Performance and Use

There are several aspects of a projector that go beyond resolution and brightness you should consider. In the case of the XGIMI Mogo Pro+ these include the distance to the wall to get a large screen, noise, and battery use, as it is meant to be portable, after all. Some estimated numbers for the diagonal we managed to get are listed below, measured with a laser-based measuring device. These are estimations as measuring the diagonal without anyone else to help becomes quite difficult at larger sizes.

• 2.2 ft/68 cm for 30"
• 4.5 ft/137 cm for 48"
• 6.8 ft/207 cm for 65"
• 7,8 ft/247 cm for 80"
• 9.0 ft/298 cm for 100"

The other aspects that are quite important are charging time and battery life. For this purpose, the brightness of the XGIMI Mogo Pro+ was left at "Standard," which dims slightly when disconnected from power similar to what a notebook would do. XGIMI advertises two to four hours of battery life depending on the use case. With this setting, playing a YouTube video resulted in two hours and twenty-eight minutes before the Mogo Pro+ shut itself down. When using an external device, like a notebook/Google TV dongle through HDMI, the results were quite similar with two hours and thirty-eight minutes. Thus, it seems to make little difference whether you are using the onboard Android TV interface or not. On the other end of the workflow, it takes around an hour and thirty-six minutes to fully charge the XGIMI Mogo Pro+.

As the unit is 300 ANSI bright, odds are you will be wanting as much brightness as possible, but reaching the 4-hour mark in that state simply isn't possible unless you are watching a movie without a campfire in the dead of night. This is to be expected, however, and XGIMI doesn't seem unrealistic with their advertising of that ANSI value, something that can't be said of many of the random brands out there.

In terms of audio, the XGIMI Mogo Pro+ sounds great and is loud enough to overpower the crackling of a campfire or fill your living room with enough volume for everyone to enjoy the movie. On top of that, the internal fan is very quiet, similar to what you would hear from a notebook doing work a little beyond simple web browsing, for example.


To give you an idea of real-world brightness, the Mogo Pro+ barely shows the interface when projecting that 30" screen with the studio lights on at full brightness. With the lights off in the afternoon, 4 PM sunlight in a SW-facing apartment, you can already make out the interface quite nicely.


In terms of the interface, the XGIMI isn't simply a "dumb" pocket projector, but includes a fully fledged, built-in Android TV powered by the Amlogic T950v2, which is a quad-core Cortex-A53 processor with a frequency of up to 2.0 GHz. Amlogic processors are very popular in Android-powered boxes, dongles, and projectors. In the case of the Mogo Pro+, this is a second-generation S9 series chip with a Mali-G31 MP2 "Dvalin" GPU, so casual gaming for Android titles should easily be possible. It is paired with 2 GB of memory and 16 GB of storage, so you could even go so far as to store a few movies on the device itself for playback without an internet connection.

One interesting and quite important aspect is that the XGIMI Mogo Pro+ has complete access to the Google Play store, which is still far too uncommon in similar devices. However, even with the Android TV 9.0 OS and Play Store access, you won't be able to use the latest Netflix app as it simply isn't compatible. Netflix suggests using an older version in their FAQs, and XGIMI enables less tech-savvy users to install the "XTV Manager" app through Google Play, which acts like a miniature app store through which you can get Netflix on your device. The other downside of this limitation is that the Netflix interface is actually mouse as opposed to button driven. While this is sub-optimal, it is a widespread limitation of many Android TV devices, but you would at least have full access to your Netflix account.


The auto keystone feature in the XGIMI Mogo Pro+ works extremely well and manages to not only set the screen but also autonomously correct it if you happend to move the device during use. You may also use the quick settings of the remote at any point and trigger a recalibration.


For a real-world sense of the device in action, I simply had it project against the wall of my apartment. The TV in these shots is 55" in diameter, while the Mogo Pro+ is set far enough back to project a roughly 100" screen. Odds are you will be taking the Mogo Pro+ on your road trips and don't have the luxury of a high-end projector screen. Instead, users will use a house wall or a white cloth sheet. The images above are shot in the same dark environment with a bit of off-screen light to mimic a camp fire, for example.

While the LG LED with its IPS screen may look overexposed, the screen of the XGIMI Mogo Pro+ looks a little underexposed as a result, as the camera to shoot these pictures was actively trying to find a balance. If you look closely at the shots above, you will see that the YouTube interface on the TV is not fully black, triggering its backlight, while it looks darker on the Mogo Pro+ simply because such dim gray levels simply don't reach the screen. Then, with the Top Gun trailer running, which includes plenty of bright and dark shots along the way, you can see the color temperature difference between the traditional TV and projector as well. That said, this is also an effect of the slightly yellow wall. All in all, the Mogo Pro+ works well in shots that are neither extremely dark or light. Where things become noticeable is when the picture includes extremely dark elements. In the shots above, you cannot see the chair to the left, the crew member in the foreground of the plane elevator, or the green of the tree.

None of this is a particular fault of the Mogo Pro+. It simply is a limitation of any 300 ANSI bright unit projecting onto a random house wall. The XGIMI Mogo Pro+ is not meant to replace your home cinema experience, but to provide an adequate viewing experience when portability and flexibility are key.