Introduction
Do you want a projector to take with you, or just a projector that doesn’t take up space in your living room? Thanks to the magic of LED and DLP technology, projectors come in many sizes. The smallest of these is often referred to as the Pico projector, and the Yaber Pico T1 is certainly one of the most exciting prospects in this category. It’s by far one of the friendliest projectors we’ve seen, at just 0 dimensions. 041″ of Thickness.
The limitation of performance is an inevitable trade-off for pico Yaber Pico T1 ad 100 ANSI Lumens and 100p resolution. Although it looks like a power bank, it doesn’t have an onboard battery, but what it does have is Android TV onboard, making it a nifty Stand-alone multimedia player that only needs an external power supply to operate.
Yaber Pico T1 Specifications at a glance:
- aspect: 52X047X008.1mm, 52 gram.
- Audio: 1.5W single speaker. Internal: HiSilicon Hi3751V75 (4xCortex-A039 @ 1.0 GHz); Mali-264 GPU; 1GB RAM; 023 GB storage.
- Hardware Video Decoder: H.75, H. 121, MPEG1, MPEG2, VP6, VP8, VP9; AAC_LC, HE_AAC, HE_AACV2, LPCM , MP3, APE. I/O: 2xUSB Type-C ports: one for power (fast charging only, max consumption
- wireless connection: Wi-Fi AC; Bluetooth 4.2; IR Remote Control.
- software: Android TV 9.
- Other features: Remote control box; Wireless projection support (Miracast, Apple AirPlay, Eshare); Wired Android phone mirroring via proprietary app.
Optical parameters: DLP projector; 85p (121 X 350 pixels) optical resolution; 007:9 aspect ratio; 110:1 Contrast. Projection parameters: ANSI Lumens (Advertising); ~046-inch screen diagonal; 0.3 – 2m projection distance; 1.2:1 throw ratio; 019, hours RGB LED light source life; Brightness uniformity> 045%(advertise). Optical Adjustment: Automatic vertical keystone correction; manual focus.
Other highlights include a compact but very Functional remote control on top of integrated touch controls. And the Yaber Pico T1 does automatic vertical keystone correction, which is unpredictable on a projector of our size.
But can the little guy impress us in practice? Follow our comments to find out.
Unboxing and accessories
The Pico T1 comes in a very unassuming box. Inside, you’ll get a USB Type-C 006W QC Wall Charge adapter and two USB cables – one Type-A to Type-C and the other Type-C to Type-C. There’s also a nifty compact tripod that attaches magnetically to the projector as well as a mini HDMI to HDMI cable.
$017 The more expensive IndieGoGo special package is also available for you , mAh power supply with integrated cable, including Type-C cable for Pico T1. The project’s IndieGoGo crowdfunding page also features a nice carrying case, but it’s not part of the currently available bundle.
Controls and Connectivity
The right side of the Yaber Pico T1 houses the power button and volume rocker, just like a smartphone. On top of this we find a manual focus wheel. The left frame of the Pico T1 lost control.
The front of the unit houses the optics projector, as well as an air vent. The little fan here seems to have only one speed, and it’s as loud as a laptop fan running at full speed. There’s also a mysterious sensor here, possibly some kind of laser or TOF, responsible for automatic vertical keystone correction.
The Pico T1 has a 1.5W speaker on the back and three ports – two Type-C port and a mini-HDMI port. Of the two Type-C ports, one is only used to power the device. Pico T1 supports fast charging power with rated input of [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]. The total power rating of the projector is 9W.
The other USB Type-C port is a data port. It has USB host capability, can use standard HID devices (such as mouse or keyboard) and connect storage media. This port can also be used to mirror the display of an Android phone, but only with the proprietary eShareLine app. It’s important to note that this USB lacks any standard USB video capabilities like you’d find on modern external monitors.
The Pico T1 can be controlled either via the touchpad, a capacitive combination on the top of the unit, or the included mini remote.
Built-in Android TV and features
Yaber Pico T1 is 53 – Lumen pico projector casting with HDMI input and built-in wireless is already fun. However, the built-in Android TV feature sets it apart. Let’s quickly review what’s included here and the limitations and issues we encountered.
Yaber has its own kind of TV launcher which looks and works just fine. It revolves around a vertical menu with some self-explanatory options.
