XGIMI HORIZON Ultra 4K Laser Dolby Vision Smart Home Theater Projector, ISA 3.0, 2300 ISO Lumens, Android TV 11.0, 2 * 12w Harman Kardon Speakers, Optical Zoom with WiFi and Bluetooth

Okay, this is a 4k Projector reviewed by What Hifi back in 2023 at a price of £1700, they gave it 4 stars, and now are saying at the sale price of £800/£900 is the deal for the ages. WIth it's on board auto setups and auto focus this will blow any projector out of the park at £1000 price. To be picky, if you were to compare at the £1500 price you'd need another makes projector side by side to see any true comparisions and this will still hold it's own. It's a projector, the Blacks/contrast are what I'd expect and never tv standard, this is more than adequate For some reason reviewer are using this as the must sell point which is just wrong as there is nothing wrong with it, but it is a projector and will never be a tv..but is very close in Projector worlds. I have just replaced my Epson EH-TW7000 4k with this and sold the Epson, so I will have a far better comparison experince than most.. The colours are striking and 4k content is crystal with colors so striking that are a pleasure! If you move this around then it'll set up autmatically and such it's great to have the auto everything setups.. I have set this into a permanent location and now have it pretty much dialled in so here are my tips for a permanent set up: 1. The auto keystone can set the picture where it is needed but can have large areas of wasted display overshoots. I tend to use the zoom and manual key stone using "restore" to fill the display picture for full screen viewing area, with no overshoot of light outside picture area. I also turned off "auto key stone at power on" as you'll have to faff with this again to setup you permanent screen. Leave the Autofocus on at power up on. I've turned off the Wall colour adjustment as it's in a permanent position that I don't need and is manually dialed in. 2. I don't use the apps, they are permanently in Dolby Vision/HDR with some series content poor with a low level colour display using dolbyvision (althouth movies tend to be better). Instead, I use a 4k Fire stick max and turn the HDR off on the fire stick for straight 4k signal, as the fire stick is bad at HDR/dolby vision greying out the colors on projectors. The 4k pictue is then stunning. This was similar with the Epson 4k. This may be why some are experiencing low blacks etc. I can't find a way to turn the dolby vision off on it's own apps but I haven't had this long. 3. Turn off "Motion compensation", and turn Noise reduction to either auto or Medium produces a much better film like picture and not "video" look. 4. Set "picture " to custom, bright to 51, Iris enhnce to 8 or 9, Contrast to 51, leave colour as standard, but you may need to back the reds off if desired in custom area. There are a ton of adjustments that are best left for permanent set ups. 5. Using a Sony UBP-x700 4k player turn the dolby vision/hdr "on", this handles the hdr/dolby vision much better than the apps/fire stick and the projectors own apps. The picture generally is far better on movies than series, but $K discs are amazing as is upscaling of bluray to Doldy vision. I cannot notice any Rainbow on this which is great. I used to have a Benqw1070 that I did notice occasioinally but zoned out of this. Any projector needs to have a decent time to set up, it is far easier to achieve the deisred picture when permanently placed, Otherwise the auto set up versatility for moving around is great for casual viewing or portability. I'd have liked some preset saving options for differnt viewing content, but its quick to use the adjustments, as my wife rolls her eyes! I hope that helps!

So I did A LOT of research before I settled on the Horizon Ultra. After many videos and written reviews I finally took the plunge and we are so glad we did. We didn't want a big tv dominating a room and so a projector seemed like the best option. It's a big thing but very smart and the moving lens protector means that you wouldn't know what it was until it turns on. It's incredibly bright and it colour corrects to each wall colour. It's bright even when there's lots of light in the room too. We use it for gaming, movies and TV and love the frame rates it offers. It was very easy to set up and having android installed on it meant that we can access all the normal apps from the projector itself without adding in additional inputs. Its speaker is also fantastic, loud and crisp and clear. We regularly stream to the projector from our phones too which works seamlessly. Honestly, I can't fault it.

