How do you project video through Bluetooth?

The AAXA BP1 is our latest Bluetooth Speaker Projector featuring a DLP imager based on ~~DLP’s cinema technology~~ and an LED lightsource providing 1080p support on a pico projector! There are many “Bluetooth projectors” in the marketplace, including LG, Anker, Vava, Vankyo, and more. However, it is important to understand what is truly a “Bluetooth Projector”. Most of these “Bluetooth projectors” are simply LED projectors based on various different technologies.

Projector Types - Who is King and who are the subjects?

The king of the hill, so to speak, are projectors based on DLP imagers (by Texas Instruments). DLP imagers for pico, mini, and bluetooth projectors are based on Cinema technology as DLP technology is found in most of the theatres globally. Other technologies include LCOS, which is also found in theatres mostly based on Sony’s SXRD product. Then you have the single LCD projectors, which are low cost and while delivering decent image quality aren’t quite as high quality as their counterparts.

Bluetooth Projectors, A Misleading Name?

The Bluetooth Projector name itself is a mis-nomer. The Bluetooth Projector denotes that the projector has some form of Bluetooth capability – and NOT that it can stream video via Bluetooth. While the latest iterations of Bluetooth, including Bluetooth 5.0, allow for 2 megabits per second of data transfer, which is enough to support 720P and some 1080P streaming video, there is currently no consumer product that allows the video streaming via Bluetooth.

Then How Do You Project Video On A Bluetooth Projector?

In short, a Bluetooth Projector still relies on traditional video sources for video content, which is typically HDMI. The AAXA BP1 Bluetooth Speaker Pico Projector is a Bluetooth Projector because it doubles as a mini Bluetooth speaker. The large onboard 12W speakers produce room filling sound via a Bluetooth connection AND it has a built in DLP projection engine to allow playback of movies, videos, and other content through its multiple traditional video souces (HDMI, USBC, Micro SD Card).

Currently as to the writing of this article there are no Bluetooth Projectors (mini, pico or regular sized) on the market that can stream Bluetooth Video.