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Excellent picture quality -
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Autofocus and keystoning
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No voice search on the remote
World Cup 2026 is finally upon us, and it’s the time of year when a lot of people are looking to upgrade their TV. But what if you fancy a bigger screen – even more immersion – via a projector? That would be much more expensive, right?
The first Roku-powered projector we’ve seen proves this doesn’t have to be the case. Indeed, you can pick up the Aurzen Eazze D1R (also called the Aurzen Roku TV Smart Projector), at the time of writing, for the paltry sum of £130 – a far cry from the pricier 4K models we normally review here at Expert Reviews.
What do you get for the money?
As you might expect at this price, the Aurzen Eazze D1R is pretty basic. In the box is the projector itself, a Roku remote, a figure of eight mains cable and a little plastic bag with a lens cloth and a selection of swabs for cleaning the internals when it gets dusty.
The hardware is, on the surface, quite bare bones. It’s a compact white box measuring 232 x 190 x 83mm (WDH), weighing 1.4kg, and it’s all made of plastic, with the only highlight a touch-sensitive backlit control panel on the top. There’s no zoom control or manual focus, and height adjustment comes from a simple, single screw-out leg on the bottom.
Likewise, there’s no VESA mount; if you want to ceiling mount this, you’ll need to make do with the 3/4in tripod thread. And physical connectivity is pretty limited. You get one HDMI (ARC) port on the left, flanked by a USB-A port for video file playback and a 3.5mm jack for connecting speakers or headphones and that’s your lot.
Really, though, the Eazze D1R is…