NexiGo - Aurora Pro MKII UST Tri-Color Laser Projector

Most importantly is to darken your room (wall, floor, ceiling) into a cave, if not then it gets more expensive as you'll need alr screen. For the screen you can just use a wall and paint it white / grey or use spandex or cheap grey alr cloth. Some even use sheetrock panel as a screen. Unless you go tri laser projector which will limit your screen choices. Minimum is the likes of nexigo trivision ultra (mk2 coming soon), if $1400 is too much then you better get a tv. If you rather not turn your room into a cave then get ust. Nexigo ap mk2 is a nice option.

Ignore those deluded Valerion fans. Tbf if you only consume non subtitle dark content then maybe Valerion ebl will be the better choice for you. Assuming you're not sensitive to rbe, under $3k the best is dangbei s7 ultra max, then it's a tossed up between xgimi horizon 20 max and nebula x1. For ust, nexigo ap mk2 is better than valerion and has no rbe / speckle issue too.

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.

I'll put the likes of hisense l9q, px3 pro and nexigo ap mk2 ahead of it.

Depend on user, I use 120" and use it at 8 feet at times I still feel like it's too small haha. For 10 feet, imo 150" is still viable. 120" is 2.4x bigger than 77", if you don't mind the lower contrast then go for the bigger screen. Imagine stacking 2 x 77", ain't that nice haha Instead of jmgo, maybe you should consider xgimi 20 series or ust like nexigo ap mk2.

Ultra short throw projector and ambient light-rejecting screen. Suits better as kids less likely to run across the projector and it handles the wall reflection better in comparison to long throw projector. Also, if you choose tri laser projector you should test your sensitivity to rainbow effect and the screen speckles. You can see nexigo aurora pro mk2 - they even have screen bundle with 1.3 (night use) or 1.8 (day use) gain.

Why not ust like hisense px3 pro or nexigo ap mk2?

If rbe is a concern get the nexigo but imo should wait as supposedly the mk2 is coming soon.

Your budget is way above mine but I did buy two different $3k projectors and one was mediocre at 3d and the other was good. So even in the same budget you might find some are better at 3d than others. Brightness is important too. Good luck.

I had the PX3 pro but sold it to get the Aurora Pro mk 2. I didn't do it for 3d but the 3d does look better on the mk 2

I have a barely used Nexigo Aurora Pro for sale well under your budget. If that product fits your needs let me know.

The two front runners right now are probably the Nexigo Aurora Pro MKII and the Hisense PX3-Pro. Both mid-priced at $3000+ and triple lasers. Also add $1000 and up for an ALR (ambient light rejecting) screen for UST projectors (99.9% mandatory imo). At 100 inches, possibly the Formovie Fresnel one. The Nexigo Aurora Pro (previous gen) is sold around $2000 and is still a top notch choice for dark room movie viewing, it has solid black levels and dark image handling. The UST specific ALR will let you have some light in the room and still a satisfying level of black in the image (albeit not remotely plasma blacks or OLED blacks, but good). Without a screen you'll have a lesser image and need 100% blackout in the room; 100% blackout recommended even with an ALR.

Nexigo Aurora Pro Mk II + an ALR screen (Nothing projector makes a seamless 132 inch if that fits on the wall, or a 120). A side benefit is that you wouldn't have to rip out the ceiling lights and fans since the projector would be on the floor in front of the screen. Without building a fake wall in front of the window you can't have an in-wall center anyway so you don't need something like a perforated screen. If you can't fit bigger than 120 (or less) I'd concur with ProjectionHead (aka Brian from Projectorscreen) that a floor-rising motorized ALR screen that comes up over the window would let you keep this room way more general use and then have a fantastic home cinema time anyway. You'd need blackout curtains over the window(s) instead of actually doing work to seal them. Alternatively if you prefer longer throw, a Valerion Pro 2 or Max, with the appropriate fresnel based ALR screen they sell. There are somewhat better projectors around the $5 grand mark but you're not buying just half the solution, you need to factor in the screen which can run $1-2 grand (or vastly more than that, you want a Screen Innovations Black Diamond in their Zero G motorized form it's more like five figures). But sure, you could go with a white screen and black everything but imo you absolutely don't need to. The clincher in my view is the available wall real estate you have to work with. If you could fit a 150, 175 or some other honking huge screen then a long throw and black walls would be the way to go. If you're limited to sub-150 anyway, why not UST?