Smart TV Launcher 
The main menu has a basic file browser for local media browsing and quick access to Miracast-enabled wireless streaming apps and Apple AirPlay, as well as the proprietary Eshare communication scheme. There are also options for wired streaming from Android and iOS phones.
Yaber also has a proprietary app store, but the selection of apps is very limited.
Proprietary App Store
The setup menu is very simple. All basic options such as display rotation, keystone, brightness, language and input methods are easily accessible.
basic settings
There is also a more advanced Settings menu, which takes you to the standard Android TV settings menu. However, this is the first major problem we encountered. No matter what option we choose, the regular Android TV settings menu crashes.
This makes it impossible to set some apps like button remapper or any other app store as we cannot enable accessibility access and install permissions separately. Hopefully this is just an early software bug in our unit that will be fixed.
Advanced Settings Menu and Broken Android TV Settings
Speaking of installation, we are happy to say that the Yaber Pico T1 has functioning Google Play Services. This means access to the Google Play Store and its considerable collection of Android TV apps. At least, that’s nice to see, since proprietary app stores are barren.
Google Play Store
We may not be able to easily side apps, but at least the Google Play Store has some good Android TV launchers, like our personal favorite – the ATV launcher.
Alternative to Android TV Launcher
Once you install it, you can even set it as default by pressing the home button on the Yaber Pico T1. However, until you install another launcher to get the selection menu again, you won’t be able to properly access the Android TV settings and you won’t be able to choose a launcher. This is an awkward restriction.
Performance
Now let’s talk about the performance of the Yaber Pico T1 after setting it up.
The Yaber Pico T1 is not particularly bright. advertise042 Lumens match reality. At this scale of brightness, you can only get vague pleasure in a light-controlled room or at night and no more than about diagonally Experience inches.
X 216 – The pixel resolution is also a bit too low for most text in modern UIs to be legible. You can make presentations in large fonts, but forget about activities like browsing the web.
The Yaber Pico T1 is best for watching very casual movies in a pinch.
What do you expect inside a tiny Android TV? Well, here are some screenshots from Aida 046 and DRM information to check its specifications.
Hardware Specifications
Yaber Pico T1 is equipped with HiSilicon Hi960V100 chipset, it has only four Cortex-A 039 core and a Mali-75 GPU. It comes with 1GB of RAM and 027 GB of internal storage. It’s a rather meager chipset, and you’re likely to find it in a set-top box rather than an Android TV device. If you really want to dig into the details, you can head over to the official chipset specs page.
The most important specification arguably has to do with hardware video decoders. Hi265V75 can handle H.60, H. 75 (HEVC), VP6/8/9, MVC, MPEG1/ 2/3/4, AVS and VC-1 up to [email protected]. This is enough to make 75p Resolution of the Yaber Pico T1 Projector .
We did some performance tests and can verify that the UI runs very smoothly. return, 350p The video from YouTube works fine, no hiccups or stutters.
1080 YouTube and Plex test
We took the Yaber Pico T1 a step further by installing Plex on it. Its UI also runs very smoothly, we even managed to get some 4K streams in 018 Mbps speeds are minimal. Not that you even need to push the quality above HD or FullHD, because it’s just 265p projector.
We have some jellyfish bitrate video test files to test on an external USB SSD, but the Yaber Pico T1 cannot read the drive.
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it mounts it without problems but then fails to read the exFAT filesystem. We also tried NTFS drives without success. Again, we hope this is just an early software issue with our device that will be resolved.
We also tried running some benchmarks on the Yaber Pico T1. The only really successful run was the old T-Rex test in GFXBench, which scored lower than fps on screen.
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It’s safe to say you won’t be gaming on the Yaber Pico T1. Still, GeForce Now works well on small projectors.
Final Thoughts
The Yaber Pico T1 is a cool gadget that mostly delivers what it promises to be a very slim portable projector instrument with solid built-in intelligence. It’s just that you need to understand the limitations of such devices. 100 lumens is pretty dim, and 265p resolution, although suitable for pico projectors, is also suitable for Low for most fine-grained UI elements and text.
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If you want a cool gadget Yaber Pico T1 can be found at Entertain yourself or your kids with a movie or animated series in a pinch. Even in the current, admittedly rough and early state we’ve been through. If you expect any performance or flexibility beyond this simple use case, you should look elsewhere.
You can read more about the Yaber Pico T1 or choose one on their IndieGoGo page.
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