Portable Ultra Short Throw Pro

Name: Portable Ultra Short Throw Pro
Rating: 1.6 (45 reviews)
Author: Sony Group Corporation

Entertainment

Free

45 Ratings
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4+
Years
Category

Entertainment
Developer

Sony Group Corporation
Language

EN
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Size

24.1
MB

Use this special application for the Sony Portable Ultra Short Throw Projector “LSPX-P1” to throw your favorite content onto walls, tables, or any other similar surface. This app enables wireless control of your Projector. It also offers Poster, a feature that lets you decorate your room with your personal selection of photos and videos; external input (HDMI), enabling you to connect an external video device to your Projector via the wireless unit; and Slideshow, which lets you project a slideshow of the photos and videos from your smartphone. (To learn more about the Portable Ultra Short Throw Projector “LSPX-P1”, visit: http://www.sony.net/lspx-p1/product) • Handy remote control Use your smartphone as a remote control to change the volume of the built-in speakers and adjust the Projector's focus. • Poster Project your favorite content as a poster. Project pre-installed posters, including various clocks, weather information for your current location, or a photo slideshow to match your mood, or project your favorite photos and movies from your smartphone. • External input (HDMI) Project movies or online content wirelessly by connecting an HDMI output device (such as a Blu-ray Disc™ player, a TV tuner device, or a computer) to the supplied wireless unit. • Project your content Project photos and videos from your smartphone onto the big screen or a tabletop, where others can gather around to view your content. Note: - Some features cannot be used in some countries or regions. - Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Ratings & Reviews

1.6

out of 5

45 Ratings

Great hardware, terrible software
12/13/2017

eggscalibur
Sony’s great little projector is practically ruined by the terrible user experience from badly written software. There is no separate hardware remote so you are forced to use the app for even the most basic operation such as changing the volume. Painful. The latest version claims to allow the projector to remember and start up from the last used input. Unfortunately, while the option is shown in the app’s settings, choosing it does absolutely nothing. It is basically an outright lie! The unit will always only start up in poster mode no matter what you do. The posters are cute for about a minute after you see them for the very first time and then it is absolutely maddening because you realize just how pointless they really are.Connect the projector to any other device and the product has a chance to shine. Like a couple of other reviewers, I use it with an Apple TV which, to paraphrase a genius, provides an experience like, “giving a glass of ice water” in Sony UI hell.Sadly, I cannot recommend the projector at all because the experience is ruined by forcing the user to jump through hoops every time one wants to watch something. Until this bug is fixed, my unit remains off most of the time. I really wish they would fix it.
Great hardware, terrible software
12/13/2017

eggscalibur

Sony’s great little projector is practically ruined by the terrible user experience from badly written software. There is no separate hardware remote so you are forced to use the app for even the most basic operation such as changing the volume. Painful. The latest version claims to allow the projector to remember and start up from the last used input. Unfortunately, while the option is shown in the app’s settings, choosing it does absolutely nothing. It is basically an outright lie! The unit will always only start up in poster mode no matter what you do. The posters are cute for about a minute after you see them for the very first time and then it is absolutely maddening because you realize just how pointless they really are.Connect the projector to any other device and the product has a chance to shine. Like a couple of other reviewers, I use it with an Apple TV which, to paraphrase a genius, provides an experience like, “giving a glass of ice water” in Sony UI hell.Sadly, I cannot recommend the projector at all because the experience is ruined by forcing the user to jump through hoops every time one wants to watch something. Until this bug is fixed, my unit remains off most of the time. I really wish they would fix it.
App is slow, lacks core functions
03/28/2017

withouttitle
I love the hardware, but the software of this app is slow. I also agree with another reviewer that setting the default to HDMI is a must have requirement in the next release. I never use the poster function, since I connected the projector with an Apple TV, which has a more robust visual library. The app also doesn't function well on multiple devices. I had it installed on my iPhone and iPad, but the projector kept hanging up, so I deleted the app from my iPhone. Both devices are the latest models.
App is slow, lacks core functions
03/28/2017

withouttitle

I love the hardware, but the software of this app is slow. I also agree with another reviewer that setting the default to HDMI is a must have requirement in the next release. I never use the poster function, since I connected the projector with an Apple TV, which has a more robust visual library. The app also doesn't function well on multiple devices. I had it installed on my iPhone and iPad, but the projector kept hanging up, so I deleted the app from my iPhone. Both devices are the latest models.
Zero support
07/18/2020

Danneskjold
This product felt like a really innovative one that was all but abandoned by Sony. No updates for years, dropping applications that once worked with the device and, frustratingly, only about a 25% chance of detecting HDMI due to who knows what (and troubleshooting tips that don’t go beyond “is HDMI plugged in?” I share views of others — faith in Sony lost.
Zero support
07/18/2020

Danneskjold

This product felt like a really innovative one that was all but abandoned by Sony. No updates for years, dropping applications that once worked with the device and, frustratingly, only about a 25% chance of detecting HDMI due to who knows what (and troubleshooting tips that don’t go beyond “is HDMI plugged in?” I share views of others — faith in Sony lost.
Excellent hardware, software needs some work
02/24/2019

Aluni2230
Sony has come so close to a highly compelling product. If the software was as good as the hardware it would be a Home run! It uses Bluetooth so not sure why it can’t connect like a good Bluetooth headphone. The app is very slow.
Excellent hardware, software needs some work
02/24/2019

Aluni2230

Sony has come so close to a highly compelling product. If the software was as good as the hardware it would be a Home run! It uses Bluetooth so not sure why it can’t connect like a good Bluetooth headphone. The app is very slow.