The Projector That Works Anywhere You Put It — JMGO N3 Ultimate

So we have the JM Go N3 Ultimate. This is the top dog from JM Go. I'm excited to open this up because this actually has three different features that allow you basically to set this anywhere in the room and exact it on your screen like no other projector has done before. So in order to show you that, we got to get this thing out of the box. So let's do that first. So JM Go typically has these really cool shells that their products come in. And that That thing is heavy. There you go. It's heavier than I thought. It's probably cuz it's the ultimate. It's a solid a solid unit here. JM Go Google TV operating system, which I absolutely love with all the apps obviously and the AI assistance. Pretty good starting point, but we got to take this off. Let's see if we can slide it out. There we go. And then we're going to just pop the top right here and open it up. That's very clean. Little guide here just tells you how to put the power in. The accessory box here. Polishing cloth, I like it. Ooh, that's a nice one. It's got a nice nice feel to it. It's very solid. Get the JM Go logo right there. Well done. Quick start guide, going to be useful. Solid brick here. A remote. Definitely looks more premium for sure. It's got a pretty hefty feel to it. Kind of feels like a little thicker plastic. Almost got like a metal vibe to it. I see some free TV channels, which is an awesome start there because not a lot of projectors showcase those free channels, but still solid remote. Looks like it might have a favorite button that you could put whatever you want to, which would be great for me because I use YouTube TV, not just YouTube, and I would make that my favorite button for sure. So good remote. All right, and now I got to get this thing out. Wow. All right. Move that out of here. I'm telling you that case comes in handy when you want to transport these for sure. This thing feels like it's, you know, pretty solid here. It's got the same sort of look to it that the other ones do. Let's pull this plastic off. But it feels beefier and I'm sure that's because of all the features that it has. But you can see the gimbal, but I feel a little bit of resistance like I know that it's going to function automatically, too. And that's the first of the three features we were talking about before, that AI gimbal. The second is that wider range optical zoom. So typically they're not as good as 0.88 to 1.7 to 1 optical zoom. So you're going to be able to zoom in and out on this guy. And then third, you're going to have the dual direction lens shift. So that's really awesome, too. The ability to go both left and right, up and down. You put all those three together and you get something that's never been done in a projector before, that three-in-one system. So pretty cool and it's a pretty cool looking projector externally. On the back, it has two HDMIs, but they're not like up here. They're not connected, so when you go up and down, they're in your way. They're actually connected to the base. So once you kind of get it set, this doesn't move that much, right? But it can, but it's nice to have the HDMIs and the power cord connected to the base instead of the actual projector so that you get a lot more free movement and then you have the USB, uh, you know, 3.0 right there as well. So I like it. It's pretty awesome. And then of course the power button right on the front. So really it's a very useful designed projector, um, because it's not just taking into account how good of a image it's going to produce, uh, but it's also, you know, how useful it's going to be in your house. So as much fun as I'm having just spinning this around in the gimbal, I think it's time for us to put this in its spot and fire up the N3 Ultimate and let it do its magic on the screen. Let's go. All right, so here we have the N3 Ultimate set up on the stand and I was right about this remote. It's a little heavier because it has like motion detection inside the remote. So you just turn on the projector and hold down this button and the whole projector just follows where you're pointing. So the screen is relatively right in front of us and it's not like rocket science for this room, but to have that ability to move it around a little bit and then go in and use the AI image correction is pretty awesome. JM Go is traditionally really good at like snapping into place. Using this AI image correction, keystone, zoom and all this stuff we're going to talk about in a second. But to see it in action is awesome. And just for fun, I turn the gimbal all the way to the left and pointed it over by my fireplace and I was like, "Hey, let's see if the N3 Ultimate can find the screen all the way back to the right." And we just let it go and it didn't take long to be honest. It scanned the room. It found kind of like the edge of the screen and then turned and then again it did the whole AI correction and boom, snapped in place again. Now I've already told you that no other projector has all these features, right? So none of them have an AI gimbal that can turn like with the remote or without the remote and find a screen. This is the first of its kind, but it also has an optical lens that can zoom anywhere from 0.88 to 1.7 to 1 ratio. So normally I've seen other projectors that are like 0.9 to 1.5 to 1 or even just 1.2 to 1.5 to 1, which is, you