A plain HY300 with one handy extra: a 3.5 mm audio jack beside HDMI and USB, so wired headphones or a pair of desk speakers plug straight in, next to dual-band Wi-Fi 6 and Android 11.
Most HY300 projectors send sound out one way only: Bluetooth. The ear&ear HY300 adds a 3.5 mm audio jack beside its HDMI and USB ports. Wired headphones, a pair of powered desk speakers or an old hi-fi amplifier plug straight in, with no pairing and no delay.
Why a humble jack matters on movie night:
Bluetooth 5.0 is still there for wireless headphones and speakers, and the built-in 360° speaker covers a small bedroom on its own. The jack is the extra that makes the ear&ear the easy choice for anyone whose sound system has a plug rather than a pairing button.
The rest of the ear&ear is standard HY300. A native 1280 × 720 panel with an LED light source accepts signals up to 4096 × 2160 and shows them at 720p. Android 11 carries Prime Video and YouTube built in, with a Mali-G31 GPU running the interface and dual-band Wi-Fi 6 bringing the stream in on 2.4 or 5 GHz.
More ways to get sound out, and fixes for silent Bluetooth, are on the HY300 troubleshooting page.
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Model | ear&ear HY300 (HY300-A-WT) |
| System | Android 11 |
| Graphics | Mali-G31 GPU |
| Apps | Prime Video and YouTube built in |
| Display | LED light, native 1280 × 720 |
| Maximum input | 4096 × 2160; 1080p supported |
| Brightness | 160 ANSI lumens |
| Contrast | 1500:1 |
| Picture size | 35–130 in |
| Focus | Manual |
| Keystone | Automatic |
| Rotation | 180° |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6, dual-band 2.4 / 5 GHz |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 |
| Ports | HDMI, USB, 3.5 mm audio out |
| Video decoding | H.264, H.265 |
| Sound | Built-in 360° speaker |
| Noise | Under 25 dB |
| In the box | Projector, power cord, remote, user manual |
| Warranty | 12 months |
The ear&ear HY300 is rated at 160 ANSI lumens with a 1500:1 contrast ratio. That sits a step under the typical HY300 Pro rating, and it decides where the projector belongs. In a blacked-out bedroom it makes a happy screen; with a lamp on, the picture fades fast.
| Evening | Picture that works | What helps |
|---|---|---|
| Film on the bedroom ceiling | 60–80 in | Lights off, a pale ceiling |
| Cartoons on a child's wall | 50–70 in | Blinds down, a white wall |
| Series from bed on the wall | 70–90 in | Curtains closed, no hallway light |
| Garden film | 50–70 in | After full dark, on a white sheet |
ear&ear quotes a 35 to 130-inch range. At 160 lumens, the top end is for a completely black room; the sizes above hold their colour better. Shrinking the picture is the cheapest way to make it brighter, because the light gathers on a smaller area.
For the ceiling, set the projector close to the headboard so the picture lands above your face rather than behind your head.
The HY300 brightness settings go through every mode, and the HY300 screen size chart pairs each size with a distance. Auto keystone fixes the tilt, and the manual focus wheel does the rest.
Three ports sit on the ear&ear: HDMI, USB and the 3.5 mm audio jack. Between them, they turn a small projector into a bedroom games screen or a stick-powered TV. The steps are the same for each device.
USB covers the rest. A flash drive or portable hard drive full of films plugs straight in, and H.264 and H.265 files play without a computer. That makes the ear&ear handy for a cabin or a caravan where Wi-Fi is weak.
Pack an HDMI cable of a metre or two. A short lead lets the console sit beside the projector on the nightstand instead of dangling off the edge.
The ear&ear carries the plain HY300 name, yet it has dual-band Wi-Fi 6 and an audio jack many Pro bodies lack. Where it gives ground is brightness and software age. Put side by side, the choice is clear enough.
| Model | Light | System | Sound out |
|---|---|---|---|
| ear&ear HY300 | 160 ANSI | Android 11 | 3.5 mm jack |
| ear&ear HY300 Pro | 200 ANSI | Android, Mali-G31 | Audio port |
| Magcubic HY300 (original) | 200 ANSI | Apps built in | Bluetooth 5.4 |
| Magcubic HY300 Pro (2026) | 200 ANSI | Apps built in | Bluetooth |
Pick the ear&ear HY300 when wired sound matters and the room goes fully dark. Step up to ear&ear's own HY300 Pro for 200 ANSI with the same set of ports. Choose a Magcubic when a brighter picture counts for more than a cable.
Shape and swivel match any HY300: 180° from wall to ceiling, automatic keystone and a focus wheel. The differences live in the ports and the light, not the body.
In a child's room, the lower brightness matters less than it sounds. Cartoons at 60 inches on a pale wall, lights off, look bright and cheerful, and the quiet fan keeps nobody awake.
A few things to confirm before ordering:
What separates a plain HY300 from a Pro in general is covered in HY300 vs HY300 Pro.
Yes. A 3.5 mm audio output sits beside HDMI and USB, for wired headphones or powered speakers.
160 ANSI lumens with a 1500:1 contrast ratio, so it suits dark bedrooms rather than lit living rooms.
Android 11, with Prime Video and YouTube built in and a Mali-G31 GPU.
ear&ear rates its fan under 25 dB, quiet enough for late films in a bedroom.
Yes. It connects on both 2.4 and 5 GHz, and Bluetooth is version 5.0.