PORTABLE SMART PROJECTOR
BenQ’s design team has clearly put in some overtime coming up with the GV30. This is a truly portable projector in that the GV30 is light, has a carry handle, and can even operate on batteries for something like 2.5 hours, long enough to play a movie somewhere mains power is not available. It’s rugged, too, with BenQ claiming it to be drop-proof from 70cm, though since BenQ Australia had sent us the first and only unit in the country at the time, we decided it would be kinder not to test that.
It comes with BenQ’s QS01 Android 9.0 HDMI stick, which hides away (see top image opposite) inside attached to an internal HDMI socket and USB power source.
This then provides built-in access to streaming services, as well as the ability to stream video wirelessly from phones, tablets and computers using either the Android stick’s Chromecast or AirPlay.
In addition there is a side HDMI input for external video sources, whether movie players or games consoles, and a USB-C socket which can not only usefully power a phone or tablet while it’s streaming, but which can also play video via USB-C, a relatively recent innovation for devicescontrol comes with the unit. You can even use the GV30 just as a Bluetooth speaker for music, video.
