XGIMI Horizon Pro 4K Projector 1500 ISO Lumens, Android TV 10 Movie Projector with Integrated Harman Kardon Speaker, Auto Keystone & Focus, ISA Technology, Wireless Casting WiFi Bluetooth

I have the Xgimi Elfin, as a first stab at home theatre and I love it, but it was time to see what could really be done with an upgrade to 4K and a much brighter projector. I have not been disappointed, easy setup, software is even better (and it was extremely good on the Elfin). If you have android, setup is very easy and pretty much automatic if you scan an on screen QR and accept a few prompts. Picture Quality is fantastic HD, 4K etc.. is good, it must upscale the HD very well because it looks even better than on the native HD Elfin. The Elfin was quiet but the Horizon Pro is near silent. I had considered the Nebula Cosmos, but am so pleased I went for this. The other reason was the 1.21 throw, which means I could get a nice large image (100") in the same place I had the Elfin. The Nebula cosmos would have only produced am 88" image with it's longer throw. I haven't tried the sound because I actually use a soundbar on the floor so the sound is coming from the same place as the image... Some tips...get the Xgimi dongle, in the deal I had it was included free....powered from the Xgimis USB port and set up so the dongle can be controlled via the HDMI allows you to control the dongle from the main Xgimi remote! The dongle has, or can have installed, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney etc.. etc.. on it. By connecting it in the way described, the projector will boot, then the dongle boots and it auto flips to the dongle...After that the experience is seamless. (and the dongle remote can be stored in a draw). If you don't want to shell out for the dongle, then you will have to run the web version of netflix using "Desktop Manager" to install it. The advantage of the dongle I also believe is better motion, as the you're offloading that processing from the projector and can use weak motion smoothing on the projector settings, rather than medium for better quality. If you are controlling the dongle with the remote, pressing the gear symbol on the remote will take you to the projector settings, not dongle settings...then you simply change source back to the dongle. AN IMPORTANT TIP: if you have smart plugs and other devices that use the 2.4 GHz band and your router is serving both 2.4 and 5GHz...give each band different passwords! This will prevent the projector and/or dongle from using the must slower 2.4, if the signal is not very strong. My router is on the ground floor and I am in the opposite end of the house on the 2nd floor (signal says fair). By doing this, I'm guaranteed to get over 111mbps, with no fall back to the much slower 2.4 GHz. Update: I now have a mesh system installed for WiFi and things are even better. It's LED and DLP, very colour accurate and I like DLP because of the extremely good 3D capability, plus the fully enclosed light path, so not dust concerned. Just keep the grills vacuumed once per month, especially if you have a cat. This keeps it running nice n cool. This is not a paid or shill review, get it, you will absolutely not be disappointed. Amazing projector.

