Best Digital Projectors for Build Quality (2024)

The BenQ LH 730 shines with its remarkable brightness and long-lasting LED technology.

Its impressive color accuracy adds a touch of brilliance to your presentations.

While it's not a 4K projector, BenQ includes three viewing modes to enhance clarity: infographic, presentation, and spreadsheet.

Managing this projector is a breeze.

The setup process is a breeze. I had my laptop connected in under three minutes.

BenQ keeps things simple, making navigation a breeze.

The LH 730 offers a solid selection with two HDMI ports, a Wi-Fi dongle port, a network line, and 232 rupees.

Creston AMX and PJ Link integration are here to make your life easier.

The projector offers an optional Wi-Fi dongle, enabling wireless casting for mobile devices and PCs.

The Epson Pro Cinema LS12000 could be the best pro cinema projector Epson has ever created, utilizing a laser source and a brand new pixel-shifting mechanism.

The LS 12000 is capable of higher contrast and slightly more brightness with its 2700 ANSI Lumen rating.

The HDR performance of these projectors is great. They produce nice shadow detail with pretty good black levels.

Motorized lens shift, motorized focus, and lens memory mean you can not only install the projector off-center from the screen, but you also don't have to mount it upside down on the ceiling.

The included remote is essentially the same one we've seen for a few years now. Although it is somewhat big and bulky, it is at least backlit and has nearly every button you could ask for on a projector remote.

It has a full-size USB port, a service port, a 12-volt trigger, an Ethernet jack, another USB port labeled Optical HDMI, which can be used for HDMI cables that need additional power, two HDMI 2.1 ports that support up to 4K at 120 hertz, as well as an RS-232 port.

I found the LS 11000 to actually be quieter than my 5050 UB. Considering it uses less power and produces less heat, this kind of makes sense.

When you increase the laser brightness to 100 or use some of the brighter picture modes, you can definitely hear the fan spin up.

Considering it has great black levels, excellent input lag sensitivity for gamers, as well as bright colors.

The new ZX processor does a great job with upscaling, and lower resolution content still looks good even on my 135-inch screen.

The color reproduction is also great, considering the equal color and white brightness.

The HDR performance of these projectors is great.

The projector features motorized lens shift, motorized focus, and lens memory.

You can mount it on a high shelf with the right side up if you prefer.

The included remote is essentially the same one we've seen for a few years now.

It has a great menu system with many options.

It has a full-size USB port, a service port, a 12-volt trigger, an Ethernet jack, another USB port labeled Optical HDMI, which can be used for HDMI cables that need additional power, two HDMI 2.1 ports that support up to 4K at 120 hertz, as well as an RS-232 port.

I found the LS 11000 to be quieter than my 5050 UB.

When you increase the laser brightness to 100 or use some of the brighter picture modes, you can definitely hear the fan spin up.

The picture quality of this is as good as that of some 4K projectors I've reviewed in the past.

I felt that the Epson delivered very natural colors and represented what it was trying to show very well.

The projection quality is clear, bright, and detailed, even with the light on.

It has automatic motorized horizontal and vertical keystone correction, as well as motorized autofocus.

The remote control is simple enough, and I'll show you a little bit more about it later.

The Android TV OS is official, smooth, and fast in operation.

It has HDMI ARC, which is a nice touch, and there is also a version of Android TV built in.

You have a dedicated button on the remote control that allows you to change the source.

Netflix is not available at the moment, but I'm told that it is coming soon.

The noise level is very quiet, at just 22 to 27 decibels.

From a one-meter distance, you can expect around 36 decibels of fan noise, which is rather on the quieter side.

The NZ 800 and NZ 900 have both been updated with the new third-generation D-ILA devices, where JBC has improved the alignment control of liquid crystals and enhanced the flatness of image pixels.

The new models will both feature the third-generation native 4K D devices and a Gen 2 8K Shift X that can project an 8192 by 4320 image.

The 900 is superior in picture quality because it has the deepest contrast ratio we've ever offered.

The home theater Optimizer and DML will come activated out of the box.

We currently offer free calibration software for our previous Precision line series.

If you're trying to really dial in the FOC Focus as soon as you turn the projector on, you may encounter some conflicting results because of that.

It is a true 48-gigabits-per-second HDMI.

