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Mint
a day ago
- Mint
Lumio Arc 7 projector: The home theater on the go you've been looking for?
Tushar Kanwar Lumio's Arc 7 Projector is here to bring order to the chaotic world of budget projectors The projector is portable enough to move from room to room or be carried along on vacations Gift this article Picking a reasonably-priced home projector in India hasn't been easy—you're either paying big bucks for the big brands, or scouring through a glut of low-cost, white-label imports with ageing software and a non-existent support setup. Ergo, many consumers forgo the big-screen, take-anywhere experience in favour of smaller-screened TVs. Picking a reasonably-priced home projector in India hasn't been easy—you're either paying big bucks for the big brands, or scouring through a glut of low-cost, white-label imports with ageing software and a non-existent support setup. Ergo, many consumers forgo the big-screen, take-anywhere experience in favour of smaller-screened TVs. After impressing with their snappy as heck Vision TV lineup, Lumio is back with the Arc series of home media projectors, packed with a refined set of features at a compelling price point, but is it enough to bring order to the wild west of the affordable projector market? The Arc 7 ( ₹ 34,999) I have for review is the larger and more equipped of the two 1080p projectors in the portfolio, the other being the Arc 5 ( ₹ 19,999)—the Arc 7 gets brighter at 400 ANSI lumens (vs the 5's 200) and gets the louder dual 8-watt audio speakers with a massive passive radiator. The Arc series are designed in Bengaluru by Lumio and manufactured in Daman & Diu, so there's that going for the range. Design and build Pulling the projector out of its compact box, you'll notice two things pretty quickly. First, the Arc 7 looks rather well put together, with a sleek vertical design that takes up less space on a headboard or side table than a traditional horizontal form factor projector. Weighing in at 2.36kg, you could even call the Arc 7 'portable" enough to move from room to room or be carried along on vacations, although it does need to be plugged into a power source for operation. A built-in carry handle would have been a nice touch too, given that grabbing the device to carry it around leaves an array of fingerprints all over the matte finish body. The other thing you immediately cotton onto is the small considerations made to the design to allow for a multitude of usage scenarios—starting with the sassily labelled 'UnderStand" kickstand which gives the Arc 7 an upward tilt towards a screen or an empty wall, to a standard screw-type tripod mount on the bottom for ceiling mounting or hoisting atop a stable projector. As long as you're not way off center, the trapezoidal recalibration adjusts the image automatically using the dedicated Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensor to measure the distance to the wall/screen and the projection angle. Anytime you move the projector, the autofocus and auto-keystone correction kicks in, ensuring that the image is recalibrated for the new position, and there's even an obstacle avoidance feature, which detects obstructions like switchboards or photo frames and downsizes the image to avoid projecting on top of them. Understandably, most of us might not have a 100-inch wall to spare, so an external screen comes highly recommended if you want to make the most of the setup. Just keep in mind that while Lumio has sealed off the lens to prevent dust from settling on the optical element, the external lens surface will gather dust—a lens cover, however simple, should have been included in the box, Lumio. Setup and control Setting up the Arc 7 is pretty much just a matter of plugging it in, finding a wall and switching it on, and the rest is akin to setting up any Google TV television, as the Arc 7 comes with Google TV on board, with official Netflix certification, no less. There's just the single button on the projector body, and the rest of the controls—including finetuning focusing around the corners occasionally, adjusting brightness etc—are via the Minion remote, with hotkeys for Netflix, Prime Video, YouTube and Lumio's own TLDR sports and music curation app. No backlight on the remote, though. Aside from WiFi and Bluetooth, you can connect the projector to your soundbar or home theater system via Dolby Atmos passthrough via the HDMI ARC port or via a 3.5mm headphone jack, and