know, the range. But this is a much bigger range and that also helps you when dialing into the screen. So if you have to display the projector from far away and it's like really big on the screen, you have to keystone with other projectors. So you're losing resolution and you're going to have like light spill all around the screen. But if you have the N3 Ultimate, you can actually zoom in and then dial it in a little differently. So you're not going to like have all of that light spill. You're going to keep your resolution and that's kind of the goal, right? And then a third feature that also really ties into this keystone is the dual direction lens shift. So the N3 Ultimate has a 130% vertical shift and a 53% horizontal shift. A lot of the other projectors out there shift less than that and also sometimes they're only available if you have it in like professional mode. And in those modes, you may lose other features like auto keystone. Now let me show you a couple examples of how this can be kind of problematic. Now first, this is one of the projectors that we've reviewed before that lost all of its formatting abilities once we moved it to a different mode. All the keystone just went away. So it didn't have the ability to retain the keystone, the optical zoom, the lens shifts. And then we had another really good projector that I absolutely love that has a really good like lens tilting ability, but when I tried to keystone on a screen, it just tilted and tilted and tilted and then stayed up high and then just locked in and said, "That's the screen." And I'm like, "No, that's not the screen." But that's what happens sometimes. So really all that hard work that the N3 Ultimate is doing is really just going to lead to the highest resolution image possible. And once you use the AI gimbal, lens shift and optical zoom to adjust the image, the N3 Ultimate unlocks two additional scenario-based features that I've never seen before. The first one is called the optical image optimization, which uses the built-in sensors to analyze the projected image to make sure it's looking its best in any scenario. And if changes are needed, it'll automatically make those adjustments to get it looking pretty much perfect. Now the second feature is called AI spatial image memory and this is a really cool one. The N3 Ultimate will actually walk you through the setup process by having you place the image exactly where you want it and then it'll ask you what room it's in and which wall you're projecting onto and then it'll even ask you if you want a specific app opened when you're in this room in this scenario, which is really cool. And then lastly, we'll ask if you need auto screen fit during this process. And then once the AI spatial image memory is set up, you can move the projector around as much as you want and then simply go back and hit apply now to get it right back where you want it. I was pretty impressed with how well all this worked. It's a great feature and that's a pretty cool party trick you can show your friends as well. But enough of all those great features, we need to get into some sort of content and let's start with the Google TV operating system. Now, I've already told you guys many times on my channel that this is my favorite operating system. So always happy when JM Go adds that to their great projector lineup. And of course they have all kinds of apps that you can get from the Play Store, all kinds of movies and recommendations and it kind of just picks up from where you left off on other TVs or even on this one. So you really can ever run out of content. But to add to that, JM Go has added a free TV button on the top right. So for those of you who have cut the cord and want some free content, Google TV has it and so you can just use that button to get to all that great content on the Google TV system. But for those of you who may still be paying a monthly fee, you do have a couple of preset buttons on the remote as I said before and one of them can be your favorite. So for me, that's pretty easy. I use YouTube TV all the time when reviewing content and just for personal use. So for me, that favorite button is definitely going to be YouTube TV. But Brandon, how does it look, you may ask. Well, the N3 Ultimate is a 5800 ISO lumen projector, which is pretty impressive and it covers 110% of BT.2020 color gamut and up to 20,000 to 1 contrast ratio. So all those are very important numbers when you're talking about a tri-laser light source like the one that's inside the N3 Ultimate. And to make sure everything looks as good as possible in all lighting conditions, there's an adaptive brightness setting that can easily be turned on, which automatically adjusts the image according to ambient light conditions, making it great for both daytime and night time viewing. And this looks really good for the sports that we're displaying. Now, it is on a 132-in screen, so that's awesome, but it looks like a gigantic TV and that's what you're getting with a projector like this. The JM Go projectors have gotten so good over the last few years and this content looks really good. One of the things we check for is the motion control because, you know, a lot of the sports move really fast and that looks really good here, too. You have the option of using the MEMC, which can add some interpolation and help smooth out your imaging. But the N3 Ultimate