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XGIMI Horizon Ultra

XGIMI Horizon Ultra

Based on 31 comments across 4 communities
TL;DR
Bright, sharp picture with great color, quiet operation and impressive built-in audio that punches above its price. The recurring weakness is mediocre black levels and contrast in dark rooms, plus reports of central white spots developing over time.

58% of 31 verified owners recommend the XGIMI Horizon Ultra.

What 31 owners say
447 comments reviewed · scored on the 31 clearest verdicts
58%
Recommend
18 owners
19%
Neutral
6 owners
23%
Don't recommend
7 owners
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Other forums
53%
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What owners like
  • Sharp, vibrant, amazing picture quality · 20 · 65%
  • Surpassed expectations, love it · 12 · 39%
  • Outstanding 3D performance · 8 · 26%
  • Bright enough for daylight or lights-on use · 8 · 26%
  • Whisper-quiet fan · 7 · 23%
What owners flag
  • Poor black levels and contrast, blacks look gray · 13 · 42%
  • Image bested by competitors like the Hisense C1 · 6 · 19%
  • Laggy, messy Android TV interface and remote · 4 · 13%
  • Light bleed and overexposure in bright scenes · 4 · 13%

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YouTube▲ recommend

I’ve owned one of these for a month and I use it every day.

Reddit— neutral

Really enjoying mine, great picture. But having issues connecting to Netflix as well.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

I've had the Xgimi Horizon Ultra for 9 months and just had this same problem now, except my white spot is more central. Time to send it back D:

YouTube▲ recommend

I just received my Horizon Ultra and can say it has surpassed my expectations.

Reddit— neutral

finally went for Xgimi horizon ultra. It's doing a decent job I think.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

I have an Xgimi Horizon Ultra with 2300 ISO lumens and the black level is pretty terrible

Reddit— neutral

got a Xgimi Horizon Ultra for half the price, its good but not perfect

YouTube▲ recommend

I got this projector couple days ago and can say that I'm loving it.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

For as much praise the Xgimi Horizon Ultra receives, the content imo looks pretty meh

AVS Forum— neutral

black-level performance and user interface have been less than stellar, but everything else about this projector is so outstanding that I still rate it four out of five stars

AVS Forum▼ don’t recommend

as soon as you try to run something with better bitrate, it starts freezing, skip frames, and whole system became clunky af

Reddit▲ recommend

the xgimi Horizon Ultra has really blown me away with it's picture quality and quietness, it's actually a metre and a half from me now and I hear basically nothing.

AVS Forum▼ don’t recommend

it's bad and guarantees night scenes without any depth or detail, with blacks that render towards gray

Reddit▲ recommend

Xgimi Horizon Ultra. Contrast isn't the best but it has Dolby Vision, incredibly sharp picture, is very quiet, can play 3D, has optical zoom and smart tv features.

AVS Forum— neutral

dark scenes are ok, but light scenes give a lot of overexposure

AVS Forum▼ don’t recommend

wayyyy much better black and contrast compare to the Xgimi Horizon Ultra 4K I had

Reddit▲ recommend

Had mine almost a year now, used on grey, red, and green walls. Great color correction, auto focus, and auto keystone. Amazing little thing thus far!

AVS Forum— neutral

XHU is an awesome machine except the contrast and black floor

AVS Forum▼ don’t recommend

I noticed that via Ethernet I am stuck at 100 MBit/s while via wifi I am at 350+

Reddit▲ recommend

the projector meets all of my needs. It’s not perfect but it’s easy to operate and the picture quality and sound are very good.

Reddit▲ recommend

I am delighted with my xgimi horizon ultra in an acoustically treated room with black panels on both walls and ceiling.

Reddit▲ recommend

We actually ended up getting the xgimi horizon ultra. Loving it so far, obviously much less portable though.

Reddit▲ recommend

Just compared these to an epson ls1200 and a jvc np5. It punches well well above its price point.

Reddit▲ recommend

I have a Xgimi Horizon Ultra that works just as fine in a daylit room as it does in the dark.

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