this little beast be the bomb -lrb- do people still say that ? -rrb- ! I read several review where people say they show it to someone and that person say that they be go to have to get one for themselves . this happen to I . my totally non-techy brother-in-law say he might have to get a computer just so he could have one . take it out of the box , plug it into the wall socket , plug it into the computer with provide cable , turn it on and start project beautiful image on the living room wall - at night with the room light on . project it across the room -lrb- probably about 25 ' -rrb- onto the opposite wall and BIG , clear picture . obviously not as bright , but the light be still on and this be a LONG way away . cable be great . only thing miss be the HDMI cable with the mini-plug on one end . have not price that out yet , but will absolutely get one . if the pic be this good through the monitor port , it should be fantastic through the HDMI port ! I still can not believe the size of this thing . I have use -lrb- be a educator of sort -rrb- lot of different projector . they all fail just when you need they because of bulb issue . with a project 20,000 hour life on the bulb -lrb- s -rrb- in this thing , I do not think I have to worry . and I do not have to lug anything fragile and big around . slip this into the laptop bag , and it be good to go . I spend extra and get this model -lrb- 301 -rrb- because of the extra lighting power -lrb- 50 lumen vs. 20 -rrb- plus almost all the cable you would need come with it - plus plenty of outlet without have to have cable adapter . the extra money be worth it . sorry Amazon - I almost always get thing through you , but find it for twenty-some buck cheaper somewhere else and have great service and delivery from they . Equal to Amazon , which be always top-class . this thing be the wave of the future - imho .