Since I really like UST projectors I'd have said "Nexigo Aurora Pro MK II" - $3 grand + $1 grand for an UST specific ALR screen, but with the ceiling mount and screen already there I guess that's out. Although not necessarily, still; it's still $4 grand and you could just dismount that screen and remove the ceiling mount. For long throw the Valerion projectors are hard to look past at this price point, they're embarrassing more established brands right now. However, I'd still replace the screen with Valerion's long throw Fresnel ALR screen. Also, what is that, a screen for mice? 100 inches in that space? Get a 150 and drop it low. This screen is mounted too high anyway.

Actually, it was easily beaten by both the PX3 Pro and the Nexigo Aurora Pro MKII in the comparo The Hook Up did.

The LS800 is the best of them and at about 70% brightness the fans become almost inaudible. At 100% power you get a little more light output but there's also noise. Epsons tend to have audible fans. However, that presupposes the right screen and the right placement. The thing that makes UST's more resilient to daylight (not immune, just somewhat more resilient) is the UST specific ALR screen, and the fact that the UST is placed on a bench in front of the screen. If you ceiling mount, you lose that entirely and have to use a white screen, and at that point you're probably better off with a long throw. At least that will bounce the light more or less towards you instead of into the floor. UST's are zero compromise when it comes to placement. They *have to* be at the right distance both horizontally and vertically from the screen; the LS800 is the shortest throw on the market so it doesn't have to come quite as far away as others. Projectorcentral.com has throw calculators. You could do something like a Valerion Visionmaster Pro 2 and Valerion's Fresnel ALR screen for those. The ALR is a little less effective than an UST ALR (because an UST fires from such a unique angle from below, it's easier to reject light from above) but if you need it ceiling mounted that would be one of the few sensible approaches I can think of. Here's a rando video that shows what a Valerion with ALR would look like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfOfofvQzis - a big difference in the dark, and an enormous difference with lights. Darkness is still basically a requirement to use a projector. Your image looks absolutely terrible compared to what my ALR creates with some light but there's no projector that can ignore ambient light.

It's also worth mentioning here that if you don't have an issue with the rainbow effect, there are several UST's now that beat all Epsons, including the LS800. The LS800 is great for no rainbow, and for the shortest throw on the market, but a Nexigo Aurora Pro MK II will beat it in just about every way otherwise, except pure firepower (and using 100% of hte firepower makes it *loud* so it's less than great for movie watching at over 70% brightness.)

Nexigo Aurora Pro, the previous version, can be had for $2 grand but you also need to spend $700 or thereabouts (or up) for a 120 inch ambient light rejecting screen for UST's. The Aurora Pro is possibly still the best UST projector for black level and dark room viewing. The screen you have won't cut it for an UST, you need a specific one for a "Laser TV". Built in sound is not going to cut it, but if you spend about $2.5k on the projector and screen, the remaining $1000 can buy you an entry level 5.1 (or 7.1, sometimes those are cheaper) AV receiver, an affordable subwoofer and five affordable speakers to dot around the room. A Denon entry level AVR being one choice, like the AVR-S770H or the X1800 or the X1700 (the 1700 being previous gen but still great).

Valerion Pro 2. Although unless there's a very compelling reason to go lifestyle, I'd buy a Nexigo Aurora Pro MKII ultra-short throw and a proper ALR screen for it. Just plonk it down in front of the screen. No weird digital keystone required, no trapezoidal light spill or shit, just a super clean image. But of course if you can't use a fixed screen, a proper motorized ALR is a chunk of change; https://www.projectorscreen.com/vividstorm-motorized-floor-rising-alr-projector-screen-for-ultra-short-throw-projectors-92-inch-with-acoustically.html Keep in mind you still want a good tensioned screen regardless of what you get; granted a normal crappy white screen can be had for less. But an UST + ALR will mitigate most of the other problems with the room because it doesn't spill light as much, and it also rejects what other light is there.

I have an Epson. I'd buy a Valerion (well, in my case, either a Nexigo or maybe the new AWOL - I like UST's). The Valerion Max can use an anamorphic lens, and there's a company/guy in Canada already designing one and taking pre-orders with a price range they're aiming for between $500 and $1000; Valerion has said that they'll provide anamorphic support in the software to properly stretch the image to get you 2.35:1 so that would make a superb home theater. Anamorphic for $5-6 grand is not the usual price point for real widescreen. Epson's price/performance is just not quite on point. They want stupid money for their stuff, prices that simply aren't warranted (the QB1000 for instance). Downside with anything Chinese like Valerion - the support experience may be... interesting. Anyway, these are in a cheaper category so I guess I rambled on for not much reason there, but the particular Epson pictured is not a unit I'd buy, leaving you with the Valerion, but there are other $1500-ish options for a lifestyle projector. Here's a recent video round up from The Hook Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QqnfJ0-I_s The Epson is in there. It did not do well. Based on the video, you may want to look at the Xgimi Horizon 20.