I wanted to give this a bit of time before reviewing it so as not to miss out on anything. The TL;DR version is that this is a phenomenal little projector, being a great upgrade from my previously owned 1080p Xgimi MoGo Pro. Pros: * Great picture - although it's not "true" 4k, it's more than good enough to fool the naked eye and the picture is bright, crisp and well-detailed. It also has surprisingly good black level for a projector as long as you've eliminated the ambient light in the room, but even in a lit room you can get a watchable picture if you need to (although why you would use a projector in a bright room is beyond me!). HDR output is really nice by projector standards too - it's not going to beat an OLED, but for a projector this is on par with anything else I've ever seen before you get to the £5k sort of range. * In-built sound is punchy and loud enough to not need additional speakers if you don't plan to have it fixed in one place. I move it between two rooms, so I'm happy to use the in-built speakers and they do the job beautifully. It does have ARC support, though, so if you want to set up an actual 'cinema room' with this as the projector, it would connect up to your soundbar no bother. The rooms I use it in are too small to need that, though! * The automatic keystoning is a great feature. As mentioned above - I use this in two rooms. In my home office (ie: mancave) where I have a screen hanging on one wall, and in my bedroom where it's just projected onto a bit of white wall between the cupboard and door. The auto-keystone feature means I don't have to spend ages adjusting the picture every time I move it (this was always a pain on the MoGo Pro) and although it's not always perfect, usually only just needs a couple of small tweaks at most to be finalised. I'm able to watch happily in my bedroom despite the projector having to beam at an almost 40 degree angle (more on that below in cons though). * It handles gaming surprisingly well. I'm not a twitchy FPS player, but in game mode I was able to play Forza Horizon from my PC over HDMI with no problems and I didn't feel any real latency or lag. Same with more reaction-based stuff like Hades. It might not be what a pro gamer type would need (60Hz, for one thing, which is low for competitive gaming), but for a casual type like me, it's a lot of fun gaming on such a big screen. * Portability is excellent. It's small, compact-shaped (it's almost a cube, so doesn't take up too much room in any one direction), quite light and also has a standard issue tripod mount thread on the bottom if you want to attach it to such a thing. Cons: * It has 3D support, but it doesn't work all that well. I got a pair of Xgimi's 3D glasses free with it as part of a promotion when I bought it, and it took a lot of fiddling to get a crisp 3D picture. That said, there's not a lot of 3D content out there online anyway, so it might be ok for someone who's got a proper 3D blu-ray player and knows how best to set this stuff up. * When the projector isn't front and centre and matched up with your screen/wall, there is quite a lot of light bleed. This is an unavoidable side-effect of digital keystoning when you're projecting at an angle, but some sort of peripheral which could shutter this off a bit would have been nice. Unfortunately Xgimi don't make anything like that. There's also no lens cap (I don't think there's an official peripheral for this either) which feels like a bit of an oversight for such an expensive device. * The official accessories are very expensive. I looked into getting the tabletop stand (which allows for easy adjustments in angle if you're not 100% level) but it's £75, which is a bit ridiculous. Same with the bespoke projector stand - over £100 (frustratingly, I missed out on getting one for free as that promo came along a month after I bought it - would rather have had that than the glasses!). I've had to come up with some DIY solutions as a result. It also doesn't come with a cover, but there are some 3rd party ones on Amazon that do the trick. Just feels like at this price point, including a few extra things like a cover would have been nice. * The power brick is quite big - it's like a laptop style one, so if you're going to ceiling-mount this, you will need to take that into account and it might make your setup look a little messier. * There's no native Netflix support - I use a 4K Firestick, so that doesn't bother me too much, but it's just something to be aware of. This is more Netflix's fault (they refuse to make it available for certain companies for some reason) than Xgimi's, though. In conclusion, although I've listed a few cons there, they are quite nitpicky and I would still quite happily give this projector 5 stars with no hesitation. It's a wonderful piece of kit and I'm genuinely amazed at just how good it is when I look at some other projectors out there at similar price points).

After having looked at many projectors - both traditional manufacturers like Epson and modern manufacturers like Anker, I picked XGMI Pro. And it has been an excellent decision. Used for about 6 months now. With traditional projector manufacturers, for a 4K projector at this price point you will unlikely to get both manual horizontal and vertical adjustment, let alone automatic clever horizontal and vertical adjustment that comes with XGMI. You are also unlikely to get digital image size adjustment without any perceivable loss of picture quality. Both very important if you want to fit your new projector in existing decoration rather and re-decorating the room around the projector. Also if you don’t want to struggle adjusting the projector every time the kids moves the projector around a little bit, this is a great one as the projector auto focuses automatically every-time the projector starts. So the picture sharpness is fantastic all the time. Also with many other traditional projector manufacturers at this price point, you are unlikely to get 4K or excellent picture quality with lots of useful adjustments (like digital brightness adjustment) like the XGMI. Again at this price point you are unlikely to get this level of brightness, which is very important if you don’t want washed out pictures when you are watching in the evening with some ambient light. Excellent built in sound quality. No need for an external speaker, if the projector is near where you are seated. Better than the Anker one due to much higher brightness, absolutely essential if you want to watch with some ambient light (like in the evenings). With Anker the picture would get washed out at the slightest ambient light. Assembled it with an Anker stand though which allows the wires to travel through the stand giving it a neat look. The wire is just long enough/just short. So a tight fit with anker stand. Overall a great projector, with lots of very useful and essential features, great brightness at a very good price point.

I've used my XGIMI Horizon Pro for a while now and always been happy with it. As you can see from the pictures I've used it in different parts of the house and even in the garden during a end of summer BBQ recently and the picture quality has always been outstanding even when tested by some daylight. As with all projectors it's best when used in a light controlled room, but for sports and animated films for the kids you'll get away with some ambient light. The speakers are good enough that a sound bar isn't needed unless you're a real audiophile and I've had no problem with the Google android system, so I haven't needed to use a Fire TV stick or Apple TV. For some people you my need an external streaming device as there are some apps missing like BBC and even though there is a Netflix work around, it can be hit and miss. I don't use those apps on the projector so it's fine for me. Very good auto focus, auto keystone correction and obstacle avoidance if you're using a plain white wall, so you should have no problem adjusting the picture to fit your space. Overall creating a 100 inch image for family nights in and sports in the day it's a great projector and even better value for money now that the price has dropped. If you don't need 4k then the 1080p basic Horizon is identical and significantly cheaper but 4k content looks is very good on the Pro so worth it to me. For those wanting to vies 3D content the Horizon Pro is able to display this and is reported to be one of the best at it, so an additional bonus. I tested it once and it was cool but not something I've used again or need from my projector.