there's provision to Google Cast your music directly to the projector and have the video projection switch off for audio-only consumption. Performance So, what does the ₹ 34,999 outlay get you with the Arc 7? This is a Full HD 1080p (1920×1080) resolution, with 400ANSI lumens brightness as measured on the screen (not at source) and HDR (HDR10 and HLG) support. What this translates to is an edge-to-edge sharp, vibrant image across a sizable 100-inch canvas (from about 9 feet away) that's bright enough for a room with some amount of ambient light. Dim the lights, switch to some HDR content, with the higher contrast levels and richer colors, and the Arc 7 shows off what it can do, with none of those tinting issues that plague HDR content on budget projectors. There's a unique pleasure in watching cinematic experiences such as Top Gun: Maverick on a larger-than-life screen, and I'm here for sensibly priced offerings that bring big-screen entertainment to the masses. And while the brand suggests that a plain white wall would suffice, get that 120-inch 16:9-aspect ratio pull-down screen, you won't regret it. The Dolby Audio speaker setup is loud enough for a medium sized room, allowing you to carry the Arc 7 for meetings or vacations and not need a Bluetooth speaker for most content consumption. No 120Hz support, and while the Full HD resolution will work for most at this price point, I'm hoping for a competitively priced Lumio Arc (maybe a Lumio Arc 9?) somewhere in the future that offers a strong 4K projection experience. The best part is that since it runs the Google TV platform natively and not a retrofitted version of Android, there's no issues with app compatibility, including full HD/HDR playback on Netflix, a rarity in most budget picks. Coming off the brand's Vision TVs, the Arc 7 doesn't feel quite as hyper-snappy—to be fair, neither does it claim projector speed records like the TVs do, but it does seem to have ensured there are no rough edges to the software experience. Verdict For its price, particularly if you can avail the introductory offers that bring the overall price down to ₹ 29,999, the Lumio Arc 7 checks off a few boxes solidly—a refined software experience including a bunch of automatic setup adjustments, good audio and a strong plug-and-play home media setup, backed by a network of 200+ service centers—all of which will undoubtedly encourage folks to take the plunge…or at least consider this strongly against an anchored-in-place 42-inch smart television. Also Read | The hottest sneakers of 2025 Topics You May Be Interested In
Mint
a day ago
- Mint
Lumio Arc 7 projector: The home theatre on the go you've been looking for?
Picking a reasonably-priced home projector in India hasn't been easy—you're either paying big bucks for the big brands, or scouring through a glut of low-cost, white-label imports with ageing software and a non-existent support setup. Ergo, many consumers forgo the big-screen, take-anywhere experience in favour of smaller-screened TVs. After impressing with their snappy as heck Vision TV lineup, Lumio is back with the Arc series of home media projectors, packed with a refined set of features at a compelling price point, but is it enough to bring order to the wild west of the affordable projector market? The Arc 7 ( ₹34,999) I have for review is the larger and more equipped of the two 1080p projectors in the portfolio, the other being the Arc 5 ( ₹19,999)—the Arc 7 gets brighter at 400 ANSI lumens (vs the 5's 200) and gets the louder dual 8-watt audio speakers with a massive passive radiator. The Arc series are designed in Bengaluru by Lumio and manufactured in Daman & Diu, so there's that going for the range. Design and build Pulling the projector out of its compact box, you'll notice two things pretty quickly. First, the Arc 7 looks rather well put together, with a sleek vertical design that takes up less space on a headboard or side table than a traditional horizontal form factor projector. Weighing in at 2.36kg, you could even call the Arc 7 'portable" enough to move from room to room or be carried along on vacations, although it does need to be plugged into a power source for operation. A built-in carry handle would have been a nice touch too, given that grabbing the device to carry it around leaves an array of fingerprints all over the matte finish body. The other thing you immediately cotton onto is the small considerations made to the design to allow for a multitude of usage