5 Reasons A Small Projector Is Replacing The TV In Bedrooms And First Apartments
For a living room, a big television still makes sense. For a bedroom, a dorm or a first apartment, more people are skipping it and putting a small projector on a shelf instead. The reasons are practical, and most of them only become obvious once the screen is no longer a box on the wall.
The Screen Size Is Set By Your Wall, Not By What You Bought
A TV is the size it is, forever. A projector's picture grows with distance, so the same device can make a modest picture for a small wall or 130 inches when it sits 2.6 metres back.
Digital scaling in the settings shrinks the picture when a wall is short, so it fits whatever space the room actually has.
When It Is Off, The Wall Is Just A Wall
In a small room, a switched-off TV is still a large black rectangle, and it decides where the furniture goes. A projector sitting on a dresser takes up the space of a lamp. When the movie ends, the wall goes back to being a wall.
Worth knowing: Tovyra Mini weighs about 350 g and stands on its own round base, so it lives on a shelf or nightstand rather than on the wall.
Consoles And Streaming Plug Into The Same Port
The practical question most people ask first is whether their console will work. It does: an HDMI port takes a PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo Switch, and the same port takes a streaming stick for any app the built-in system does not run.
Worth knowing: One owner in a small room described it this way: "I can connect my nintendo switch via hdmi cable to the projector. i can download apps and watch shows etc."
It Moves From Room To Room
A mounted TV serves one room. A projector the size of a travel mug goes wherever the evening is: the bedroom tonight, the living room for a movie with friends, a backyard sheet in summer.
Worth knowing: About 350 g and under 16 cm tall, it carries in one hand. As one owner put it: "All you need is an outlet and wall."
It Does The One Thing A TV Cannot: Point At The Ceiling
This is the reason most people end up choosing it. The head of Tovyra Mini turns 180° on its stand, from the wall in front of it straight up to the ceiling, and squares the picture as it tilts.
A TV at the foot of the bed will never do that. For a bedroom, watching lying down is not a small extra. It is the point.
Skip The Bedroom TV, Keep The Big Screen
Tovyra Mini puts up to 130 inches on your wall or ceiling, takes your console over HDMI and your headphones over Bluetooth. Ships within 24 hours with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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What Owners Say About Skipping The TV
Real reviews of this projector model, shown with the reviewer's masked name. Individual experiences vary.
“i love it it’s like a tv and worked out perfectly for my dorm and i would recommend it 10/10 and comes with a remote!”
“I genuinely love this, it’s perfect for people who don’t want a TV but wanna watch stuff”
“easy to use and much easier than having a tv in your bedroom (especially if you have a small room like me).”
“I love that I can have all my favorite streaming services on here just like my smart tv. But bigger & better.”
“I have a projector and this one right here has brighter lights, even with the lights on clear crispy clear picture and I can put it on the roof.”
“I love this more than my $150 projector. It’s so easy to set-up and adjust.”