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Manila Bulletin devider Technews devider Hands on with Samsung's Freestyle

Hands on with Samsung's Freestyle

Published Feb 18, 2022 09:04 am

Freestyle

Earlier this year at CES, one of the most talked about devices was Samsung’s Freestyle. It’s a small and portable projector, which you might mistake as a spotlight if you first see it lying on the floor.

What’s striking about the Freestyle is it’s size. Do you want a hassle-free home cinema setup? Freestyle can give it to you. Do you want to watch movies on a big screen when you go out to visit friends or take a vacation? Freestyle got you covered. Do you want to set the mood for an outdoor date? Freestyle can help you with that. You want to enjoy the movies you’ve missed these past two years in the closest cinematic experience possible? It feels the Freestyle was made exactly for that.

The Freestyle looks pretty good even with lights on

The Freestyle can project up to 100-inches and remains bright even in well-lit rooms. Of course, the best images came to life when it was dark. Samsung also said the Freestyle automatically optimizes the surfaces of its projection. So even if you don’t have a white background or the textures aren't exactly spotless, the Freestyle should be able to adapt well enough to continue providing excellent visuals.

AV Product Marketing Samsung PH, Mahir Al-rubah, holding the Freestyle connected to a power bank. There is a lens filter attached on top of the Freestyle, which lets it shoot up fancy lights.

The clarity of the 360-degree sound is impressive. You can actually use the Freestyle to play music or just ambient sound to liven your place up. It doesn’t have a card slot but it has built-in streaming apps like Netflix and music players. You can also mirror screens from your smartphone.

The price tag is P54,999. Sure, there are some projectors out there that are a little bit less off. But what the Freestyle offers is simplicity, portability, and auto keystone–meaning you don’t have to stress yourself adjusting the projector’s angle.

It really does kind of look like a spotlight.

Samsung says you can use the Freestyle for gaming as well, though you will need a micro-HDMI. Beside the ports is a physical toggle for the mic, where you can call Bixby to voice activate features.

You can use a power bank to fire up the Freestyle. Samsung has released a list of third-party power banks that they say is compatible with the Freestyle.

I like to think I got big hands, so the Freestyle is not THAT small. But it is significantly smaller than a ton of other projectors out there.

Other accessories include a remote control that has shortcuts to streaming apps Netflix and Disney+ (Though we still don’t have the service available locally–come on Disney give it to us!), a lens filter so you can turn the Freestyle into a mood setter with its variation of lights, and a socket adapter–so you can use the Freestyle as a lightbulb, projecting images downward into the floor or table, which is something I personally think is really cool.

The front of the Freestyle has touch controls such as volume and power

Granted, we’ve only managed to spend a few hours with the Freestyle. If the MB TechLab manages to get their hands on one, expect a full review!

The Samsung Freestyle will be available later this April 18, 2022.

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