NexiGo - PJ30 Ultra LCD Projector

I have this: https://a.co/d/9wDGpb4 and it's been great. I got the Netflix licensed one but I don't think it's worth it. The OS can only get Netflix and YouTube and some British apps natively, so I paired it with a Roku stick and now it's perfect. Idk if the non-Netflix licensed model can get more apps natively or not. It's pretty short throw tho and I have it over my bed aimed at my wall which is about 9ft/3m away from where it's mounted. I usually use it in a pretty dark room tho and its plenty bright enough. There was a video on YouTube I watched and this was one of them. Im pretty sure it was this video: https://youtu.be/vHmy8sobWEc?si=iVwdONeR0j2DXStl

If you are in a room with some ambient light, or even with white walls, Nexigo is better. If you are in a completely dark room, Hisense might be better.

I feel validated that the judges gave the Nexigo a basically failing grade for 24p content. I bought that projector to watch movies in my blacked out theater and while the black levels are amazing, it can't reliablely play 24p content and it's a deal breaker. Nexigo says it's a known issue. Anyone want to buy a Nexigo so I can upgrade to the Highsense?

I'm immediately going to be that guy and say you meant "put the onus on" the manufacturers rather than the impetus. ;) Noteworthy to me is that the Nexigo had the top score for black level and shadow detail, a hugely important criterion for movie viewing in a light controlled room. Epson also seems to have made some questionable choices there, indeed. My LS800 looks pretty good when dialed in (but then again, Epson also fucked up by removing most of the calibration options, an inexplicable choice to this day and if anyone at Epson ever reads this, consider yourself to be staring at two middle fingers raised in your general direction for that). In fact, since I got my HTPC set up with madVR filters and let that do the dynamic HDR instead it became even better. Also: all the projectors are listed as 3840x2160 native, which is pretty wrong across the board.

Not sure if it helps or makes your comparison harder, but the Nexigo does drop to around $1399-1499 on sale. Maybe even the Valerion Plus or Plus 2 should merit consideration at that price point.