XGIMIHORIZON Ultra 4K Projector, Dolby Vision, 2300 ISO Lumens, 2 x 12W Harman Kardon Speakers, Home Theater Projector with WiFi and Bluetooth, Dual Light, Active 3D, 200"Global Recycled StandardGlobal Recycled StandardGlobal Recycled Standard

Just got this projector a couple of days ago. With it all set up and aligned to my screen (easier to do on a coffee table versus a ceiling mount for sure), I'm very pleased with it for the sale price. Also, I really lucked out on the height of the coffee table with the relation of the projector to the screen.I'm coming from an Optoma UHD51A. (History - an Optoma HD33 way back in the day and before that various Panasonic, Samsung and Mitsubishi rear projection DLP TVs). Just to say I already know all of the pros & cons of DLP very well.Right out of the box: System Update V3.22.314From the start, I felt right at 'home'. Brightness is about the same or better than the UHD51A to my eyes. Focus is sharp across the entire screen, uniformity is great, and the colors really pop. Now I finally have Dolby Vision to go along with my Dolby Atmos audio after many, many years without. I have now taken down the Optoma and the 2 mounts I had in the ceiling.The light border (when not using Keystone Correction) is well within the black felt border of my screen. The UHD51A's was far outside it.I will not miss having to change out lamps for sure.I was finally able to center my screen to the wall it's on which is nice too.Didn't really make too many settings adjustments. Turned the volume all the way down (no way I found to disable it completely). The speakers sounded good but I'll only every be using the HDMI 1 input. Also, no way I could find to have Android TV go to HDMI 1 automatically after booting up. I'm not using eARC.Within the Dolby Vision settings a selected a 130" screen with 1 gain. I haven't felt a real need to changing any of the IRIS or Picture settings so far with the content I watch and with the room conditions I have. Also, I switched to Dolby Custom to turn off the Motion Smoothing.I could post screen shots, but they would all look good. Every 4K HDR great looking YouTube video I've ever played to evaluate a display ALL look great.About the best compliment I could give this or any projector at this price & performance level is that it produces the best (Dolby Vision in the case) image possible and it looks great. Sure, my MiniLED TVs can blow it out of the water, but they aren't 135". But taking the image in context of DLP and its environment, I'm blown away with how great it looks overall. Dark horror movies not withstanding of course. :)My primary sources with this projector: onn. 4k Pro Google TV, Fire TV Cube 3 and Apple TV 4K (all 'locked' to always HDR - Dolby Vision) and a Nintendo Switch - looks good at 1080p.The power brick is pretty huge.

I don't write a lot of reviews, but I felt compelled to write one on this product. First off, I have never owned a projector. I've always had a flat panel tv. Some of my friends have projectors set up in their homes, and they swear by it, so I thought it was a cool idea to try one in mine.After researching different brands, I settled on this product because it was loaded with so many features like 4K, Dolby Vision, Android TV, Google Voice, built in Harmon Kardon speakers, high lumens, etc. But the biggest deciding factor is that it was so much cheaper than other brands with similar features. (almost half the price!) I also liked that it was smaller and more sleek looking than other large bulky units I saw, which allows me to take it outside or travel with it, if I wanted.When it arrived, I was pleasantly surprised at the packaging. It had a very premium, luxury feel to it. The projector feel and look was much more sleek than I expected. A lot of thought and care went into the customer experience. The setup was super easy and literally took less than 5 min. All I had to do was plug it in, connect to wifi, and that was it! I had all the streaming apps at my fingertips. Where I became astonished, was the quality of the picture. I was expecting there to be some loss of definition in the image, but I couldn't believe how unbelievably great the picture was. It was better than my flat panel tv! The definition is so good that I can actually see the individual hair follicles on the actors skin! Are you kidding me??? I'm astonished at how amazing this product is. I'm astonished at how big of a screen I have now with such high definition and picture quality. I'm astonished that I didn't make this switch sooner!

Note: This would be a solid 5 stars if not for ONE issue, which I hope is rectified by firmware-- or a replacement.TLDR: The Xgimi Horizon Ultra is... here comes that overused descriptor (I'm so sorry)... a GAME CHANGER. Regardless of if it works for your particular use case or not, I think you'll come away very impressed with what Xgimi has accomplished with this projector.While I've had several projectors over the past 16 or so years, from dedicated home theater models to a few of the now ubiquitous "lifestyle" projectors, my main viewing these days has been centered on 4K and an LG Oled flat panel, which I love. BUT...I've missed the big screen experience and the look of light beaming through the room, so I started looking. This would not be easy-- I have downsized tremendously, cannot black-out the room, and I have a WAF that is through the roof. Also, my audio is now all Sonos based instead of the traditional receiver and speaker set-up.So, my list of requirements was:Must be 4k (or whatever voodoo is done to "make" the image 4K), must have a fairly high lumen output to deal with ambient light, must have ARC/eARC (to connect to Sonos Beam without additional components), must be small and attractive. Nice to haves would be zoom and lens shift, as well as decent onboard audio and an internal streaming OS.Since 2023 qualifies as "what a time to be alive," there are a few small, lifestyle projectors (I hate that term) that do some of that, though fewer still can achieve most of it. The Xgimi Horizon Ultra clicked every single box except for lens shift. And AFAIK, none of the lifestyle projectors have true lens shift. I *think* the Xgimi is the only one that offers true optical zoom of any kind.I tried the Formovie X5, and it almost passed the test. Very bright, great sound. In the end, I had to return it. The image degradation when employing the required keystoning, while not horrible, was too noticeable to ignore (though I am working to have exact placement and not use keystoning at all. Still...) The Chinese OS was not great and there was no optical zoom. As for looks, it was... fine.I was very interested in the MGO N1 Ultra, but once I saw the propensity for the sparklies, it was a "no." Plus, the look of it wasn't really going to work for us.Enter the Xgimi. SOOO much hype and early buzz on this thing. It sounded too good to be true. As I was about to abandon my whole small scale home theater project, I figured, what the heck. I mean, it has an optical zoom, fer cryin' out loud!Suffice it to say, the reviews are factual. First off, it's beautiful and unassuming in a way I have never seen a projector pull off. Turn it on and it's super bright, has great color, and very good black levels. Is it as inky black as my Oled? No. Do I pay any attention to that when watching the projector? Also, no.The Xgimi has DolbyVision, which I tested with the latest Indiana Jones movie.; it made the movie LOOK great! However, it could not make the movie any good, so I only watched about 1/3 of it. The Harmon Kardon sound will make a lot of people happy-- clear, crisp, and plenty loud without distorting. I'll still hook up to my Sonos system, but it isn't bad as is.I've watched in ambient light and in darkness-- it does very well with the former and it excels at the latter. I'll be getting an alr screen shortly and will report back how much difference that makes. Also, I could detect no degradation of the image after keystoning, which blew my mind.It has AndroidTV 11 (no Netflix without a workaround at present-- that may be a dealbreaker for some) and is *mostly" snappy. And there's the issue that costs a star: at times, it goes full Mitch McConnell and just freezes until the 3 or 4 clicks you've made all kick-in in rapid succession, making it seem possessed.Related to this is the fact that I have experienced some pauses and stutters on almost all the content I've streamed via the onboard Android system. Everything from Plex and Apple TV to Amazon and Tablo. Oddly, Youtube has not exhibited this. Using the projector with a Firestick doesn't have these issues, so it's something in the projector itself.I'm going to contact Xgimi and see what's what. I'll report back once I hear something. I really want to give this 5 stars-- and I REALLY want to keep it, so... fingers crossed!