I wish there were more reviewers like you. Straight forward,honest, fully explanatory and gives you the full pros and cons. Keep up the good work buddy!
I saw the V630 on a lightning sale. Was about to buy it, did a google search, so many glowing reviews. Then I watched this. I just bought the V600 (at a higher price) as it is a gift for my sister's family/kids for their Nintendo switch, and lag is a serious issue for gaming. Thanks for this, much appreciated! The power of ACTUAL USERS USING THINGS! Great work.
i am an artist, and the brighter colors, tilt adjustment so i don’t get the lighting in my way, and the slightly quieter sound make the 630 a better option for me. i don’t really need the frames or care about the delay. great review
I too am an artist and this comment gives me hope that this is, in fact, the right projector for me. Been doing so much research today lmao the quality of pixels matters!
I’ve had the V630 since Black Friday... it’s served me perfectly for movies and RU-vid on the Chromecast.. I played super smash bro’s on it and I agree the lag is awful for gaming. But you mentioned edges are blurred out compared to the center? That might be caused by you not properly focusing it, have never found that to be an issue. Thank you for the Point to Point tip though that fixed some wonky color issues on this. High quality review, keep up the great work! 👍
Hi, I purchased the V630 and it should arrive this week, how does it perform while watching sports? I’m really just interested in using it for movies and boxing/ufc ppv’s, the lag issue doesn’t come into play for that does it?
@@amag6165 It's perfect for sports and movies! My problems came from playing video games with it, which I have not done since I wrote this comment, because there's a delay from when u press a button on the controller till when it appears on screen. This issue has no effect on watching media though, so you 100% wont have any issues! :)
Wonderful review! Thanks for mentioning my comment! I'm happy if I could improve the experience of those projects to enjoy ^_^ Btw because of the van noise I upgraded to the Optoma HD29H and now I am just blown away
v630 is exactly what im looking for picture quality wise at that price range! I guess I'll wait for the v640 and reviews of that whenever they release one
DO NOT CHANGE THE BLOWER FAN! I've tested it and compared the blower fan to a normal 90mm pc fan. The blower fan transports a lot more air and the projector needs that cooling. If you change the fan there will be burn marks on the protection glass and or lcd panel. Resulting in a broken projector. I also tried to just make the blower fan more quiet. Just had to lower the 12v power delivery to the fan. Easy task, but even just a little lower voltage resulted in burn marks again. (Luckly they dissapeared after shutting down the projector and cooling it down.) So there isnt actually anything you could do. This projector / the 150w led just generates to much heat. Thats why its so loud. Also to note, there are way better projector leds. The installed led is losing alot of light because of its big emitting area and wide light beam angle. I bought myself a smaller led for 16€ with just 60watts and installed it in this projector. Its about ~20% darker even tho it has less than half of the original leds power output! I was pretty shoked myself what a better led could do. And now that there is less than 50% of power usage / heat output, I could finnaly lower the volume of the projector! I could easily recude the voltage of the blower and 90mm fan to 4v and 6v. No burning spot, a good image, lower watt and most important a silent projector! Im in love with the v600 now.
Someone give this man a damn medal, yea the blower routes the air through the entire system, it would make sense, last night I almost burned my carpet trying to figureout why my high powered video light is glitching, turned it on for a few seconds while it was facing my dark carpet and started smelling fumes lol these LEDs get mega hot. not an easy task to cool them while maintaining acceptable dbs.
