Xgimi’s latest 4K projector is super bright for the price
by Thomas Ricker from The Verge - All Posts on (#6EBAK)
The Horizon Ultra is bright enough to overcome some ambient light. | Image: Xgimi Home projector upstart Xgimi just announced its new Horizon Ultra model, dubbed the world's first 4K long-throw projector with Dolby Vision." While I wouldn't hold out too much hope for the device to produce an image with jaw-dropping HDR, it's certainly a very bright all-in-one Android TV 11 projector for well below $2,000.
The Horizon Ultra uses a new Dual Light" laser and LED hybrid light source to produce 2,300 ISO lumens. That's a 77 percent increase in brightness compared to the reasonably bright (1,760 ISO lumens) Xgimi Horizon Pro projector I reviewed a few years ago. Of course, that brightness is measured at the bulb, and the image brightness falls off considerably the farther away you move the unit in order to grow the...