Soundcore Nebula P1 (2026) projector review: Compact and portable for indoor and outdoor projection

To enhance the sound or picture quality inside your home, you can connect the P1 to an AV receiver or amplifier using a single HDMI port via eARC. But despite this, the P1 can’t do much because it doesn’t support 4K Ultra resolution, HDR10+ color quality, or even Dolby Atmos Audio using the built-in speakers. The main advantage is portability. (Dolby Atmos worked with an AV receiver connected using a single HDMI eARC port.)

Inside and outside

Photo: John Brandon

Knowing the P1’s specifications and its main purpose of portability, I kept my expectations in check when I began testing. I wasn’t looking for exceptional performance with the P1, but when I showed a Houston Rockets game on YouTube TV in both my windowless testing room and in my family room (on a bright day, at least), I was impressed. The massive size of the projected image (110 inches) provides an immersive experience.

However, the game didn’t look quite as bright and had average contrast for a budget projector. Experimenting with the automatic image quality settings didn’t help much, but the Sports mode setting added some brightness and clarity.

Turning to local news broadcasts, the resolution seemed a bit grainy, even when I manually adjusted some of the brightness and contrast controls. During the broadcast Avatar: Fire and Ashes Via the Fandango at Home app, I noticed some good clarity and focus during battle scenes, but they didn’t look quite as cinematic. And when I compared it to an Epson LS9000 projector, the same scenes looked realistically vivid, with a full color gamut.

The P1 performed well on other typical projector test benchmarks for visuals. I went through dozens of scenes, including one with a fence in winter, but the background colors looked too brown when they should have been green. The sunset scene lacked contrast and color vibrancy, which is unsurprising for the price.