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Littlest Light Thrower: Behold the Handheld AAXA P8 Pico Projector

A close-up look at the smallest and cheapest projector we've ever reviewed.

Geoffrey Morrison
Geoffrey Morrison is a writer/photographer about tech and travel for CNET, The New York Times, and other web and print publications. He's also the Editor-at-Large for Wirecutter. He is the author of Budget Travel for Dummies as well as the bestselling sci-fi novels Undersea, and Undersea Atrophia. He's NIST and ISF trained, and has a degree in Audio Production from Ithaca College. He spends most of the year as a digital nomad, living and working while traveling around the world. You can follow his travels at BaldNomad.com and on his Instagram and YouTube channel.
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The AAXA P8 is the smallest, cheapest projector we've ever reviewed.

Here's how it performs: AAXA P8 Portable Projector review.

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Literally handheld.

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Lego me pushing a projector around my lab.

AAXA P8 remote
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The remote is appropriately tiny too, though the similarly sized buttons are hard to distinguish in the dark.

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The P8 is rated for 430 lumens, I measured an impressive 230.

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Inside is a tiny fan, but overall it's pretty quiet.

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Despite both USB-A and USB-C inputs, you can't power the projector with them. Note the focus wheel, which works well.

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On the back is the full-sized HDMI input and the analog headphone output. There's also Bluetooth.

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A standard-sized tripod mount makes placement easy. There's a tiny collapsible tripod included in the box.

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A bevy of buttons.

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There are a handful of streaming apps built-in, including Netflix and YouTube.

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All in all it's quite impressive for $250. Check out our full review: AAXA P8 Portable Projector Review.

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