I’ve had the Hisense C1 for about a year and a half and it’s been excellent. Specs-wise I’m guessing the offering from XGIMI is pretty similar, I was deciding between them myself. Truthfully I think they’re probably all comparable, I don’t think you’d hate any of them unless you saw them side by side with another.
Epson uses 3 LCD technology which means that not only must their 1080p panels shift to create a 4K image, but they also must have all 3 LCD panels aligned perfectly, which is very difficult to do.
DLP 1-chip projectors don't have the same alignment issues as 3 LCD, so they are more naturally sharp. Some people may consider them too sharp, but I don't feel that's the case.
I am okay with the slightly softer image of LCD, but prefer DLP overall I think.
This has nothing at all to do with the light source in use.
I have a C1 too. By rainbow effect do you mean the thin rgbs borders around anything white or white ish... If so, I see that only when I am wearing glasses that have the photo chromatic coating or the blue light coating. With glasses without any coating it is not that obvious.
Definitely not the C1, that would be a significant downgrade in brightness. The C2 is an upgrade in some areas, but unless he goes up to the ultra, the other c2 models would have trade offs and not have a definitive edge. The ultra would for sure outperform it though in all areas.
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