The Kodak Luma 150 is a small, rectangular pocket projector that is cute and easy to carry. It is less than an inch tall and 3.9 inches on a side. The Luma 150 has an attractive white frame with gold trim. It can project photos and videos from a microSD card or USB thumb drive, or it can mirror the screen of a computer, phone, or tablet over a wireless or HDMI connection. The image quality is fine, but the projector’s low brightness makes it hard to see a large image, especially when there is other light in the room.
The Luma 150 is the middle model of three small projectors made by Kodak. It is between the Luma 75, which has 75 lumens, and the Luma 350, which has 350 lumens. It’s either a large pico, which means you can just about fit it in your pocket, or a small palmtop projector. Either way, it’s a DLP-based LED projector with a brightness rating of 150 lumens and a native resolution of 854 by 480 pixels, which are both common for micro projectors in the middle price range.
Specifications
- native resolution: 854 x 480p
- input signal of up to 1080p
- 1.5W speaker setup
- built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Where to get KODAK Luma 150?
On top of the projector is a small silver ring that shows the center button of a four-way controller when the projector is turned on. When you tap the circle, it lights up with an LED, just like the icons for return, forward arrow, back arrow, and volume, which were previously hidden.
When you first turn on the projector, it will show four icons with labels: Wireless, Movies, Images, and HDMI. You can share the screen from Wireless on your Windows 10, iOS, or Android device that can do so. For this purpose, the projector acts as its own Wi-Fi hotspot and should show up on your list of available networks.
Once you’re connected, you can turn on the screen mirroring software on your device, and it should recognize the projector as a device that works with it. If you choose the projector, it will mirror the screen of your device as long as you’re connected. The user manual goes into great detail about how to mirror your device.
The Movies and Images menu items let you play video files or show image files from a memory card or USB thumb drive. The HDMI menu item lets you mirror your device’s screen over an HDMI connection.