The plain Chicdaze HY300 is the first rung of the Chicdaze ladder: Android TV 11, dual-band Wi-Fi 6 and automatic keystone on a stand that swings from wall to ceiling.
Chicdaze builds a whole family of HY300s, from this plain model through a Pro and a Pro+ to an Ultra. The plain HY300 sits at the start, and it shares most of its hardware with the Chicdaze HY300 Pro. What you get is a compact Android projector for dark rooms, with the essentials covered and no speaker base.
The core of the Chicdaze HY300:
The panel is native 1280 × 720 and accepts signals up to 3840 × 2160, scaling them down. Chicdaze rates the brightness at 160 ANSI lumens with a 1500:1 contrast ratio, and the cooling fan under 25 dB.
At 0.72 kg on Chicdaze's sheet, it is light enough to carry between the kids' room and the lounge, and the 360-degree speaker covers dialogue in a small room without extra kit.
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Model | Chicdaze HY300 (AINEOXIN-HY300-180) |
| System | Android TV 11 |
| Graphics | Mali-G31 GPU |
| Native resolution | 1280 × 720 |
| Maximum input | 3840 × 2160 |
| Brightness | 160 ANSI lumens (one feature line says 200) |
| Contrast | 1500:1 |
| Light source | LED |
| Focus | Manual per the feature text (auto focus also listed) |
| Keystone | Automatic |
| Stand | 180° free rotation |
| Picture size | 24–100 in on the spec sheet |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 |
| Ports | HDMI, USB, 3.5 mm audio |
| Fan noise | Under 25 dB |
| Remote | IR remote with a mouse mode |
| Weight | 0.72 kg |
Chicdaze pitches the HY300 for home films, children's learning, video meetings and online teaching. Those uses share one condition: a room you can darken. At 160 lumens, a drawn curtain decides more about the picture than any setting in the menu.
| Scene | Picture size | What helps |
|---|---|---|
| Bedtime cartoons on the ceiling | 40–60 in | Stand tipped straight up, lights off |
| Playroom wall on a rainy afternoon | 50–70 in | Blackout blind, pale wall |
| Online class or video call | 60–80 in | Laptop on HDMI, lamp behind the projector |
| Family film after dinner | 80–100 in | Curtains closed, Bluetooth speaker |
The spec sheet puts the picture between 24 and 100 inches. That lower end is useful for a tiny picture on a wardrobe door, and the upper end is the practical limit for 160 lumens anyway.
For children, a few habits keep evenings calm:
For a video call, put the projector on a shelf behind the laptop so the lens clears heads. The screen size guide gives distances for each picture size, and the brightness guide lists the modes that coax more light out of a small lamp.
A teacher or tutor can lean on HDMI here: slides from a laptop arrive without Wi-Fi lag, and the fan under 25 dB will not drown a quiet voice on a call.
Chicdaze answers three common first-week questions about this HY300, and they are worth knowing before the first film. They cover phone casting, installing apps and a remote that seems to stop working inside certain apps.
That mouse mode is the part most new owners miss. A streaming app that ignores the arrow keys often works fine with the pointer, and pressing the mouse button again brings back normal navigation.
Bluetooth 5.0 is for sound output: pair headphones for late films or a portable speaker for anything louder than the built-in driver. Wired audio through the 3.5 mm jack avoids Bluetooth delay, handy when lips and voices drift apart.
Things to check on the first evening:
For deeper help, see remote pairing and replacements and connecting a phone or laptop.
The plain Chicdaze HY300 has close relatives that read almost the same on paper. Chicdaze's own HY300 Pro and the ear&ear HY300 both give 160 ANSI lumens, Android 11, Wi-Fi 6 and a quiet fan. Picking between them comes down to small details rather than headline specs.
| Chicdaze HY300 | Chicdaze HY300 Pro | ear&ear HY300 | Magcubic HY300 Pro (2026) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brightness | 160 ANSI | 160 ANSI | 160 ANSI | 200 ANSI |
| System | Android TV 11 | Android TV 11 | Android TV 11 | Built-in apps |
| Focus | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
| Picture range | Up to 100 in | Not stated | 35–130 in | 30–130 in |
The ear&ear model states a wider picture range of 35 to 130 inches and names support for consoles over HDMI. Magcubic's 2026 HY300 Pro steps up to 200 ANSI in a body 30% smaller than the Pro before it, built for travel.
Across the three near-twins, the software is where differences surface over time. All run Android 11 on similar hardware, so update habits matter more than the badge: a projector kept on its newest system version tends to keep its apps signing in. Before a first film, a system update and a restart settle most app quirks on any of them.
How to choose between the twins:
For the step from plain to Pro in general, read HY300 against HY300 Pro. The Chicdaze HY300 Ultra is the top of the same family, with a 5W sound base.
Auto focus appears in its extra features, but Chicdaze's description says manual focus sharpens the picture. Plan on focusing by hand.
Some apps are built for touchscreens. Press the mouse button on the remote to switch to a pointer, as Chicdaze advises.
Use the screencast feature with the phone and projector on the same Wi-Fi network.
The spec sheet gives 24 to 100 inches. At 160 ANSI lumens, 60 to 80 inches looks best in a dark room.
180°. The 80° in the name is a slip; the stand swings from the wall to the ceiling.