Projectors · Review
Aurzen EAZZE D1R (Roku projector)
A pocket cinema with Roku built in - genuinely fun, and strictly for dark rooms.
No BS summary
A small, light projector with Roku built straight in, so the simple Roku interface and its apps land on your wall with no extra box. It auto-focuses, squares off the image, throws 40 to 150 inches at 1080p, and you can be watching within a couple of minutes of opening it. It's brilliant fun. The one rule you cannot break: it needs a properly dark room. Treat it as an after-dark toy, not a daytime telly, and it delights.
Score: 7/10
Kudos for
- Properly portable - watching in two minutes flat
- Roku built in, no extra streamer needed
- Auto-focus and auto-keystone do the fiddly bit for you
- 40 to 150 inches, plus AirPlay
Dropped the ball
- 280 lumens - dark room only, no exceptions
- Bluetooth audio has a lip-sync delay
- Roku's app range is narrower than Android's
- No tuner, and the remote isn't backlit
The big caveat, up front
At 280 ANSI lumens this is an after-dark device, full stop. In a properly dark room it looks great for the size and money; in a bright lounge or a summer-evening garden it washes out to a ghost. Buy it knowing that and you'll love it. Buy it expecting a daytime telly replacement and you'll be disappointed. There's no tuner either, though you could hang a Freely box off the HDMI port for live channels.
Living with it
The Roku side is the easy win - clean, familiar, and it covers the mainstream apps without fuss. Just check your specific app is on Roku before you rely on it, because Roku is more restrictive than Android for the niche stuff. One real annoyance: Bluetooth audio drifts out of sync, so use the 3.5mm jack, HDMI ARC, or the Roku app's private listening instead.
The remote
The 11pm test matters more here than anywhere - you're using this in the dark by definition. And the Roku remote isn't backlit, so you'll fumble. The saving grace is the Roku app on your phone, which doubles as a lit-up remote and is honestly the better way to drive it in a pitch-black room. And the usual bugbear: the hardwired app-shortcut buttons (Netflix, Prime and the like) are far too easy to knock by accident and bump you clean out of whatever is playing - some people love the one-press access, I would happily bin them.
What's missing
Two things: a brighter lamp, obviously, and Android's wider app freedom in place of Roku's tighter list. The portability and the built-in Roku are the charm; a few more lumens would turn a fun toy into a genuinely flexible one.
Who should buy this
Anyone who wants a portable big-screen hit for dark-room movie nights - bedrooms, dens, camping with a blackout tent, a blank wall and a bottle of wine. As a second, fun screen it's a joy.
Who should skip it
Anyone hoping to make it a main, all-day display, or who can't get a room properly dark. For that you want a telly, and one of the streaming sticks to go with it.
Specs at a glance
| Resolution | 1080p |
|---|---|
| Brightness | 280 ANSI lumens (dark room only) |
| Image size | 40 to 150 inches, auto-focus + auto-keystone |
| Built-in | Roku, Wi-Fi 6, AirPlay, dual 5W speakers |
| Connections | HDMI (ARC), 3.5mm audio |
Where to buy
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| UK | Amazon UK · Currys |
|---|---|
| US | Amazon US · Best Buy |
| CA | Amazon CA · Best Buy CA |
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Final word
Judged as what it is - a cheap, portable, dark-room bit of fun - the D1R is a little charmer. Judged as a telly replacement, it falls flat on the first sunny afternoon. Know which one you're buying and it's an easy yes.