scenarios—starting with the sassily labelled 'UnderStand" kickstand which gives the Arc 7 an upward tilt towards a screen or an empty wall, to a standard screw-type tripod mount on the bottom for ceiling mounting or hoisting atop a stable projector. As long as you're not way off center, the trapezoidal recalibration adjusts the image automatically using the dedicated Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensor to measure the distance to the wall/screen and the projection angle. Anytime you move the projector, the autofocus and auto-keystone correction kicks in, ensuring that the image is recalibrated for the new position, and there's even an obstacle avoidance feature, which detects obstructions like switchboards or photo frames and downsizes the image to avoid projecting on top of them. Understandably, most of us might not have a 100-inch wall to spare, so an external screen comes highly recommended if you want to make the most of the setup. Just keep in mind that while Lumio has sealed off the lens to prevent dust from settling on the optical element, the external lens surface will gather dust—a lens cover, however simple, should have been included in the box, Lumio. Setup and control Setting up the Arc 7 is pretty much just a matter of plugging it in, finding a wall and switching it on, and the rest is akin to setting up any Google TV television, as the Arc 7 comes with Google TV on board, with official Netflix certification, no less. There's just the single button on the projector body, and the rest of the controls—including finetuning focusing around the corners occasionally, adjusting brightness etc—are via the Minion remote, with hotkeys for Netflix, Prime Video, YouTube and Lumio's own TLDR sports and music curation app. No backlight on the remote, though. Aside from WiFi and Bluetooth, you can connect the projector to your soundbar or home theater system via Dolby Atmos passthrough via the HDMI ARC port or via a 3.5mm headphone jack, and there's provision to Google Cast your music directly to the projector and have the video projection switch off for audio-only consumption. Performance So, what does the ₹34,999 outlay get you with the Arc 7? This is a Full HD 1080p (1920×1080) resolution, with 400ANSI lumens brightness as measured on the screen (not at source) and HDR (HDR10 and HLG) support. What this translates to is an edge-to-edge sharp, vibrant image across a sizable 100-inch canvas (from about 9 feet away) that's bright enough for a room with some amount of ambient light. Dim the lights, switch to some HDR content, with the higher contrast levels and richer colors, and the Arc 7 shows off what it can do, with none of those tinting issues that plague HDR content on budget projectors. There's a unique pleasure in watching cinematic experiences such as Top Gun: Maverick on a larger-than-life screen, and I'm here for sensibly priced offerings that bring big-screen entertainment to the masses. And while the brand suggests that a plain white wall would suffice, get that 120-inch 16:9-aspect ratio pull-down screen, you won't regret it. The Dolby Audio speaker setup is loud enough for a medium sized room, allowing you to carry the Arc 7 for meetings or vacations and not need a Bluetooth speaker for most content consumption. No 120Hz support, and while the Full HD resolution will work for most at this price point, I'm hoping for a competitively priced Lumio Arc (maybe a Lumio Arc 9?) somewhere in the future that offers a strong 4K projection experience. The best part is that since it runs the Google TV platform natively and not a retrofitted version of Android, there's no issues with app compatibility, including full HD/HDR playback on Netflix, a rarity in most budget picks. Coming off the brand's Vision TVs, the Arc 7 doesn't feel quite as hyper-snappy—to be fair, neither does it claim projector speed records like the TVs do, but it does seem to have ensured there are no rough edges to the software experience. Verdict For its price, particularly if you can avail the introductory offers that bring the overall price down to ₹29,999, the Lumio Arc 7 checks off a few boxes solidly—a refined software experience including a bunch of automatic setup adjustments, good audio and a strong plug-and-play home media setup, backed by a network of 200+ service centers—all of which will undoubtedly encourage folks to take the plunge…or at least consider this strongly against an anchored-in-place 42-inch smart television.