Expensive but worth it if you have somewhere permanent for it. I have it in my living room. Two things I would say. In daylight it will affect the brightness of the picture, good blackout blinds will fix this for the most part, if the weather is overcast it will be far less noticeable, only way round this issue is to go for a laser technology projector instead which means more money. Secondly it does get dead pixels, I have only got three in three years and they don’t bother me that much (too small to notice most of the time) if it gets worse then it might but only time will tell. Also the 4k is insane but most things aren’t filmed in 4k, if you search YouTube for 4k content you will find it but otherwise you likely won’t see much in actual 4k, maybe Blue Planet. Gaming is where you will benefit from the higher quality picture more, most first person shooters are insane and I would recommend watching avatar on it.

I needed a flagship projector in the￡1,000 to ￡3,000 price range. I knew of some of the top companies. But I was definitely most impressed with this XGIMI Horizon Pro! This product is awesome. The 4K picture shows clear and bright. The speaker is very loud so you don’t need to spend more for an external soundbar. Most other projectors only seem to work well for one thing. Some have a clear picture but low brightness. Some have ok picture, brightness, and speakers, but have a terrible design, making it difficult to set up and use. But this projector is all-in-one and fantastic for movies, TV shows, video games, and sports. Setup and keystone correction was very easy and I was able to fill my screen even closer to the edges of a 150” screen that was about 12’ away on the right side of the room, in just a few minutes. The performance in the daytime with my blinds closed is pretty good with bright colors (see pictures). Nighttime viewing is better though. The colors pop and the extra resolution makes the details even smoother around the edges. Netflix doesn’t work yet, of course you can also use the workaround they provide. But I use my Fire stick and it works just fine. Overall I love all the improvements they have made. I finally have a 4k projector that looks great inside and out.

1 Star review in 2024 (see previous review of 4 Stars in 2021) It broke 3 years in and I wasn't a heavy user of the projector... Perhaps once a week. I bought a 4 year warranty precisely because I didn't know the brand and other firms were offering 5 year warranties. I never usually bother with product warranties as they are usually a rip off... But this one has been worth the money. It's dispointing but still I'm not 1k out of pocket 4 Star Review in 2021 I've had the product about a month now and I'm very pleased with it. In terms of ease of use the plug and play is excellent. I've held off giving it 5 starts for two reasons 1) It doesn't have all the apps you'd consider standard. For me personally it is missing two key apps netflix and now tv so I can stream the football. With the netflix app I tried a work around but could get it working. Netflix produces lots of great 4k content and it should be one of the first apps developed for it. It also blocks you from using the Google mirror function to cast media. It will quite happily cast the bbc app. 2) It doesn't offer a 5 year warrenty. You don't shell out £1.5k for it to break down the next year. I mean at least offer 2 or 3 years as standard. The liklihood is it won't but who knows. Samsung and Hinesse do the 5 year warranties on their TV like some of the extended warranties with the Asian car manufacturers. Aside from the above I'm really please with my purchase!

After quite a bit of research and visits to various shops I bit the bullet and bought the Xgimi. I am blown away with the quality. Even standard definition images look good - which was my biggest worry. Obviously the image does get a bit washed out when in sunlight but in relative darkness the picture quality is awesome even without a screen. The most impressive aspect is the ease of use though. Literally plug and play. The auto focus is perfect. I did have to fiddle with the keystone a little bit as I have the projector approximately 8’ above the ground on a shelf. I did have to tilt the projector up at its rear by a couple of inch to compensate for angle but using the keystone correction gives a perfectly sized image. The speakers are surprisingly good although I will be adding a surround sound system in the future. The only minor gripe with the system is not having a native Netflix app but there are workarounds for this. Although it’s not the cheapest system I have not had a single second of “buyers regret” with it. The image quality is excellent, the sound is very good and the overall film watching experience is awesome. Simply brilliant.