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Last winter, when I was setting up my room in Michigan, I knew I wanted a screen.
I have newly started watching films, after years of being too busy building businesses. My first instinct was to buy a television. While I was thinking it through, my friend Punch asked a simple question: Why not get a projector? He already had one in mind and pointed me toward the Nebula Capsule line. I looked it up, did a bit of research, and landed on the Nebula Capsule 3.
I bought it on Amazon for just over four hundred dollars, and it arrived at my apartment shortly after.
It has turned out to be one of the best purchases I’ve made.
Designing the Room Around the Screen
My bedroom layout made the decision easy in hindsight. I have two blank walls. One behind my bed, which I filled with art, and one directly in front of it. On the other sides are a window, a closet, and the bathroom door, so this wall was always going to be the focal point.
Instead of mounting a television, I projected directly onto the wall. The result was a massive screen that essentially takes over the entire surface. The wall itself is about five meters wide including the door, and roughly two and a half meters tall. The projected image comfortably spans close to three meters across and about one and a half meters in height.
That scale changed everything. Watching films stopped feeling like something I was doing on a device and started feeling like something happening in the room.
Learning the Hard Way Where to Place It
At first, I placed the projector on my bed.
This was a terrible idea.
Any movement on the bed affected the image. I had to sit carefully. Shift carefully. One wrong move and the projector would slide. One night it actually fell on my head, which was the moment I accepted that this setup was not sustainable.
What surprised me most was how much low-level anxiety that created. I was constantly adjusting the projector, constantly aware of it, constantly interrupting the experience.
Eventually, I moved it onto a side table. That solved everything.
The Capsule 3 adjusts beautifully. It auto-corrects angles well, and you can also manually fine-tune the image. I personally prefer manual adjustment because it gives me control over the exact framing, but either way, the flexibility is excellent.
Once it was stable, the room finally relaxed.
Where It Shines Best
This projector is at its best in a dark room.
My bedroom has blackout blinds, and at night the image is stunning. Bright, immersive, and clean across the wall. I have tried using it in brighter spaces and even in living rooms, but it never quite feels right to me there. I like my living room to stay bright and open. The projector feels intimate. It belongs in a bedroom.
I also experimented with ceiling projection since the feature exists, but I never enjoyed it. The angle never felt natural. For me, this works best when you commit a wall to it and let it take over.
If you’re moving into an apartment and thinking about getting one, I would absolutely recommend choosing a wall deliberately and designing around it.
Turning the Room Into a Cinema
Recently, after moving the projector to the side table, I connected my Xbox for the first time.
It was seamless. The console connected immediately, logged me in, and suddenly my room felt like a private cinema. Films, games, everything expanded. The immersion was immediate and honestly a little addictive.
This winter, I’ll be spending more time exploring games on it. Partly for enjoyment, partly as research for the worlds I’m building through my work. Either way, the experience feels intentional rather than improvised.
If I had to choose between a television and this projector, I would choose the Nebula Capsule 3 every single time.
It’s portable, flexible, beautifully designed, and capable of completely transforming a room without dominating it when it’s off. It gave me a massive screen without committing to a permanent fixture, and it let me design my space around experience rather than hardware.
I genuinely love it. I recommend it without hesitation.
Before I leave Michigan, I’m planning to do a full smart home and room tour, showing how I’ve designed the space and the details that make it feel like home. This projector will be a central part of that story. Before I pack everything up, I want to show what it’s been like to live inside a space designed with intention.
This was one of those purchases that quietly changed how I spend my evenings. Those are the best kinds.
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