Up next in 10
Yaber K3 Google TV Smart Projector Review | Bigger, Brighter, Louder!
746 views
Jan 6, 2025
Photographer Dustin Abbott shares a review of the Yaber K3 Pro Google TV Smart Projector with 1600 Lumens, great sound, and great ease of use. Is this your entertainment solution? | Purchase at Amazon https://amzn.to/3W5kNoA (use code 222D2TCS for 10% off) or Amazon Canada https://amzn.to/4gmcLzG | Visit https://www.yaber.com/products/yaber-k3 for more information or visit the text review page for review notes and findings: https://tinyurl.com/YaberK3da Check out the DA Merch here: https://bit.ly/TWIMerch | Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/dustinabbott | On the Web: http://dustinabbott.net/ | Sign up for my Newsletter: http://bit.ly/1RHvUNp | Instagram: http://bit.ly/DLAinsta | Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1nuUUeH | Flickr: http://bit.ly/1UcnC0B | 500px: http://bit.ly/1Sy2Ngu Follow Craig @ https://www.instagram.com/craigstoffersen/ Want to support this channel? Use these affiliate links to shop at: B&H Photo: http://bhpho.to/1TA0Xge Adorama: https://howl.link/nt4zdz1goa7ql Camera Canada: http://bit.ly/DLACameraCan Sony Canada: https://www.thesonyshop.ca/?ref=abbott Amazon: https://amzn.to/3HrY64d Amazon Canada: https://amzn.to/3qG1p18 Ebay: http://bit.ly/DustineBay Into the AM Clothing: https://bit.ly/intotheAMda and use code DUSTIN10 for 10% off Make a donation via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/dustinTWI ============================= Table of Contents: ============================= 0:00 - Intro and Concept 0:45- Specs and Features
View Video Transcript
0:00
[Music]
0:11
hi I'm Dustin Abbott and last year I
0:12
reviewed the popular yabber k2s smart
0:15
projector now this year they have
0:17
released a new version the K3 there's
0:20
also a K3 Pro that's available if you're
0:22
so inclined the next generation of this
0:25
projector the operative word is more it
0:28
has more smart integration it has more
0:30
brightness it has more volume can even
0:33
do more picture size as you can see
0:34
behind me and it's also more in terms of
0:37
size and a bit more in terms of cost
0:40
though that's the smallest increase at
0:42
about $100 difference between the two
0:45
now as far as the overall specifications
0:47
this is double the Lumen rating at 1,600
0:50
versus 800 an see lumens for the older
0:54
projector it has 50% more sound the
0:57
older projector had two 10 watt JB
1:00
speakers the new one has two 15 wat JBL
1:03
speakers that produce actually a
1:04
surprisingly full sound and you can also
1:07
move to a pro version that adds a
1:09
separate subwoofer and so that you can
1:11
really have full sound if you don't have
1:13
an additional uh audio Solution by the
1:16
way uh that pro version will cost you
1:18
about $100 more this can be used as a
1:22
Bluetooth speaker as well if you don't
1:24
have something like that and so that you
1:25
can get some audio even when you're not
1:28
watching something there's been been a
1:30
pretty huge Improvement to the overall
1:32
implementation the older version there
1:34
was an actual Wi-Fi dongle or a dongle
1:37
for the smart TV type application that
1:40
had to be installed and then you ended
1:41
up with two remotes one that was kind of
1:43
the projector remote and another that
1:45
was the kind of smart TV or uh apt type
1:49
control now we have moved into a fully
1:52
integrated kind of smart TV solution
1:55
here this is a full Google TV
1:57
integration device which means that the
1:59
remote looks very familiar to other
2:01
Google TV type remotes the setup process
2:04
is really really simplistic it's just
2:06
the same as setting up any other Google
2:09
TV you can use your smartphone to to do
2:11
a lot of the work and you have to wait
2:13
as Google of course runs the process but
2:15
within a matter of minutes you can be
2:17
fully set up and have your own kind of
2:20
interface ported over that would match
2:22
any of the other setups you have
2:24
elsewhere and so it's quite a smart kind
2:26
of in integration you also have full
2:28
Alexa volume uh control through the
2:31
remote itself once you've set that up
2:33
and so that you can raise volume or open
2:36
specific apps just by using your voice
2:39
or even more useful you can actually do
2:41
search engine things if you're looking
2:43
for spefic specific content by using
2:45
your voice so obviously that's going to
2:46
be very useful and it's not something
2:48
you had in either one of these remotes
2:50
previously now the actual resolution
2:53
