Sega Homestar Matataki (Navy) Home Planetarium Star Projector

Purchased as a present and they love space and loves how really cool the affects of night sky looks in their room,

It's not very bright. Looks great in pitch black. Not like what I thought it would be. You can see the twinkle disk moviing behind the stars when using the southern hemisphere dusk. I think it would be much better if it had a brighter light. Also, it looked better when I projected it on a distant wall rather than the ceiling. Spreads better when projected from a distance.Do I like the product? yes. It's pretty cool when you get the hang of it.Is it worth the price? Yes and no. Should come with more fisk to make it sweeter.

The media could not be loaded. Once you figure out how to work this unit, it is actually very impressive. I was concerned about the brightness of the light, especially considering that the newer, more expensive flux model has a brighter one, but in the dark it is absolutely fine. I am attaching a still image of one of the two included discs as projected on my ceiling. I am also including a short video showing the stars twinkling with the other included disc and one of the included nature sound effects playing. With the twinkling and the sound effects it.really creates a stunning display! My only complaint is that the manual was entirely in Japanese (use a translation app), and it was a bit tricky to figure out how to go about getting the discs in with the correct side up. Also, please note that the twinkling effect requires that the sky rotation feature be turned on! I’m very happy with it, and would recommend at this price.

So dim we could barely see the stars in a completely dark room. Shooting star setting either didn’t work or was so dim we couldn’t see it.

It's pretty clear the default disc it ships with is actually meant for its brighter and much more expensive brother the "homestar flux" because in a pitch black room I could barely see it. it looked like a grainy grey strip rather than the Milky Way.HOWEVER I had also bought a separate disc of the Dolphin Nebula and that while not perfect is visible and pleasant, meaning the unit itself is fine and it's just the default disc doesn't really handle well.I do wish it was brighter, but seeing as the Matataki is around $100 USD and the the Flux is around $250 I could literally buy 2 of them and still come out cheaper.

This is what I wanted to help me sleep at night, and it works exactly the way I wanted. The only thing I wish I had known was that there was a newer model of the Homestar available. I believe the newer model has more star disks available. But, what I have is just fine.

The Sega Homestar Matataki Home Planetarium Star Projector is better than I ever imagined. It is very well made and has lots of features that are easy to use. The many additional imagery disks available (30) add to the wide range of entertainment options.

I purchased this one, replacing my old ~$40 star projector, and am a bit disappointed at how less bright and less dynamic it is compared to the cheaper one I had. The twinkling effect was not what I was expecting either. But as others have said, it looks great in complete darkness.