@@LifeKommando hey mate hi new on channel im half blind person and im looking for projector my buget is 300eurosn for projector and traypod self for it wich in u sugget v600 or v630 alos if u have somthong else to sugest im open i mostly use it with usb stick or usb hsrd drive to see anime and movies and for little gaming please help me slso thx for your time mate +1 like
@@sarigan2003 Hey, for gaming v600 as its got much less delay. For movies & anime i would say the V630, better for you since its got better overall color and slightly brighter so it may help you with your eyes. Hope this helps :)
@@ozairtahir9276 led: de.aliexpress.com/item/4000022054211.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4dRcNPBh psu : de.aliexpress.com/item/32798557697.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.3cdf4c4dBB4Tuy but It has to be dark now, for the projector, to get a good image
I just got mine (V630) and I'm actually surprised over the high brightness and thank God, the sharpness is fine, also at the edges (got worried after watching this video). No noticeable delay using a Dell XPS 15 laptop (connected over USB C to HDMI) and standard text in windows can be read in the corners, so I guess not everyone gets one with blurry corners (only way my corners get blurry is if I use the tilt wheel, if set to standard/straight then no problems) also the point to point setting is not helping anything on mine, actually I find the picture even more crisp and clear just with 16:9 or Auto. It's funny but I guess the quality control on these is very random. But I do agree on the fan noise and that the refresh rate could be better/higher, but it's still acceptable for me and I don't really notice it so much in movies. For the price, I'm 95% satisfied with my unit.
Hey s7ylers how you been. What firmware version is your unit running. Someone in the comments got sent an older firmware from the seller and that seemed to fix the latency issue for them. You probably find the frame rate more tolerable with better response times.
@@LifeKommando Hi I'm fine, but pretty busy in real life. Mine is using PJ56V931.33.191023 what about yours? I have to correct myself, I do see some latency/delay, so not recommended for fast gaming. But for movies I find it pretty good. I also found out that only with perfect adjustment the corners will not get blurry. If I use the manual tilting or the projection is not straight, It does result in a more blurry picture, but if straight and direct the picture is pretty sharp even in the corners.
Just saying ... I have the V600 and I game on it all of the time! I do not feel the input lag at all to be honest. The picture does get blurry in the corners which I hate but, if you center the projector it will look much better! it's not a 4K but it up-scales very well when I put on a youtube 4k video ( compressed but impressive ) . Right now it's at about $180 on Amazon...Do it !
Thank you very much, after watching your videos i bought a V600 about 4 months ago. Now I made a some kind of Fan mod (Thanks for the mod idea as well)
@@LifeKommando The stuff what i made is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gR4bZHXexQo.html I not made any heat test "cause luck of temperature meter but I watched the whole season of The Witcher on it today without no burn marks no issues. but probably on a warmer continet this can be different.
Great video, the most honest review I have seen so far. Loved it. Thank you for pointing out that it is running at 30hz, and most other reviewers simply ignored this important thing which affects the experience a lot (I guess they get paid sponsorship probably and that is why they are downplaying this issue). Anyway, I hesitated, but yesterday V630 was on a lightning deal and with the coupon, it was 190 Canadian (140 USD), so I decided to give it a shot since nothing can hurt that much at this price level, and if it is really unacceptable refresh rate and lag I will then return it. Overall, your video helped a lot and thanks again!
@@LifeKommando Thank you Kommando, I received mine today and it turns out mine is running at 30Hz or even lower cuz I can see the skipping frame when I played 24fps animes and the lag is even worse than my previous iCODIS 720P projector which was 50 bucks cheaper. Also, there were already two noticeable dust particles in the lenses when I turned it on for the first time. I contacted Vankyo to see if I would also get a software upgrade that might solve the issue, but if not I guess I will return it, it was below my expectation for sure, if I were to buy this for the original price I would be so regretted. BTW, I was able to find the true manufacture of this projector and its real model number is ArMax M19. I will have the link below to the manufacturer site on which they listed real specs (the specs are Amazon were all fake and made up); the real contrast ratio is 1000:1 instead of 5000:1 and the brightness is 260-400 ANSI lumen instead of 6500 lux or whatever. No wonder the colour and the responsiveness of this projector is not even matching my old 720P projector which claimed to have a 3000:1 contrast ratio. The link to the manufacturer and real specs: ruiyingtech.manufacturer.globalsources.com/si/6008853967167/pdtl/Home-theater/1176271748/home-cinema-projector.htm
@@mingy.3156 it's ok, I returned it in the end. It's not even worth $190 Canadian and it's not real native 1080P. It just uses pixel shift to upscale 720P to 1080P because I couldn't spot any actual difference between the image sharpness of my old 720P projector and V630. It's just that the V630 projects less pixelated images but its chip size determined that it is not real 1080P. Plus you won't like 30Hz, I think even $100 projectors run at 60Hz and I have never used any monitor/projector that runs lower than 60Hz. It is just painful.