The 800 and 900 models are actually even quieter.

The new blue Essent laser is more efficient and generates less heat, so the fan needs to work a little less hard.

The Halo Plus features 900 lumens of brightness and full 1080p HD resolution.

The image quality for 1080p does look good; however, you're not going to get the definition and sharpness of 4K projectors.

The colors are bright and vibrant straight out of the box.

In the blacks, I am noticing just a little bit of grain and a little bit of noise.

Setting up the Halo Plus is incredibly easy, thanks to the auto Keystone and autofocus features.

The projector essentially does all the hard work for you.

The menu is very fast and fluid.

The remote here, which is a typical Android TV remote, takes two AAA batteries, but we don't have those included.

It has Android TV 10 built in.

It will accept 4K, but then it downscales it to 1080p.

You can also use the Halo Plus as a Bluetooth speaker when you're not using it to play games or watch movies.

This is a true triple laser, so you have an RGB system that is actually creating the colors.

That gets you 107% of the BT 2020 color space, which means over a billion colors.

In addition to that, we have Dolby Vision HDR 10 built-in.

It's a 3000-lumen projector, so when you pair it with this great ALR screen, you get a nice, bright picture.

Essentially, it is a complete solution consisting of an ultra-short throw projector paired with an ALR screen.

We also have features like Google TV, including Netflix.

Technically, it's a laser TV. It works with your aerial to give you access to live TV and all the digital channels.

We also have features like Google TV, including Netflix.

The UHZ50 offers 3,000 lumens of light output and a contrast ratio of 250,000:1.

The result is a clear win for the UHZ50. The colors appear much richer and brighter, while the whites seem about the same.

The dynamic black setting on the UHZ50 induces noticeable flicker, rendering it unusable.

The UHZ50 is still surprisingly easy to get working well and producing good results.

The vertical lens shift requires a bit of force to adjust it up and down.

The menu speed and responsiveness are much better on the UHZ50.

The UHZ50 is the first projector from Optoma to offer three HDMI inputs.

It offers ultra-low input lag, along with support for running ultra-high refresh rates of up to 240 hertz in 1080p.

The app selection is limited when compared to the full-featured Android TV.

The UHZ50 operates quietly, with no need for a cooling-down period due to its laser light source.

It's insanely bright at 1,000 anti-lumens, as mentioned.

The image is quite excellent, but compared to my 4K OLED TVs for certain content, it's simply not going to be a match.

The colors are very accurate.

It's really sharp all the way up until about a 100 to 115-inch display. When you go beyond that, some of the sharp edges might look a little bit softer.

It's really easy to use.

With the Android TV operating system, as long as you have internet access, either through Wi-Fi or tethering from your phone, you can access content.

You need to download Netflix through the pre-installed Nebula Play app in the form of an APK.

It does have Google Chromecast built-in, and the Google Voice Assistant is also supported via the remote control.

You can keep your phone connected to the power supply while using the hotspot on your phone. Problem solved.

There are more ways to play content on the Mars 3 locally without Wi-Fi dependency, such as using the HDMI port on the back or the USB-A or USB-C port.

The built-in 40-watt surround speaker is super loud for a product of this type.

The clarity and loudness are really, really good. It's quite eye-opening how loud it can get.

This is a 4K laser projector that can project an image up to 120 inches on your wall.

The brightness is rated at 500 ANC lumens, which isn't a lot, and means you really do need to find a dark room to get the most out of it.

The image looked brighter and sharper.

Projected 4K doesn't look nearly as sharp as an actual 4K TV.

With auto screen adjustment, plunk it down, point it to the surface, and almost instantly, it'll adjust the image shape.

The first-time setup was nice and simple. Just add your Wi-Fi and location, and then you go straight into the web OS interface.

The remote feels very much like an afterthought; it's a cheap, plastic, white thing.

We get HDR 10, HDMI 2.1 with USB-C, Bluetooth, and speakers, along with LG's webOS 6 software.

There are also sensors at the front and the back for the remote control.

You have your HDMI port, which does support EC, and you have your USB, or rather, that's a USB-C.

There is an audible fan noise, although you'll drown it out immediately with any volume from your movie or TV show.

As soon as you start playing your content at a semi-normal volume, you will no longer hear the fan.