Anker Built a sub-$300 1080p Projector with Flippable Speakers for the Price of AirPods Pro - Yanko Design

The Nebula P1i is a budget projector priced at $369 that debuted at CES 2026. It uses two physically hinged 10W speakers that fold outward and swivel in two axes. The speakers rotate 90 degrees side to side and 200 degrees up and down, aiming sound toward the seating position rather than the nearest wall. When folded flush, the projector looks like a conventional compact model, and when deployed it resembles a small satellite with “ears.” The projector is 8.9 x 7.2 x 8.0 inches and weighs five pounds, with a soft top handle for easy moving. It provides native 1080p output, a TUV-certified 380 ANSI lumens rating, and an all-glass lens with a sealed optical engine to resist dust and focus drift.

"Most projector makers treat audio as an afterthought. Slap a single speaker somewhere on the chassis, call it Dolby-something, and move on. Soundcore, being a company that lives and breathes audio hardware, looked at that approach and decided to do something architecturally different with its first proper budget projector, the Nebula P1i."

"Two 10W drivers are physically hinged into the projector body, fold outward, and swivel in two axes so the sound follows your seating position rather than pointing at whatever wall happens to be closest. It sounds like a gimmick until you realize how consistently every other projector in this price range gets the audio completely wrong."

"Each driver rotates 90 degrees side to side and 200 degrees up and down, so the sound follows your vibe regardless of where the projector is physically sitting. Fold them flush and the P1i looks like any other compact projector. Deploy them and the thing suddenly has ears, which, for a Soundcore product, feels exactly right."

"For its $369 price tag, you get a native 1080p panel outputting TÜV-certified 380 ANSI lumens, and an all-glass lens combined with a fully sealed optical engine that resists dust and the focus drift that plastic lenses develop as they heat up over time."

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