here is 1080p as before 1920x 1080 that
2:57
is the native resolution running at 60
2:59
hzz you can watch 4K content it does
3:02
support 4K but it's not natively 4K and
3:05
it's important to understand that
3:07
distinction now importantly as you can
3:09
see behind me not only is the picture
3:11
much brighter and the colors more
3:13
intense on this new display compared to
3:15
the other which looks quite small and
3:17
washed out but as you can see even
3:19
though they're set up at an equal
3:20
distance from the wall behind me the new
3:23
projector is capable of throwing a much
3:25
larger picture over a smaller area
3:28
that's really really important because
3:29
it adds versatility in the both of them
3:32
in theory can support up to a 200 200 in
3:35
a 200 in display though obviously that's
3:37
going to be really washed out with the
3:38
old model I wouldn't recommend doing
3:40
that even with the new one I'm not sure
3:42
that I would go quite that far it looks
3:44
quite good on my 100in uh projector or
3:47
uh screen I should say that I have set
3:49
up but the difference is here is that
3:51
even at a close distance you can get a
3:53
much larger picture and you can get up
3:55
to that maximum size of 200 in at a
3:58
distance of only 17 ft whereas the other
4:00
one uh needed to be over 22 ft to
4:03
achieve the same thing so that means you
4:05
have more flexibility and a smaller
4:07
space to accomplish the size of picture
4:10
that you want or you need according to
4:12
your display area this new projector is
4:15
still Wi-Fi 6 compatible that is faster
4:18
and has lower latency compared to older
4:21
wi-fi options there is the new Wi-Fi 7
4:23
that it's not ready for yet it does have
4:26
a quiet mode and I would say as I sit
4:28
here in between the two project ectors
4:30
the sound just as they're running in
4:31
normal mode is about the same between
4:34
the two uh both of them if you're
4:35
sitting next to them they will throw off
4:37
some heat they have an internal cooling
4:39
system that is moving heat off and it
4:41
will put it out through these vents on
4:43
the side so if you happen to be sitting
4:45
right next to the projector you'll feel
4:47
a little bit of heat blowing off of it
4:49
if it's cold as it is right now that's a
4:51
good thing if it's in summer not so much
4:54
through the back there are a variety of
4:56
ports here you have a couple of HDMI
4:59
ports you have a USB C and A usba a port
5:02
now through those USB ports you can uh
5:05
plug in any kind of uh file format and
5:08
do playback on that I've used that in
5:10
teaching classes before just throw a USB
5:12
key into the back of it can be very
5:14
useful for that and it supports
5:16
basically all of the file formats I
5:18
won't list them all but basically all of
5:20
the different wrappers that you could
5:21
think of it is compatible with a broad
5:24
range of compatibility so very flexible
5:26
for that one thing that has been added
5:28
here is a land port on the back ethernet
5:31
port it's an RJ45 that will allow you to
5:34
run an actual Ethernet plug right in if
5:37
you prefer a the a wired connection over
5:40
a wireless connection I will also note
5:43
that they claim that the the life of the
5:46
projector which is mostly going to be
5:48
the lamp life is up to 30,000 hours
5:50
which is pretty fantastic so let's talk
5:53
about some things that I like and then
5:54
some things that I don't like so much
5:56
first of all I do really love the fact
5:58
of the setup process here the fact that
5:59
we have that Google full go Google TV
6:02
inte integration means that set up is
6:04
really straightforward particularly if
6:05
you've done that Google process in other
6:07
devices before but very quickly you can
6:09
have everything set up the actual menu
6:12
here is pretty simple to navigate no
6:14
problems there I also find that the auto
6:17
keystoning autofocus all of those things
6:20
the kind of built-in Corrections they
6:22
actually work really quite well in this
6:24
application and so as a byproduct you're
6:26
able to uh you don't have to really mess
6:28
around with trying to tweak the the
6:31
focus or keystoning it does all of those
6:34
things quite well I found that is was
6:36
bright enough for my tested applications
6:38
obviously it is much improved over
6:40
previously when I'm shooting onto that
6:42
100in screen in dim conditions it looks
6:45
good in certain scenes it looks a little
6:47
washed out and of course my typical
6:49
viewing I'm used to looking at a higher
6:51
end uh display and so um you know you