Hindustan Times
07-07-2025
- Hindustan Times
Lumio Arc 7: An Indian tech firm shows how home theatre projectors should be
The underside prop stand, aptly called UnderStand, may not seem much at first. It is to prop up the Lumio Arc 7 projector from the front, to get the angles right as it projects the cricket match on the wall. Yet, this is perhaps the best representation of Indian tech company Circuit House's understanding of the big gaps that have defined the home projector market for years. A product line that has long commanded a premium, but still never really done enough to deliver simple value. Projector installation, long-term maintenance and audio has been particularly expensive hassles, and despite its advantages elsewhere, this methodology of consuming movies and TV shows remained an uneasy recommendation for most homes. That is changing now, definitively, with little in terms of shortcomings that I spent much of the initial hours bracing for. The Lumio Arc 7 home theatre projector. (Official image) The Arc 7 projector is the flagship in a portfolio of two (the other being the Arc 5), and though there are quite a few constants between the two, the larger in size and also a more expensive Arc 7 does get brighter with 400 ANSI lumens illuminating up to 100-inches worth of projection (the Arc 5 is limited to 200 ANSI lumens), dual 8-watt audio speakers with a massive passive radiator to counter what has traditionally been a weak link for projectors, a snappy Google TV experience, and a price tag of ₹34,999. The ease with which this projector, albeit limited to Full HD (could Lumio have a 4K option soon?), can be set up is far cry from conventional home-theatre projector wisdom till now. For most homes, that may define convenience and make this a genuine alternative to a TV. At least in some rooms, and for certain viewing environments. Lumio is basing the projector experience, much like its recently launched TVs, on the Google TV platform. Crucially, it is fast and doesn't look likely to slow down anytime soon. This implementation of a smart TV OS within a projector, is better than anything legacy projector makers have managed in years, on significantly higher priced products. All apps worked well, including Netflix, JioHotstar for HDR or high-dynamic range content, as well as F1 TV Pro for live streaming the Austrian Grand Prix and subsequently British Grand Prix. Lumio's TL;DR dashboard may be relevant for those who'd like to keep up with some sports scores, for instance — but since it remains a separate app, it is a specific move you must make to get there. Setting this up is easier, at least in my experience having reviewed flagship projectors over the years, because the 'Smooth Trapezoidal Recalibration'. or STR8, that enables auto-keystone correction, responds quicker and makes for a definitive difference. Basically, even the slightest movement of the projector physically as it is placed or repositioned, enables this correction almost instantaneously. For a couple of seconds, the readjustments are done, so that the projection angles and keystone looks like a perfect 16:9 rectangle. In a typical living room in most apartments, with some outdoor light streaming in or a lighting fixture indoors switched on, the Lumio Arc 7 proved more than adept at handling that scenario without compromising visibility of whatever it is you're viewing. Dim the ambient lights, and the Arc 7 begins to show off what it can do. The colours, contrast and detailing that this projector is able to replicate, is with certainty a class above what the price tag would suggest. One could argue that the blacks could have been deeper. It's an LED light source driving what Lumio calls the ArcLight Engine. The company tells us this system has a fully sealed and precision-aligned design, to prevent an occurrence of a long-term problem arising from dust — this accumulation spoils the projection system. There is a single HDMI 2.0 (this is ARC, or audio-return channel), alongside a 3.5mm audio return jack (handy if you wish to connect a bigger soundbar; but choices then remain limited) and a USB 2.0 port. The Lumio Arc 7 is a collective of smart choices, which represents an understanding of what customers want. The Under Stand implementation is better at doing what it is supposed to, compared with the inadequate screw mechanisms that many expensive projectors integrate. The support for Dolby Atmos audio (the projector can also be used as a Google Cast speaker), automatic keystone correction as well as a very nicely tuned auto focus (there's a quick key on the remote too), and the sealed projection system, should hold the Arc 7 in good stead in terms of longevity. There is still scope for improvement, at least for the next generation of Arc projectors. Audio, already much better than you may expect, could and should see further improvements. The design, at least for this generation, should allow for that little more space with the innards to place bigger audio drivers. Secondly, the Minion Noir Remote tries to keep things minimal, and while that pursuit is appreciated, muscle memory simply doesn't get used to this layout — and that got pretty frustrating when the settings key was accidentally pressed in the midst of the British Grand Prix, when trying to reduce the volume. For now, the Lumio Arc 7 simply works. Better than you'd expect.
