BenQ GV31 Portable Mini Projector

The BenQ GV31 Portable Mini Projector is the sort of compact projector people reach for when they want a casual screen in a bedroom, on a shelf or in a small living room. By our assessment, its appeal is the portable form factor: the GV31 is meant to be moved around easily, which fits BenQ's habit of making living-room projectors that do not feel like office hardware. The limitation is the usual one for mini projectors: brightness, sound and picture size are a compromise, so it is not the same thing as a full home-cinema setup. In practice these devices are about convenience, setup in minutes and accepting softer results than a proper big projector. It sits between a TV and a larger projector, closer to flexible casual viewing than to serious cinema gear. The number 31 in the name is part of BenQ's catalogue label, not a claim about performance, and BenQ GV31 Portable Mini Projector reads as a neat small-room option rather than a room-filling machine.