stereo audio system, was the centerpiece of the company’s suite. Paired with a 100-inch projection screen and playing 4K nature footage, I found the image it beamed absorbing.
The subsequent arrival of Vava’s projector at my home for testing coincided with the start of pandemic-related stay-at-home orders. The timing couldn’t have been better. Working from home alongside bored kids who were regularly invading my domain, it was clear that a secondary entertainment space (my home theater is mine!) where videogames could be played, and YouTube videos consumed, would benefit us all. Accordingly, I arranged a space in my finished attic, set up a 100-inch screen, and placed the Vava on a low table in front of it. Voilà: instant home theater.
