Best Portable Projectors with a Battery

A battery powered portable for camping trips and movie nights anywhere in the house, with Google TV and automatic setup. Its picture needs a dark room.

A premium battery portable for viewing on the ceiling, in the bedroom or outdoors, with a long-lived laser and a three year warranty.

A battery powered Google TV projector for backyard movies and camping. It is quiet and easy to set up, but heavier than most portables.

A quiet battery projector with Google TV for camping, backyards and bedrooms. Not one for gaming.

The pick among battery projectors for gaming and travel, with low input lag and Google TV in a very small body.

A battery projector for backyard movies and camping that delivers its rated brightness. Newer rivals cost less for similar output.

A very small battery projector with Google TV for travel and kids’ rooms. It is only bright enough for a dark room and a modest screen.

A cheap, cordless Google TV projector for dark rooms and casual use. The short battery life means most films need the charger.

A battery projector for casual movie nights outdoors or in a dark bedroom. HOTPEAK does not publish its native resolution, so buyers who care about sharpness should look elsewhere.

A cheap battery projector for backyard and camping movie nights in the dark. Its 720p panel makes it a casual viewing choice, not a home theater one.

A battery-powered 1080p projector for backyard and camping movie nights, with good sound and automatic setup. Plan on a streaming stick or the Google TV dongle and a dark spot.

A battery pocket projector with its own apps, for travel and dark rooms. Its 480p panel and low brightness make it poor value next to native 1080p projectors at the same price.

A pocket projector for travel and a dark bedroom, with its own Android apps. Its 50 lumens and 480p panel make it a novelty next to any plug-in 1080p projector at the same price.

A tiny battery projector for tracing art or cookie designs and casual viewing in the dark. Its 50 lumens and 480p panel rule it out as a movie projector.

A pocket projector for showing photos or a short video in a dark room. At 60 lumens and 480p it is not a movie projector, and it costs more than far better plug-in models.