12/15/2023 0 Comments Amazon projector 3000 lumensBut for sub-$2,000, Xgimi has got something special on its hands here.ĭriven by 2,300 ISO lumens of brightness (roughly 2,875 ANSI lumens, if you’re keeping track), I found the Horizon Ultra to be plenty bright and vivid, even when compared to higher-priced and brighter long-throw projectors, such as the $3,000, 3,200-lumen BenQ HT4550i I previously reviewed. So if that’s your expectation then you’d best steer clear of projectors altogether, or be prepared to mortgage your house. To be clear, we’re not talking rich, dense black levels akin to an OLED TV. For such a compact and reasonably priced projector, I was blown away, regardless of whether I was watching Dolby Vision content (which, of course, was better) or other HDR content (it also supports HDR10 and HLG). In a completely dark room, the Horizon Ultra’s brightness and contrast performance are excellent, and pretty good in the daytime, too. Derek Malcolm / Digital Trends Xgimi Horizon Ultra: brightness, color, and HDR Oh, this might be a good time to mention that Horizon Ultra’s two 12-watt built-in Harman Kardon speakers that support DTS-Virtual: X (more on this later). For audio out, there’s a 1.5-mm port for headphones or a set of speakers, should you want to connect them, or there’s an optical output, too. But it can get annoying as it triggers anytime anyone or anything passes in front.Ĭonnectivity-wise, the Horizon Ultra has a wide range of options, including the aforementioned HDMI inputs (with one eARC), two USB ports, Chromecast, Bluetooth 5.2, and a LAN connection should you prefer that over its built-in Wi-Fi 6. The other feature I disabled was intelligent eye protection, which is a great idea for those with little kids and dogs as it detects movement in front of the projector and dims the bulb to keep little eyes safe. I found it to work only some of the time with smaller objects like light switches, and as handy as it is, I ended up disabling it. All of these features can be fully automatic or manual, so you can pretty easily adjust the Horizon Ultra’s image to suit your ideal screen and image size.Īdditionally, the projector includes obstacle avoidance tech that detects things like art on your walls and will adjust the image size to avoid them. Autofocus keeps the image sharp and crisp, auto-screen alignment adjusts the image to the edge of the screen, and there’s also an image displacement adjustment if you need to nudge the image up, down, left, or right. On startup and/or whenever the projector is moved, it automatically adjusts and straightens the image accounting for any vertical or horizontal angles you might have, and it can do this at some pretty extreme angles. Its auto-keystone correction is among the best I’ve ever used. This worked well.Īs mentioned above, the Horizon Ultra also has a ton of smart features that punch above its weight. But I also tried moving the projector a little further away to give me a slightly larger image, that way I could use the projector’s optical zoom-in feature to more easily fine-tune with the remote. I was able to get a 100-inch image size from roughly 100 inches (8.3 feet) away. The Horizon Ultra is capable of throwing an image from 40 to 200 inches, the specs say, and it has a throw ratio of 1.2 to 1.5:1. Positioning and setting the image size is also pretty straightforward. However, if you’re not into Android TV and prefer to just connect your own streaming device and bypass all that nonsense, there are two HDMI ports. Sadly, though, everyone else has to go through the long dance of searching and pecking out login details for your streaming apps using the included remote and those horrible on-screen keyboards, something I wish someone would fix. Its Android TV 11 OS makes for a simple setup, especially if you’re an Android user as you can just have it port all of your apps, user names, passwords, and more, over to the projector in a couple of taps on your phone. Like other Xgimi projectors, such as the cute and portable MoGo 2 Pro, the Horizon Ultra is a smart projector that is easy to set up and use. Xgimi Horizon Ultra: A projector with smarts
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