Well I can't really fault this. It's a little slow connecting to my wi-fi after switch on. After that it's awesome. It's bright, its sharp, the sound from the in-built speakers is awesome. Oh and it looks great too. Arrived beautifully packed. The remote control has a lovely feel to it. Setting up was easy. I have a wall in our lounge that is a watered down shade of magnolia. This projector analysed the color and adjusted its projected colours to compensate. Very impressive. This really is like being in the cinema.

I’ve had numerous projectors over the years, including some of the really cheap ones you see on here. However, the last one I had was an xgimi polar z1 and that’s still a cracking projector, so when I saw the horizon ultra 4k on sale for £750 i hit buy as i had been researching it for a while but couldn’t justify the cost. Right now I’ve had this for 6 months and it’s replaced my old xgimi projector. The pros: Incredibly bright image It’s 4k Good colours and hdr support Low latency for gaming Decent sound The cons: Very slow OS, not buggy so much as laggy Poor contrast, compared to how vivid the colours are the blacks are terrible, more a murky grey. Auto keystone isn’t great, my projector is static it doesn’t move on a mount, but the auto keystone is always a tad off whenever it’s activated. Its super bright mode is really really loud. Switch that on and all you can hear are the fans over the speakers. Right if you read this you may think I’m unhappy with it, I’m not its picture is great even if I’d like more contrast. Is it worth the 1600 full price? No for that money look at a dangbei or Hisense, and if I’m honest had I the money I’d have gone that direction, this is worth the £750 I paid though. If you can find this on sale it’s a good deal but not at full whack.

This projector is fantastic, it’s a long throw projector, so you’ll need the projector In The middle or the back of your room, if you have a small bedroom like me. What I like: Dolby vision, Dolby Atmos capability Built in speakers, decent enough, though you can tell there is no stereo separation with the sound. Reasonable contrast ratio and brightness levels in candle lumens, cd/ Colour pops out Blacks levels are decent enough. Quality in HD and 4K is great, has good upscaling. Sources that look good with the projector. 720P, 1024 x 768. 1280 x 720, 960, 1360 x 768 1080i, 1440 x 768, 1080P, 1920 1080. And especially 4K, 2160P or 3840 x 2160 or known as ultra HD All those look great. With high fidelity, great definition and great colours. I like the auto focus, it makes images look great and is quick to do, by pressing the black circle once on the remote calls it up. I like that it has hdmi 2.0 EARC or Extended audio return channel. So you can connect sound bars and home cinema setups. It has Bluetooth, which I find can be made to sync the audio well on your audio device, but you need to adjust the audio or wireless audio sync on your set top box or streaming device, Apple TV 4K, for example or Amazon firestick 4K. I find that Sky Q has adjustable audio sync with 0 MS, so it syncs up well, with mouths, teeth, lips and different sound effects. As well as syncs up well with music. What I don’t like: Standard definition sources look poor on this projector, 360P, 480P and 576i. But you expect that. The contrast and brightness could be a lot higher for a LED, and Laser projector. It’s not a ultra short throw, so you have to place it a long way from the wall or surface. The price is too high at £1299 including VAT, 20% It doesn’t have IMAX support like the latest projectors. Continuing what I like: The colour, the fidelity, the sound with a JBL bar 800 sound bar and subwoofer system I’m using with 10 inch sub, 300 watt, and sound bar, 720 watt RMS. And two 80 watt rear speakers, it produces great sound, and Dolby Atmos. As well as Dolby digital DTS sound. The fidelity, the clarity, the ease of use, the compatibility, and the functionality. And the overall stunning quality of sound and video as well as the definition. Thankyou for reading my review, and thankyou XGIMI, for making such an amazing projector. Another thing to note it has, 25000 hours lamp life, it’s a laser and LED projector. It should last for many many years.

