Fall is the best season, full stop. The colors, the smells, the vibes, and—most importantly—tjhe temperature knocks the other three seasons out of the park. It’s actually comfortable to be outside and you can to way cute and comfy layers. It’s also the ideal time to host an outdoor movie. This is something that’s become super easy to do in recent years as projectors have both come down in price as well as now support embedded features like a smart TV. The whole process of getting a movie or show screening outside in your backyard is so easy now. As an example, just look at this Aurzen projector. It’s got Roku TV built in and it’s on sale at the moment for 35% off. Typically this goes for $200, but the discount ends up taking off $70, leaving you only having to pay $130 for a limited time.
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A friend and I will be putting together an outdoor screening of Over the Garden Wall soon to kick off the season and we’ll be using a projector similar to this one to do it. What’s super convenient is since it has Roku TV already on it, we don’t need to plug in any external media player. You can watch Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, YouTube and more natively on the projector itself. It does still have an HDMI port if you want to connect a separate source.
The projector has some pretty decent specs given its price point. It displays in 1080p HD so you can watch a lot of movies and shows in their highest resolution available. Plus, streaming services like Netflix gate their 4K content behind a higher pay tier and I don’t know anyone handing over that much cash just so they can scroll on their phone while Love Is Blind plays in the background in higher detail.
As an outdoor movie projector, this will be ideal for large gatherings as it can stretch to up to 150 inches across. You can comfortable fit dozens of friends on blankets or lawn chairs while enjoying whatever Halloween flick you have picked out for the night.
Setup is really simple. The Aurzen projector supports auto focus and keystone correction. Literally, you just need to plug it in and point at the wall. It will focus the image and adjust the alignment to present as a perfectly crisp rectangle all on its own.
The projector even has its own built-in speakers. they produce precise, resonant sound at 5W, and even support Dolby Audio and 3D stereo sound. You can also always connect an even more powerful speaker to the projector over Bluetooth if you’d rather go that route.