XGIMI - Horizon 20

I personally own the base model. Have been nothing but impressed, and run a matte white drop down screen. Gaming is phenomenal with no input lag whatsoever so ever. Even during the day with a decent bit of light in my living room it is still watchable.

I upgraded to the horizon 20 base model from an epson 3800 and the difference is night and day.

https://preview.redd.it/k298opy5rrzf1.jpeg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c902bc5ba46ec7650aa53d1b5a3a5ecedc2791e This is the horizon 20 base model, honestly barely use my tv since I got it. This is throwing at 100 inches with brightness at level 6.

The new Xgimi 20 series not available? Why pick the old xgimi?

Iirc the new xgimi 20 base is around your range

Imo wait for promotion, the base 20 can be a low as $1.2k. However, with day time usage imo you will need the max with the highest brightness ~57% brighter than the base.

Good thing about such content is their bright colors so even with some ambient lights it will do fine, at least for those 1500 lumens and higher ones. If you plan to only watch in the dark then you can afford to lose some brightness. You need to know your throw ratio and the screen size you want for brightness level. 4m gap, imo can go to 150" but projectors can get expensive for that size lumens. Imo get ust and alr screen if you can. PQ will never be as good as tv, hence best is to get the biggest tv you can afford. Projector is only an option due to large tv being expensive or can't fit the door. Xgimi horizon 20 for less than $1.2k is a good basic starter. Or get those cheap projector and use a cheap grey alr cloth like this: https://youtu.be/po60aU4Iifw

Honestly I think the XGIMI projects are the best bang for your buck they offer the best possible picture quality + higher lumens. At a lower cost to you and from what I found from my own research they have the most packed feature set. The new horizon series comes with 240hz, IMAX enhance, Dolby vision, Dolby Atmos, VRR, 3-D, optical and shift, 4k UHD, 3200 iso lumens and more all costing less $1,200 https://a.co/d/0hwTMC3, https://a.co/d/0hwTMC3, https://us.xgimi.com/products/horizon-20

I recommend spending 180 more if possible and getting the horizon 20 base…incredible [picture](https://imgur.com/a/FSn7Zpm) at this price point…

I haven’t used it in the daytime because it’s on my balcony but I’ve used it with the lights on full blast and it looks great to me… I’ll have to snap a picture next time I set it up…

I have the H20 Base since November and it's mounted to the ceiling with the XGIMI ceiling mount (which is great by the way) and connected to an Onkyo avr. I project to a white matt wall in a light controlled room and the picture is great. My previous projector was an 11 year old Acer 1080p projector and it's a night and day difference. The colors are great, the picture is sharp, the projector is really quiet and the integrated Google TV system is fast. I do also game and that's great as well. Their Dynamic Black Enhancement is not working that well so far but they're working on it. Even with it disabled, dark scenes look ok.

I was hesitant because of the lack of reviews as well but it's pretty sharp, even without the red ring lens, and very bright.

It really hangs pretty low with the original mount. I measured 48.5 centimeters which is approximately 19.09 inches from ceiling to end of projector. If that is too low for you you should get a 3rd party mount, there are several out there.

I have this one, really like it a lot. It's very bright indoors during the day and works great outdoors at night. There is a pending software update that should fix the black levels.

If I have the blinds open, the contrast does not look that great. I did not want to spend double the price because it is occasionally used. My 85" tv is primary. If you are going to use it as your main display, I would either get the base or max. I get about 2000 lumen output on the base.

I'm pretty happy with my Horizon 20 Base version. I was able to apply the trade in discount on top of the BF deal. It's pretty bright and I have dialed down the brightness to 5 from 10.

I have had it for almost 2 months now. I'm quite happy with and the image quality is solid. I bought it around black Friday for about $1200.

We have it on the floor. I don't have a good way to ceiling mount it due to vaulted ceiling and on top of that getting wires there. It is at a faint angle and is doing well.

I have the base model and it works quite well in evening and during the daytime. We have it in a room, which gets a reasonable amount of light and the image is lighter but quite watchable. We have the brightness actually dialed down a bit as it is just a tad too bright at night (the white popping too much).

For us the screen size is about 75". Projector is probably about 6ft or so away. The room has 4 sliding doors and a patio cover. Definitely a decent amount of light, but it is not the sunny side of the house.

Buy a TV for 100 inches. For 120 inches I would pick Epson LS650 and UST fresnel screen. Pro + screen better than Max. Base is actually pretty good.

The horizon 20 base is excellent if you pair it with a screen