The enthusiast pick: 1080p, LED, low lag, lens shift, and an owners' thread that runs for pages because the people who buy it actually care. Buying the 1080p option in a 4K world is the decision to make peace with.
This entry is written from the 4 sources listed at the bottom of the page. The numbers are our editorial estimates drawn from that material, not measurements, and no statistical sample sits behind them.
On the evidence gathered here, yes. 84% of owners say they would buy it again, and satisfaction is still 8.2 out of 10 two years in. LED source rated for tens of thousands of hours, so no lamp budget.
Owners stop talking about the resolution and start talking about how good the colour is. That switch is the whole product.
Resolution will look dated sooner than the hardware fails. Dust spots still accumulate over years. Owners who later want 4K replace a working projector.
LED source rated for tens of thousands of hours, so no lamp budget. Sentiment across the ownership period stays close to flat, which is rare: it reads 8.6 out of 10 in the first week and 8.2 two years later.
Worth it for: Dark-room film and gaming setups; People who value colour accuracy over resolution; Awkward rooms needing lens shift. Think twice if: Bright living rooms; You will be irritated by 1080p on a 120-inch screen; You want streaming apps built in.
Our reading of how sentiment moves across an ownership period, drawn from the sources below. It is an editorial estimate, not tracked longitudinal data.
| At purchase | 8.0 / 10 |
|---|---|
| First week | 8.6 / 10 |
| One month | 8.5 / 10 |
| Six months | 8.3 / 10 |
| One year | 8.2 / 10 |
| Two years or more | 8.2 / 10 |
Owner reviews move this score. The researched figure stays visible next to it, so you can always see what the sources said before anyone voted.
Leave a review on the live pageEvery complaint and every piece of praise above traces back to these. The summaries are ours; nothing is quoted, and no link, quote or username anywhere on this site is invented.
Long-running owners' thread covering setup and reliability.
Lab-measured brightness, colour and input lag.
Detailed review of the LED light source and lens shift.
Enthusiast review of picture quality and value.