Time of India
07-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Lumio announces Google TV-Powered Arc 7, Arc 5 projectors With 100-inch display and Dolby Audio
Lumio has launched two smart projectors targeting India's underdeveloped home projector market. The Lumio Arc 5 , priced at Rs 19,999, and Arc 7 for Rs 34,999, address key barriers that have limited projector adoption in India, including poor app compatibility, substandard audio quality, and unreliable after-sales support. Both models feature Google TV certification with Netflix compatibility and access to over 400,000 movies and shows across 10,000+ apps. "We see projectors as the next frontier in home entertainment," said Raghu Reddy, CEO of Circuit House Technologies. The company identified that India's midrange projector segment (Rs 20,000-50,000) lacked quality options, forcing consumers to choose between inadequate sub-Rs 12,000 models or expensive high-end alternatives. The Arc 5 offers 200 ANSI lumens brightness with up to 100-inch projection, weighing just 1.33 kg for portability. The Arc 7 delivers 400 ANSI lumens for brighter rooms and features 2x8W stereo speakers with Dolby Audio support. Both projectors use Lumio's proprietary Arclight Engine , featuring dust-proof sealing and Full HD 1080p resolution with HDR10 support. Smart setup features include auto-keystone correction, obstacle avoidance, and instant autofocus using Time-of-Flight sensors. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like ¿Tienes $105? Inviértelos en CFD de BCP y observa cómo crecen sin salir de casa. TradeMind Registrarse Undo Manufacturing occurs entirely in India, with products tested for local conditions including dust, humidity, and power fluctuations. Lumio backs the projectors with 200+ service centers nationwide and a one-year warranty. The Arc 7 launches July 12 on with early bird pricing of Rs 29,999 during Amazon Prime Day (July 12-14). The Arc 5 will be available in late July. AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
Indian Express
07-07-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
Lumio launches Arc 5 and Arc 7 smart projectors in India, starting at Rs 19,999
Indian consumer electronics brand Lumio is entering the home projector market with the launch of two mid-range projectors, the Arc 5 and Arc 7, that are capable of delivering Full HD 1080p visuals with HDR10 support. Both projectors come with Lumio's Arclight Engine to ensure vibrant colours and sharp details, the company said in a press release on Monday, July 7. They are powered by a MTK 9630 processor, and offer 2GB RAM and 16GB storage. The projectors also feature an Under-Stand that helps to elevate them in a bedroom or living room setup. The Arc 5 is priced at Rs 19,999 and the Arc 7 comes with a price tag of Rs 34,999. The company said that the Arc 7 will be available at a discounted price of Rs 29,999 during Amazon Prime Day, which is slated to be held from July 12 to July 14. The home projector market is just one per cent of India's TV market compared to 15 to 20 per cent in developed markets, said Lumio. The company is looking to fill in the gap with mid-range options in a market that only has low-end models and high-end alternatives. 'While India's projector market is small, its potential is massive. The Lumio Arc 5 and Arc 7 bring the polish of our TVs— Google TV, stunning visuals, and room-filling audio—into a portable, easy-to-use package that requires no installation. We're making projectors accessible, reliable, and joyful, backed by the same nationwide support that made our TVs a success,' said Raghu Reddy, the CEO of Lumio parent company Circuit House Technologies. Weighing over 1.33 kg, the Lumio Arc 5 boasts of 200 ANSI lumens with up to 100-inch projection. It also packs 5W speakers with Dolby Audio support and can be used to project visuals in bedrooms, hostels, or during travel. Meanwhile, the Lumio Arc 7 is a projector of 400 ANSI lumens with up to 100-inch projection and two 8W stereo speakers with Dolby Audio support, which makes it ideal for larger spaces like living rooms, etc. Both projectors are compatible with Google TV OS and provide access to over 10,000 OTT apps including Netflix. Some of the smart features of the Lumio Arc 5 and Arc 7 are Smooth Trapezoidal Recalibration or STR8 that enables auto-keystone correction, obstacle avoidance, and instant autofocus using a Time-of-Flight (TOF) sensor. Both models come with HDMI 2.0 (HDMI ARC-enabled), USB 2.0 ports and 3.5mm audio jack as well as Bluetooth 5.1 version. The remote includes Google Assistant and dedicated buttons for Netflix, YouTube, and TLDR, which is a dashboard app for sports and music content.