Well, for the price I paid for my V630, which was about CA$100 I can't complain. Video playback is fine for the most part but I did notice the latency with my mouse cursor running across its image. That said, I haven't played any games on it yet and I have had it for nearly a year. The sound in the speakers is fine, unless I want to watch a movie with friends, I will get a set of active studio monitors anyway or use my Hi-Fi receiver.
Quality is much better in terms of color compared to the V600 but having those performance issues in 2020 is pretty unacceptable. But if it works for you then thats all that matters.
@@LifeKommando this is my first projector so I didn't know what to expect I only paid £180 for it so I wasn't expecting much but I suppose if I never had any other projectors I can't compare it to anything
Life Kommando It all depends on each persons budget. You can’t expect everyone to be able to afford an IPhone 11 Pro just because it’s 2020. Some people want a budget solution some are garbage others are acceptable not everyone can buy a 4K projector worh $1500. It’s a matter of perspective. If your reasoning was solid we would be able to get a high quality projector without those issues for $400, but we are not there!!!
Thanks for the professional comparison review. 1. In the range of Native 1080p projectors in Ali-Express ThundeaL Full HD 1080P TD96 is 7 times more popular than the Vankyo 630. Do you think the reason is the picture quality or other features of this device? 2. Does it make sense to wait for a projector that will combine the color, noise and cooling qualities of the 630 with the response time of the 600? Or maybe in the since Feb 20' a new ultimate projector has stood out for this of entry 1080p level?
Glad you enjoyed the review, I wish I had my V630w review out by now but it has been really hard to make any videos during covid will a full time job. Im trying really hard to make the video for that one, hoping its the projector that checks off all the boxes, I guess stay tuned for that one. :)
TL;DW: - V630 is better in color, noise and cooling. But runs at 30fps/hz and has slow response time. - V600 has better speaker quality, runs at 60fps/hz and is pretty responsive good for games. But color is more warmer and not as good as the V630.
@@samcorder408 Every display device ever made is 60hz by default no one mentions it because its the standard. You can tell by just looking at it / moving a window across the screen.
V630 ALSO eliminates blurry corners due to the Digital Keystone feature. I have helped setup 2 of these in the last month and we did not experience the blurry corners OR the input lag. I have one friend that has a racing wheel and pedal setup with this projector for iRacing competitions online. You need to find out what is causing the input lag for YOUR setup because there is not THAT MUCH input lag in the two V630s that I have helped setup.
Here Is What I Gathered From All The Reviews I Have Seen On Amazon & RU-vid: It's an inconsistent issue that some people have while others don't, some get 60fps lag free while others (such as one amazon review in particular reports 300ms of latency, which is double of what I got) I guess order it and if you get a "bad unit" then replace it?
Very good review. One of the best i have seen and i titally agree with you... do you have a better budget projector suggestion ? I want both sharp image and good fps. I dont wanna buy a tv.
very thorough video showing how the newer model out performs the old version, but the conclusion says the older one was actually better ???? how ????? incoherent info.....
if you are gaming the older one is better in terms of response time, the new one is better because of much cleaner picture quality and color. i will have a new video of their 630W which is much better
Excellent review (liked & subscribed), based on it I bought the V630 (mainly for the kids room watching Netflix). Pretty happy with it (only received it 2 days ago). However, I'd like to replace the fans to reduce the noise. Can you please let me know what size are both fans? You mentioned one is 90mm but what size is the blower fan please? I found a quiet one on amazon from BeQuiet which have great specs... but the smaller they make are 92mm and 80mm, I wonder if that works?! Your help guys would be much appreciated! Thank you.
I bought the v620 and its film screen has a burn, Is there a way I can replace it myself? how can I get a replacement for that model? I'd preciate your help.
