How dark does the room have to be? I'm interested in using it in a classroom with lights out but have many windows with closed blinds.
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It should work great, I just tried it with 3 windows and a doorwall all open and you could still see it.
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I use this playhouse indoors in my classroom. It is holding up well but I wouldn't recommend it outdoors to keep you dry. The windows are open on the top and the sides.... unless you covered them yourself maybe??
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Honestly, this will not reduce light inside the room. If reducing light is your goal, a curtain/blind would be a better solution. This is just window film used to maintain privacy yet still allow light inside.
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I have it in a 12x12 room and it has a large window, so it puts off good light. But if the room was much bigger I would think it wouldn't do for single source light. I am in love tho with this chandelier!
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You need a dark room for the best picture. When I had this projector I tended to only use it at night.
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I think so... I use it in an office that is really bright and also has a window behind me that reflects the light... I never sat in the dark... but you can adjust the brightness... So, not really of any help...
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Not very well. It's open a crack at the top bottom and side. When a light is on in one room it shines through to the next. We added a black out curtain to on side of it and that helped a lot.
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Unusable? Nope. Not unless you pure hate reflections and have the TV in a very bright room or have windows directly in an area where they will reflect. It also depends on how bright the room is, really. We have it set up where one window is visible in the reflection, and had to put a shade on the window because it is too bright and reflects pretty badly. With the shade it's perfectly fine, though. I think it really boils down to your tolerance for reflections. We still get some reflections with the shade (because it doesn't completely cover the window), but they aren't bad enough to be too distracting. Most of the time we spend watching the TV is after dark, so then it isn't a problem at all, even with the overhead lights on. If you primarily watch during the day in a bright room it may not be the best choice, however, because it really does reflect more than any other TV I've owned. The picture is just wonderful, and well worth the trade-off of having some daytime reflections, IMO. If you aren't a nit about reflections you shouldn't have a problem with this TV. If you are, look elsewhere.
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You might have to cut it or wrap around sides. Depending on room it might put out too much light. You could always put a dimmer switch on it.
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It does not go completely dark. I can set it at about 3 different brightness settings and the default setting is way too bright--it interferes with my ability to sleep if I don't turn it down to the lowest setting. At the lowest setting, it's hard to read the numbers in a day lit room.
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Dim lights. It works fine in my living room, circa 150 square feet, with one 100-watt bulb. The image was barely visible in my Sunday school classroom with a ceiling full of flourescent lights on. I had to turn the lights off and let the room just be lit by light coming in the windows. So no, I don't recommend it for use in a brightly-lit room. This projector appears to be intended to watch movies with lights out or dim more than to make business/classroom presentations. It's usable if you can dim the lights or turn them off, but not ideal.
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I have used the projector in classrooms of approximately 10x8 meters and everytime I have not darkened the room completely the results were very satisfactory.The brightness of the projector is perfect for a class or a conference.I have used it to project movies from a laptop (HDMI port) and to use power point slides from a Surface tablet (using both VGA and HDMI modes) and I am very satisfied with my M115HD
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I tried it in a semi dark room. It is quite difficult to read. There is no back lighting.
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I think it would be perfect for such a use. They throw a fair amount of light at a short distance, so reading should be fine. I don't agree with the other users who said it's very low light. It would be way too bright as a night-light (IMO). It's not going to light up a room, but a kid doesn't need a lot of light for bedtime reading.
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You should plug it in and turn off the lights from the lamps in the room and close the windows at day. It lights up in darkness only. If it's day and you have natural light across a window for example, it won't work because it lights only in the obscurity. The most obscurity, the most light. Beside that, it should work, if not maybe there is a problem. We haven't used it yet constantly, we only used it in Christmas day to see if it worked and how it works because it was a gift for our son, and he hasn't put it still in his bedroom. Hope this help you.
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Hi, it's a great, small, portable projector. The only negative thing is that the room has to be fairly dark.
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Works great just make sure its a dark room obviously. Something with no glare and you'll get great quality