6:55
you get kind of spoiled by that and
6:56
projectors have to be pretty highend to
6:58
match the kind of like black levels and
7:01
overall brightness you're able to
7:02
achieve with an HDR display which is
7:05
what I'm accustomed to looking at but I
7:06
would say that overall obviously it is
7:08
vastly improved of what we were
7:10
previously working with and I think for
7:12
most people in most applications it
7:13
should work out work pretty well for you
7:16
if you have a lot of ambient light
7:17
coming into your viewing space it is
7:19
going to look a little bit washed out so
7:21
be aware of that however overall the
7:23
picture of quality looks quite good I
7:25
appreciate the fact that you have one
7:27
very straightforward and easy to use
7:29
remote I like that a lot the sound is
7:32
actually pretty impressive impressive
7:34
enough that you could actually use it if
7:36
you were just doing casual viewing or
7:39
you know you're you're not someone who's
7:40
big on sound and you don't want a big
7:42
Hi-Fi kind of setup well this might work
7:45
for you particularly if you opt for the
7:47
pro version and you get the optional
7:49
subwoofer to come along with it I also
7:51
found that one big Improvement if you're
7:53
using Bluetooth uh in this case I was
7:55
using a a good Bluetooth speaker uh to
7:58
try that for a and trying to do that
8:01
Bluetooth SN uh with the older model I
8:04
definitely noticed some Bluetooth lag in
8:06
this newer model I couldn't really see
8:07
it and so that is Improvement in that
8:09
regard and so a lot of good things that
8:12
I can point to in video audio and then
8:15
the overall uh ease of use great on all
8:18
those things so on the negative side of
8:21
things what I don't love is that like
8:24
the older version that I reviewed before
8:27
this comes with no case which means that
8:29
you're going to have to Source a case if
8:32
you want to have something if you're
8:33
going to move it around so I bought a
8:35
case for the k2s model but of course
8:38
because the size has changed this
8:40
doesn't really fit in the case that I
8:41
bought for the k2s so uh you know kind
8:44
of disappointing there this is bigger
8:46
and heavier and as you can see um in
8:48
terms of the physical quality it is
8:50
deeper it is uh it is mostly longer not
8:54
so much wider but it is longer it's a
8:56
bigger unit all around it is heavier the
8:58
older unit weighted in at 3.2 kilos this
9:01
new K or K3 runs at 5.1 kilos so it's
9:06
gained about a kilo and a half in weight
9:09
and then so it is uh you know it's big
9:12
and as noted previously in some viewing
9:14
conditions it can get a little bit
9:16
washed out if you know it's much
9:18
brighter but all of that is relative you
9:20
still need a lot of lumens to overpower
9:23
native light and and so I appreciate the
9:26
extra brightness the extra color
9:28
saturation the added picture quality all
9:30
of that's great and I think it's
9:31
definitely worth the price of upgrade
9:33
over this one if you're considering
9:35
between these two models so that leads
9:37
me to my conclusion even though this is
9:39
bigger and larger if you can tolerate
9:41
that particularly maybe if you're
9:42
ceiling mounting it and it's not really
9:44
going to be in your way I think that
9:45
you're going to find that this is the
9:47
smarter Choice over the about $100
9:50
cheaper uh k2s older model this newer
9:53
model is better in basically every way
9:55
it's friendlier and easier to use better
9:58
picture better sound it runs you at
9:59
about $500 US doar right now on or 670
10:04
Canadian dollars here in Canada you're
10:06
gonna pay about $100 more if you want
10:07
that extra subwoofer in the pro version
10:10
so be aware of that at the end of the
10:12
day however though this is a pretty
10:14
sweet little portable smart setup and
10:17
you know I'm still pretty astounded
10:19
because I I'm old enough to remember
10:21
back when projectors that were far
10:23
inferior to this cost many thousands of
10:25
dollars and so the fact that we can get
10:27
such a competent projector at a price of
10:30
500 bucks is pretty awesome I'm Dustin
10:33
Abbott if you want more information you
10:34
can check out the links provided in the
10:36
description below where you can look up
10:38
more information about the projector
10:39
itself or you can go to Amazon and
10:41
purchase one there as well as always
10:44
thanks for watching have a great day and
10:46
let the light in
10:47
[Music]
#Online Video
#TV & Video
#TV & Video Equipment