Dude I bought a Hisense C2 ultra and it has been the best investment for movie nights and gaming.
Pull the trigger. It will not let you down.
Btw I paired mine with with Samsung 880c sound bar and PS5 Pro.
The thing is versatile too and had movie night in the backyard and projected onto the garage in the driveway for outside movie night.
You cannot lose.
I have tried Hisense C2T ultra, xgimi horizon 20 pro but settled on Nubula x1. Decent brightness for my use which is daytime with little to no light control. There are two complaints. Google tv interface is little laggu but then I use Google tv streamer so that is not a problem for me. Second thing, projector doesn't turn on unless i either point remote straight at the projector or I am within a meter range. After first start, remote works as normal via Bluetooth. I got it during sale for £1699.
You will need to consider audio in the room as projectors don't do audio really well.
Many lifestyle laser projectors don't have any optical zoom, which will limit your size/placement options.
For example, the Nexigo Trivision Ultra has a fixed 1.27:1 lens. For a 92" diagonal, the lens much be 8.5 feet from the screen.
[https://www.projectorcentral.com/NexiGo-TriVision\_Ultra-projection-calculator-pro.htm](https://www.projectorcentral.com/NexiGo-TriVision_Ultra-projection-calculator-pro.htm)
The Hisense C2 has a .9-1.5:1 optical zoom lens. This gives you a ton more flexibility in placement so you can get a 92" screen or a 100" screen or even a 110" screen from the back of the room using optical zoom.
[https://www.projectorcentral.com/Hisense-C2\_Ultra-projection-calculator-pro.htm#calc](https://www.projectorcentral.com/Hisense-C2_Ultra-projection-calculator-pro.htm#calc)
The lens of these projectors needs to be aligned to the top edge of the screen.
These models do have HDMI-ARC to backfeed audio to a sound bar or surround sound receiver. But, speakers need to be fully thought out prior to getting too much finished.
Just get nexigo ap mk2 with alr screen. Other ust to consider such as epson ls650, formovie theatre 2, xiaomi c2, hisense pl1. They all have low or no rbe / speckle issues.
Valerion dimming ebl doesn't activate with subtitles, no iris and have speckle issues.
You must be new to projectors then. On your point 5 - UST been kicking standard throw for a while now till recently.
When in 2025 the Valerion max shipped with a native contrast of 4000 with the iris clamped down, standard throw finally caught up with ust (older ust the likes of xiaomi c2 already had it for years).
Also, the ust is cheaper than the standard throw one - xgimi / valerion retail at $4-6k range while the ust goes for $2-4k.
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