I finally received my Auroa Pro MKII a month ago. Im not disappointed at all. Bright, clarity, sound, colors are amazing. I do want to get an ALR screen. My wall isn't perfectly flat.

I have Nexigo MkII. Picture is great. Very bright, colors are sweet with some adjustments. Valerion was my second choice but ultimately wanted to go with a UST pj. All im missing is a screen. Can see that my wall isn't perfectly flat. Good luck

Yes on ALR or Fresnel for daytime watching. I also suggest the Nexigo Aurora Pro MKII. Its unbelievable. Best contrast levels and black levels of all USTs. Rabidly active community that keeps tweaking and improving it. Great customer support putting out firmware updates that keep improving the picture. I predict it will win the UST shootout this year. Otherwise, Hisense PX3 Pro.

Px3-pro is great but if you are coming from oled i would recommend Nexigo aurora mk II pro instead. You'll loose some brightness but get a way better contrast that is closer to oled then the hisense.

If you can get an UST working then go for Nexigo aurora pro mk 2, it has insane contrast combined with an ALR screen. Valerion visionmaster 2 pro or Hisense will be brighter but have significantly lower contrast so you would have to step to something like Visionmaster max in that case.

Something like Nexigo aurora pro mk 2 with a good ALR (right now can be had as a bundle for 3000$) will give you the best picture quality without the issues of large LCDs or OLEDs. But for that to work you'll still need some blinds to limit the amount of light the room gets.

While there are really good projectors nowadays that can even compeat with OLEDs to some extent, those model's are sadly outside your budget. Unless you have specific reasons not to get a 77' OLED (like burn in or sensitivity to panel imperfections) i think it would be the better choice.

Personally I would go with Nexigo aurora pro mk 2, it has insane picture quality for the price (3000$) and can even compeat with high end TV's on everything besides brightness. Being a DLP projector it also doesn't have the uniformity issues you get with those large LCDs or even OLEDs which can be a deal breaker for some people as well.

Recently launched Nexigo Aurora Mk II pro is probably the best fairly priced dark room UST you can currently get. If it's in your budget and can be a ordered where you live it's the best choice for both gaming and movies.

If you a want a projector what can offer close to OLED picture quality besides brightness obviously, then it's going to cost at least ~2500$ (Nexigo aurora pro mk 2) and will still need a good screen. The JMGO will be a massive downgrade so either step up the budget or keep the the TV.

For lower light room/smaller screen definitely Nexigo aurora pro mk 2. For large screen or a room with a lot more light it's more complicated but i would look at Hisense LQ 9 if that's in the budget, Awol also has some decent high brightness models which can be had on a good discount nowadays.

Quite a few of the recent UST projectors feature game modes with competitive input lag. Be mindful that most of the input lag numbers they advertise are when playing at 1080p. I have the NexiGo Aurora Pro MKII and it does a great job with gaming. The only thing I miss from my OLED is VRR. I often preferred the 40Hz balanced mode some developers offer but that won’t be an option with this or any UST. It’s 30 or 60Hz only at 4K. You can go up to 240Hz on some systems, though still no VRR support.

MKII startup time is unbearable. Also, the unit I tested was too dark for daytime viewing.

I am prone to seeing RBE, since the days of DLP rear projection TV. So I know what you mean. If you want to try another laser projector, that has none of those effects, try the Nexigo AP MK2. Since the MK2 has a 4th light (LED), it "cleans" up the RBE and laser speckles I currently have the MK2 and the L9Q sitting in the living room for comparison. But if RBE and Laser speckles bother you a LOT... try the MK2.

I've tested a lot of projectors (written reviews for some) and seen many others. I had a Epson 5050 and JVC RS420 before this one. I also have a Nexigo Aurora Pro MKII in for review right now. N5? Are you in Europe? I know the NX5 was called the N5 over there. I think the NZ500 is a pretty big jump over the bulbed JVCs. Contrast in mixed scenes is quite a bit better and it'll stay brighter over the long haul due to laser. I also really don't like the dynamic contrast on previous JVCs but it is pretty good on the NZ500. On the NX and NP models it clips too much and makes people look like wax in dark scenes