A soda-can-sized 1080p laser with a battery and Google TV — the projector you actually take with you.

Anker Nebula Capsule 3 Laser

Anker Nebula

The one you actually pack: soda-can size, a real 2.5-hour battery, Google TV with Netflix, and honest ~300 laser lumens. That brightness means a dark room or nightfall only, and it's 1080p — a travel-and-backyard projector, not a home-theater one.

The Capsule 3 Laser is the projector you'll actually take with you. It's the size and shape of a tall soda can, weighs about two pounds, and — unlike almost everything else here — has a real battery inside, good for roughly 2.5 hours of video (or ten hours as a Bluetooth speaker) and rechargeable from a USB-C power bank. That makes it the one pick built for a campsite, a dorm, a hotel wall, or the backyard, not a fixed home theater. For its size, the picture punches above its weight. A tiny laser engine drives a 0.23-inch DLP chip at true 1080p and a rated 300 ANSI lumens — which it actually beats, with independent labs measuring ~340 on AC power. Setup is effortless: gridless autofocus and auto-keystone square up an image (40–120 inches) in seconds, and it runs full Google TV with an official Netflix app and Google Assistant, so no dongle. The 8-watt Dolby Digital speaker is genuinely good for something this small — think a decent Bluetooth speaker. The honest catch is brightness. Three hundred lumens is a dark-room or after-dark number; add daylight or push past ~100 inches and the image washes out, and on battery it's dimmer still. It's 1080p, not 4K, and HDR is basic. At its $799 list price you can buy far brighter (non-portable) projectors, so the battery and pocket size have to be the point. If they are — if 'take it anywhere' matters more than raw brightness — nothing in this lineup travels like it.

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Last reviewed Jul 6, 2026

What we like

• ✓Soda-can size and ~2 lb — the only pick here you can truly pocket and travel with
• ✓Real ~2.5-hour battery, USB-C rechargeable from a power bank
• ✓Full Google TV with an official Netflix app — no dongle needed
• ✓Beats its 300-lumen rating (~340 measured) and true 1080p
• ✓Effortless gridless autofocus and auto-keystone setup

Trade-offs

• −~300 lumens — a dark-room or after-dark projector only, dimmer on battery
• −1080p, not 4K, with only basic HDR
• −At $799 list, far brighter (non-portable) projectors cost less
• −Single small speaker — fine for a bedroom, not a party