{"id":119451,"date":"2025-09-04T14:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/119451\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T14:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:01:06","slug":"tcls-fun-little-playcube-projector-is-a-google-tv-concept-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/119451\/","title":{"rendered":"TCL\u2019s fun little PlayCube projector is a Google TV concept no more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">TCL is not a brand that typically elicits desire from me, yet here I am, looking at its IFA 2025 announcement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcl.com\/global\/en\/projectors\/playcube\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PlayCube<\/a>, wondering how a projector that pays homage to both a Rubik\u2019s cube and TARS can fit into my life. The all-in-one Google TV projector with up to three hours of battery life \u2014 introduced as a concept in January \u2014 will be available to buy starting on September 5th. I\u2019m just not sure it\u2019s worth \u20ac799 (around $930), no matter how pretty it is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">As a long-time <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2011\/08\/25\/533759\/steve-jobs-apples-ceo-retrospective-products#:~:text=The%20G4%20Cube,a%20year%20later\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fan of cubes<\/a> and The Verge\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/work-from-home-remote-wfh\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">resident vanlifer<\/a>, TCL got my attention when it said the PlayCube was specifically designed for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcl.com\/global\/en\/tcl-design\/design-works\/tcl-playcube-design-story\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">camping projection<\/a>.\u201d I like that it\u2019s Netflix-certified and that its quirky, twistable hardware lets you angle the image as needed, with built-in intelligence to automatically focus the image, avoid obstacles, align the image, and correct the keystone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Here\u2019s a concept video with simulated images that show how the real projector might fit into your life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The PlayCube measures just 5.9 x 3.8 x 3.8 inches, weighs 2.7 pounds, and features a glass lens and 1080p image lit by 750 ISO lumens \u2014 enough to create a tiny screen for casual viewing during the day and big-screen video at night. TCL says it produces less than 26 decibels of noise when running, which should easily be overcome by the projector\u2019s lone 5W speaker or 3.5mm audio jack. Rounding out the specs are HDMI, USB, and Wi-Fi connectivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TCL is not a brand that typically elicits desire from me, yet here I am, looking at its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,195,66522,44,64,61,25079,66523],"class_list":{"0":"post-119451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-gadgets","11":"tag-ifa-2025","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-tech","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-tvs","16":"tag-work-anywhere"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}