670/5000 Hey - thx for this comparsion! This test is reproducible and prevented me from ordering the V600. In all other reviews it said - no noticeable input lag. Furthermore it says: Stay away from the keystone correction and focus as this aggravates the blurring around the edges. The V6xx may be enough to watch movies, but an input lag of approx. 140 ms is definitely insufficient for gaming. Nevertheless - Thank you for this test setup and a look inside the devices! Only one thing - in part it is quite difficult to follow your rapid pronunciation because you speak fairly quickly. Faster than the input lag of the V630 ^^ Greetings from Ger & stay healthy!
sorry but the v630 i got isnt barely at the corners and it works really good, i dont play games so i cant say anything about the lag but for movies and tv shows its perfect when used in a darkened room
Good in depth review, however everyone i look at all seems to be not good enough, which budget projector really work well with your understanding, what would you recommend?
@@CaptainSpiritz Alright, I have not reviewed enough projectors to tell you which one to get :| But if you have to pick between the 2 here I would say get the V630 for the better picture quality. It still really bugs me that it runs at half the frame rate which is fine for movies and tv shows but I am pretty sure other manufacturers have similar specs without these problems, I just need to get my hands on them in order to say for sure. Hope this helps!
I don't get it. You say the V630 is absolutely terrible, but the video is better, the sound is better, and it produces less fan noise than the V600. The only downside is increased lag which makes it less preferable for gaming. Otherwise, based on this video, the V630 looks better.
If all you care about is movies then the V630 is great for the overall image quality and color balance Other than that, the fan noise is only slightly better, the built in speakers are worse than the V600 and it only displays 24fps which if you watch youtube videos or gaming videos, its not going to look as smooth as it should. It took a step forward and a couple steps back, same thing with the V630W where I compared it to the V630, that one took a small hit to image quality but has included new features and improved some of the issues I mention here. At the end of the day each model has its own pros and compromises and it just comes down to what you are looking to do with the projector. I was just a bit disappointed to see it taking steps backwards. V600 For Casual Gaming V630 For The Best Image Quality V630W A Middle ground between both + some extra features Hope this helps
I think what you have to consider above everything, is the price. If you want something near perfect, then be prepared to spend much more money. If you want to watch movies with friends, then the Vankyo V360 is fantastic quality for the price. You could review any product and still pick it apart and find faults.
I dont mind the blury edges or the bad speaker or the fan noise too much because thats just how current budget projectors are, but when you have an new model coming out from the same company that takes 1 step forward and a couple steps back is just not right, its 2020 even cheap devices run at 60fps with decent response time.
@@planetearth6204 nope they never responded to me to send the firmware. The only fix I heard here about in the comments is better response time but still not 60hz
...keep in mind that you should NOT be using the PHYSICAL keystone adjustment or ELSE you will get the blurry corners shown in the video. HOWEVER, if you set the manual keystone to the MIDDLE and use the DIGITAL KEYSTONE CORRECTION FEATURE INSTEAD....the blurry corners will be gone. It's ok, small oversight on your behalf, but unfortunately, you literally just TURNED OFF POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS BY MISLEADING THEM DUE TO YOUR OWN LACK OF HOW TO USE THE KEYSTONE FUNCTION. ...so anyone else reading this comment, the "...blurry corners..." part of the review is due to the reviewer not knowing that you can use the DIGITAL keystone correction in the settings menu and get rid of the blurry corners on the Vankyo V630 projector. For a "dip your toes in the projector waters" type of projector, this projector is a WONDERFUL option due to the SUPER LOW cost of entry. Otherwise, the review was pretty good.
Hi, I'm a teacher, qnd I'm looking for a good projector to use in my classroom. I would like to share PowerPoint presentations and be able to create cardboar posters for my students. My classroom is very bright, can you recommend a good projector for me?
I've tried the nebula capsule max, nebula Apollo and xgimi Mogo pro for gaming. They all sucked. Too much latency. The only one that worked for gaming was an Icodis RD-813 No lag that I could notice. But it has other issues.