What an amazing piece of equipment. Firstly if like me you have a temporary setup with a foldaway screen which comes out as needed, then this is absolutely the projector for you. It finds the screen itself, uses optical zoom to fill the screen (as opposed to digital which loses picture quality) then allows you manual keystone correction if needed. The 4K picture quality is stunning. Great in daytime light but as with all projectors it really comes into its own in a darkened room. The settings are all super easy. It detects Dolby Vision and HDR itself and adjusts settings automatically. For the few of us who love 3D Blu-rays the 3D is absolutely excellent and easy to set up. Plays 4K UHD files from a USB stick and even from an external hard drive but will also stream them perfectly from a PC or Laptop using Plex. I got this at the Black Friday price of just over fifteen hundred and it's worth every penny. Don't hesitate. Also with my setup the projector is right next to my head and is virtually silent. With TV or a film on I can't hear the fan at all. Update: I've had this projector eight months now and cannot fault it! It's array of settings are fantastic for getting the best picture. I have a temporary setup but mostly end up leaving my 100" screen up and using this as my TV evening and daytime. 4K UHD films look incredible on this. It's very rare to find a tech item which after eight months you still don't have any cons about.

I had a mogo 2 pro for the bedroom, just trying the technology really and was impressed with that so I tried the halo plus in the living room, with a proper screen and although it was brighter it just wasn’t bright enough (bigger room and distance to screen), so I returned it and went for the Ultra - difference was like night and day. So much brighter that it doesn’t seem like it’s being projected, it feels more like your just watching a really big tv. Very quiet too. The auto framing and focus stuff is good but I just set it up once in the corner of the room and turned all that off so it stays set, it’s fairly substantial and is something you want in one place. Picture quality is great. Sound very decent, but I did cable the sound through to my sound bar set up, mostly to get the sound up where my screen is but also to get the improvement in sound; doing that gives a theatre like sound that matches the picture. DVD works great too although as there are only 2 hdmi sockets and one is being used for sound setup, the other had to be shared between my dvd and Apple TV using a switching device I got off Amazon. 3d movies work well but you do need a different set of glasses from those you might have for your tv - 2 different systems I guess. The Xgimi ones work well, just a bit fiddly to get everything synced up initially. Enjoyable watching anything on this; tv shows now look like movies, and football matches look great. Worth waiting for a discounted price, as it drops quite a bit during Black Friday or other sale events. Even discounted it’s an expensive option but if you want to go big and have a bright high quality picture I think this is the way to do it. But get a decent screen as well - motorised with a remote control makes like a lot easier. When you drop the screen down and get this working it does make visitors jaws dop!

I bought the xgimi horizon ultra to use for movie nights on a 120” screen after reading and watching all good reviews and used for just over a month now and the picture is great after tweaking the settings but when playing hdr content or Dolby vision it struggles as there is stuttering when playing the content as it drops frames to try to catch up with itself, it did this using Disney+, Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube, there was an update to the unit mid December that seemed to make it happen less frequently but when playing my movies from a memory stick it was exactly the same so I don’t know if the update just reduced the quality when streaming. The other annoying thing is the operating system struggles to multi task when watching 4k content and wanting to adjust picture quality it struggles to do both at the same time so just kicks you from the app back the Home Screen so you have to click back on the app and start the movie again. I have had it do this a lot of times and sometimes it kicks you back to the Home Screen but then sticks in a loop and keeps flashing back to the Home Screen and the only way to fix it is pull the plug. I have used it with a 4k Amazon fire stick plugged into HDMI input but I cannot get the colours or contrast correct it seems as though it is struggling to display the content it is receiving again the inbuilt operating system just doesn’t have enough ram or memory to multitask. See attached video on delay and stutter. I will keep it for a few more weeks and hopefully there may be another update but I really think it just needs a mk2 version with double everything inside so it can run smoother. update: returned projector as just got worse and worse for crashing and just stuck in a loop of screen going off and on and the only fix was to pull the plug. Also only had unit just over 47 days and the remote buttons where wearing out fast, i have an nvidea shield and the remote on that after 3+ years is still in excellent condition, i do not think the xgimi remote would last 12 months.