Scouted: This Short-Throw Projector Turned My Small Space Into a Home Theater

HisenseScouted selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission.Like every kid that grew up watching too many movies and TV shows, I have references that my brain keeps ready to deploy at a moment’s notice for key repeated events in my life. Being a man of a certain age, many of my references are locked in during the 1990s. For example, when something unexpected happens in my life, I might think, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” If I see a coworker being underestimated, I may think, “Stupid is as stupid does.” When I sit down for endless shrimp at my favorite corporate seafood restaurant, I think, “Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it-” You know what? I’m now realizing these are all Forrest Gump references. God, that movie is quotable. Setting that aside, when I set up the Hisense PT1 Ultra Short Throw Laser Projector and gazed upon the dazzling image being projected in my own home, my mind went to another movie from the ’90s: The Cable Guy. As I sat, tears filling my eyes at the bright picture, vivid color, and true black tones of this modern technological marvel, my lips parted, and I whispered, “The future is now.”Read more at The Daily Beast.