Hi, I have Vankyo V620 (got that in a Sale). Is it really worth to upgrade V620 to V630? Please compare V620 & V630.. Thank you very much for above video
very busy with life and corona lol Im not sure if I will ever get around it I still need to find a less loud fan or do a lot of testing to see if I can use 1 fan for example
Ok let's be honest. Up to now I had 14 years old Optoma EP761.It was only XGA with upscaling to 1080 and let's compare to new buy V630. New one is much louder(make noise all the time like Optoma when cooling down) contrast Is better in V630 but sharpness - it is a joke , projector is set strait to the screen and when you have a close to good sharpness in the center it is going out of it just over 1/3 distance to the edge. My mistake, next time I wouldn't waiste my money for cheap crap.Full stop.
Is it possible to upgrade the projector? i have a V600 and i wonder if it's possible to change fans. Also maybe change the LCD screen to a 4K one. The thing is I don't know the size and the type of screene i have to buy to replace it properly. Does anyone know? Thanks for the review, pretty nice.
Cmon doode.......From 3:57 to 4:03 you don't mention ANYTHING about the blurry corners going away once you use the Digital Keystone instead of the manual keystone. It's misrepresenting the capabilities of the V630. I have setup 2 of these and after using the digital keystone, there are no blurry corners. V600 does NOT have digital keystone so you end up getting STUCK WITH blurry corners when you use keystone.
Thank you for the review and comparison. I'm looking into purchasing my 1st projector. A lot of cheap options on Amazon. However after your vid, I am thinking of spending quite more to be on the safe side. Your thoughts on the Epson 2150 and 2250? Would that be a good investment as a home theater?
It probably would be a great investment, I plan to start taking a look at brand name projectors at some point after I finish clearing my backlog this year. To see how much better those are. That said I am actually working on the V630W review as we speak, and all I can say is that its a pretty great deal for what its offering as a movie projector. Its on sale for $236 CAD and it might be a good a starter option to see where you want to take your home theater moving forward during the next upgrade. That said I know where you are coming from and one projector I have heard good things about is the BenQ TH685, other than that I guess take a look at various reviews on various popular projectors.
@@LifeKommando I appreciate your time given to me on these suggestions. I'll definitely check out some reviews and read up on them as well. Those Epson projectors have a $300 discount, so I'm going to hurry in making the best decision, hopefully. Stay safe and take care!
04:16 30fps? NOT TRUE! I ACTUALLY MEASURED the FRAMERATE and LATENCY: I made a special video - some flickering dots, ms-count and frame-count at 60fps. I plugged the V630 into my Laptop (surface book 2) as a second screen and voila: It has about 55Hz REFRESH RATE (=55fps frame rate in imperial system). Since it is registered in windows (and on my playstation) as 60hz, this leads to a frame drop (frame skip) which I could see happen about every 12th or so frame. 60fps * 11/12 = 55fps. That's pretty okay (looking at Starfield running at 30fps in 2023) and should be hardly noticable. Whats the bigger problem is, I measured a latency of about 100ms in reference to my laptop's main screen. For the total latency of the V630 you need to add some 10 milliseconds, so I guess LATENCY is around 120-150ms. Which is a lot. A latency of 40ms (one frame in cinema) is said to be okay for games. But this is 3 times as much. You can actually see it lag behind the laptop's display. That will rise the difficulty of your favorite open world rpg one level I'd say.
Now I'm confused. I'd wanna to buy the V630... But now I'm not sure, maybe the v600 is the better option. I wanna to watch movies with it and soccer. What do you think?
V630 has the better picture quality but in 2020 its kind of unacceptable to have a projector with these limitations, if you don't plan to play any video games, it will look fine, but I presented the issues and features, you can decide if you can live with those compromises.
Life Kommando You keep inisisting that it’s unacceptable in 2020 yet I don’t see anything that remedies the failures of the Vankyo projectors that is below $350. If you want something better you need to be able to pay about $800-$900. Unacceptable is when you have at least one other solution at a similar budget. And there is nothing around under those specs.
@@LifeKommando well it probably hasn’t lol. But seems reasonable. I’m wondering if it’s actually the same projector as the vamvo L6200 minus the software.
Great review! I own a Vankyo Leisure 3 and am very happy with it considering its $69.00 cost. I would purchase a V630 if only it had a zoom function. Relying solely on projector to screen distance for image size is a deal killer for me. I know the image can be scaled down from 100% but at the cost of resolution, no thanks.