looks great with it off, too, which is helpful because then you don't really get like the artifacting that you do sometimes if the processing can't handle it. So if you're a big sports fan like me, the N3 Ultimate is going to be fantastic. And the World Cup is coming up this summer, so another great use case, whether you're watching this at home or if you take it to a party, you got a screen wherever you go and it snaps right into place. So, it's going to be great for watching the big game, whatever sport it may be. But, sports and TV shows, that's standard dynamic range. We need to talk about HDR as well because the N3 Ultimate does have Dolby Vision and HDR 10. So, let's check out some HDR content. So, I have been watching this movie a lot lately. One because my kids actually like it and two because we had been comparing a couple different projectors recently. And man, does it look good on the N3 Ultimate. It's a very bright projector and to be honest, this is by far JMGO's best offering to date. But, also there's a lot of great shadow detail, a lot of good highlights, and overall, it's just a great HDR image, which is what you get from JMGO's MALC 5.0 triple laser engine. You get 5,800 ISO lumen with industry-leading color volume, the third generation LSR speckle reduction, which reduces 99.99% of the speckle, and that master lens system, which eliminates dark corners and preserves edge-to-edge clarity. You also get 110% of BT.2020, and then 20,000:1 contrast ratio with 3,000,000:1 dynamic contrast. That's a lot of contrast. And it's not just these animated movies. I mean, really anything that you're going to watch in your home theater is going to look great on this projector, especially a lot of these darker scenes with that increased contrast levels. And it does sound great depending on how you hook it up. It has the two speakers on each side, so if it's just you sitting there, sounds pretty good to be honest. But, for most people, especially in like a theater room, you're going to connect that to a system, right? So, I'm going to use it for my home theater, so I got to connect that HDMI to the eARC port to my AVR and get the entire system popping, which is what we did, so we're all set up. But, you also can Bluetooth it if you want, if you're going to try to just connect it to one speaker, like if you're outdoors or, you know, on the road with it since it is such a mobile projector. You can Bluetooth it and it works just fine as well. And most of or all of these options are going to sound better than the internal speakers. And because this N3 Ultimate's so portable, we had to bring it into the office because I have used JMGO products in the past to shine over my shoulder and create a background in my office for live streams and other videos. Very convenient. And the N3 Ultimate with the AI gimbal and the remote can be pointed anywhere. So, I mean, I can just point it right up on the ceiling and get a pretty nice-sized bright screen. So, when I'm in here working or, let's be honest, when I'm pretending to be working, but I really just want to watch some basketball, just throw it up on the ceiling, very easy. Or, I can also just use that remote and whip it around to the back there. That's also convenient and to be honest, I really need to get a screen in here because I am a TV and projector reviewer, so we have to have some sort of impressive display like the N3 Ultimate behind me. So, maybe I'll get like an 80-in or 100-in screen because I'm not sure the 120-in is going to fit behind me in this new office. And then, just for fun, I wanted to put the N3 Ultimate in my son's room and just let it sit for a minute and see if he gets curious enough to mess around with it. And to be honest, it took like no time for him to start asking me if we can display some gaming on that. So, I let him grab the remote and throw that image up behind his bed because, again, that's one of the coolest features is this AI gimbal and the ability to just fit anywhere. And once we got it set up, we were able to showcase some cool gaming with some of these great features that the N3 Ultimate has, like VRR and 240 Hz refresh rate, which gives you really low latency, something like 1 ms, which is extremely fast, and you don't have to worry about the screen tearing with that VRR. And to be honest, this is the largest screen this kid has had in his room. And I mean, my kids are blessed to have some pretty cool screens, but this is definitely the biggest in the bedroom. So, overall, I'm very impressed with the JMGO N3 Ultimate. I think this is clearly the best projector JMGO's ever made, and I'm really impressed with that AI gimbal, the lens shift, the longer optical zoom, having all three of those features in one projector for the first time ever. It really gives you all kinds of flexibility. It eliminates the need for you to really micromanage where your projector's going to sit. You really just set it in your room and let it dial in automatically for a great picture, which is something the competition just can't do. But, what do you guys think is the best feature? Let me know in the comments your thoughts on the N3 Ultimate. And if you're looking to get one, definitely look in the description below for our exclusive discount code to get you guys the best price possible on the N3 Ultimate. 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