INTRODUCTION

   Just like everything else in the electronics industry projection technology has also improved over the years and is currently the easiest (and best probably) way for people to watch their favourite content (even play games) at well over 100-inches. Now even though picture/video quality has always been the priority of manufacturers (followed by audio quality and device size) for many potential buyers required space for projectors (now known as regular/standard throw ones) has always been the issue thus all but forcing projection technology manufacturers to come up with a workaround. Well, the very first short-throw (between 90-120cm required for 100-inch projection) and ultra-short-throw (between 8-50cm required for 100-inch projection) models made their debut just over a decade ago but it wasn't really until a few years back when the laser variants appeared and changed everything for the consumer market. The Nova SE released by WEMAX roughly 2 years ago is one such model and also what today's review is all about.

   WEMAX®, INC. is a NY-based technology company since 2019 with the mission to provide shared rich, visual experiences wherever you go. We provide one-stop solutions to deliver visual applications like ALPD® laser projectors, portable projectors, LED projectors and more, that are intelligently connected with your home and business. WEMAX®, INC. is the sub-company of Appotronics®, who is an international tech group, the listed company in China and famous for ALPD® laser technology with over 2000+ Intelligent Patents and Properties since 2006. ALPD®, namely the fluorescent laser technology, is used for image display based on the laser-excited fluorescent materials and mixed multi-color laser lines.

   The WEMAX Nova SE is a 0.233:1 throw ratio TI DLP UST projector that delivers 4K (3860x2160p) resolution on up to 150-inches thanks to Texas Instrument's 0.47-inch 1080p Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) with fast XPR pixel-shifting. It's based on the Android TV 9.0 OS and also features full on/full Off (FOFO) contrast ratio of 3000:1, 1300 ANSI lumens brightness and support for HDR10 content. The Advanced Laser Phosphor Display (ALPD) 3.0 light engine used by the WEMAX Nova SE is rated to last up to 25000 hours, unlike RGB laser models it costs less but has a simple downside, it produces a more limited color gamut (100% of Rec.709 in this case which is ideal for SDR content). Inside the Chassis WEMAX has also placed 2 full range (10W each) and 2 tweeter (5W each) drivers resulting to a total of 30W with full support for Dolby Audio and DTS, intelligent infrared motion detector, ARM quad-core cortex-A53 CPU with Mali 450 GPU (Amlogic T962X-H), 2GB DDR4 RAM, 32GB EEMC flash, WiFi 2.4/5GHz and Bluetooth V4.1. As for available connections the WEMAX Nova SE comes ready with three HDMI ports (HDMI port 3 supports ARC), 3.5mm AUX jack, 3.5mm composite AV port, optical S/PDIF port, RJ45 LAN port, and two USB 2.0 Type-A ports (left/rear).