Both same housing bit different they also sended a v600 to me but its also sold by other brands as M18 image is alright but damm the fan noise is allot
3 questions, 1st- how noticeable is the lower frames when playing a game like call of duty 2nd- how does the picture compare to the v600 3rd- would a soundbar fix the vibration issue
- it's really bad and noticable. You can't even use a mouse without wanting to throw it out a window. - picture is definitely better I'm terms of color accuracy - any external speaker will fix the bad audio & vibration
Life Kommando thank you, this is definitely more of a movie projector as i suspected. i’ve heard great things about the jimtab m18 and i have to say i really like it. you should definitely take a look at that one as well.
I will make sure to take a look at it. Lack of 60fps is still disappointing because if you are interacting with any interface you will notice how slow and not smooth it is and not to mention 60fps RU-vid videos will no longer be 60fps Edit: I just checked yea the jimtab m18 looks like the V600
I'm really not sure there is value in this price range. It seems there is always a compromise, most of the time its blurry edges. I started looking for a unit just for the garden through the summer but I think I'm now better off spending £500 and using that projector all year round rather than £200 for a blurry frame rate troubled unit to be used a few times a year.
If you use it for videos/movies you do not even see the blurry edges. It’s almost impossible. If you use it for a computer or presentations yes you will see it. While watching sports you might see it on fixed text (like scores and stuff) but otherwise unnoticeable. You can always buy test and return if it is really something that bothers you!
@@LifeKommando Actually I discovered how to toggle both built in subtitles and srt files by accident. A little deeper and not mentioned in the manual method. You can add this in description in case you wanted to let others know. Press 'OK' when playing a movie pops up a screen in the bottom. Here you have options of the regular stuff for rewinding, forwarding. Also you can play the next in the playlist if you had selected multiple items selected with a tick in the folder. If you continue onto the next set of instructions, there should be an aspect tab to change aspect ratio and the info tab where subtitles shows generally 'OFF'. Toggle to other options within there till you get the subtitles (the subtitles don't look amazing, but for the hearing impaired and those subtitle addicts, this should be enough)
When do you post the v630w review? I just wanna buy v630w. Is it really better than v630 and v600? (p.s. I'm gonna use with ps5) What do you say about lag performance?
Vankyo sells more newer models in USA and old outdated garbage models in Canada. Example V700 or V630W or VF630T or VF620T (Newer models) are sold only in USA and not in Canada. What a partiality service that is Vankyo ???? By this Canadian customers are forced to only buy outdated models. I didnot buy V630 for its very high fan noise. Many had complaints with V630 for its fan noise.
@@LifeKommando i live in Canada and there is no way to buy v700 or v630w in Canada. I got the official reply from vankyo. I am talking from my experience.
I have the Vankyo 600 same connectors as the 630. Yes i have both Apple TV and Roku 4K with HDMI I to the projector. I did whole setup for less than $800 including a motorized screen. I have. 4K 60 inch TV and didn’t want to spend much. So I can use TV or projector for TV/BlueRay/Apple TV and Roku and all work with 5.1 surround as these projectors only have stereo output so I take the audio from the Apple TV and the Roku into HDMI ARC. I am not a gamer so for movies is good. The edges are a bit blurry but for $250 it’s OK. As the OP mentioned yes this is not the greatest projector but a budget one. If you look for a excellent projector the. Look at Optoma Benq or one on the $500-1000 projectors or go for a “budget 4K” around $1300. Let me know if this helps
I'm pretty sure it's a typo on their website. Everywhere else says 1920x1080, and I think I would notice if the horizontal resolution was almost half what it should be. The Specifications page in the manual says 1920x1080 native resolution. I believe them.
What is a reason to go with a cheap LED projector instead of a second hand projector? I paid about the same as the v600 and have better contrast, brightness and from what it looks like color accuracy. And nice sharp edges. I just don't see the use of these.
Im going to see how hard or easy it is to get a good second hand projector and compare, then compare them to a cheap tv, because 55"+ 4K TVs are becoming dirt cheap nowadays so I see cheap projectors being phased out.
