XGIMI HORIZON Ultra 4K Projector, Dolby Vision, 2300 ISO Lumens, 2 x 12W Harman Kardon Speakers, Home Theater Projector with WiFi and Bluetooth, Dual Light, Active 3D, 200"

After 6 months it still rocks, • I side loaded Xfinity app now I have access to all my cable TV contents wirelessly on the projector. • I installed Xplore app now I have access to all my 3TB external hard disk wirelessly by SSH server through my laptop. I researched for a long time until I found this XGIMI Elfin best for this price and my needs. First thing caught my attention was the ability to run Android TV 10.0 I've never used Android phones or TVs but I know the most expensive part in projectors are their processors chip if it can run the latest of a operating system it means they have most up to date processor chip and its expensive, there are other big brand name projectors similar size that only run on Android TV 6.0 and its because they have used processors from people old phones that they have thrown away and these companies recycle old phones and take out their processors not to pay any money for the processor, and its not a software update that you can load newer version of Android TV, the processor is weak and that old version of Android TV is all they can handle, so that's that, this projector is much faster than my XFinity ( the future of awesome ) TV Box. Durability, I know XGIMI is into making projectors and didn't see complaints about durability, most of other cheap projectors don't last more than a few months if they have a very good specs. This is a good projector good brightness, sharpness I watch 120" dimension and it's much better than my 43" LG tv. fan noise is low and its good for many aspect one is that obviously the noise doesn't bother you, next is that it means they have well manage heatings ventilation which leads to more durability ( just make sure you don't cover around the projector ) heat is a menace for electronic devices and chips, the better heat management leads to more longevity of the chips. Keystone correction not available in Gaming and 3D mode is because of hardware limitation not that they forgot or they didn't want to give it, if they make that available it would cause lower frame rates, considering their processor chip supports Android TV 10 and they weren't cheap about that, still couldn't handle that extra load of geometric transforming output on the processor, and I assume it wouldn't worth adding a couple of hundred dollars to the price of the product adding stronger processor just to support Keystone adjustments for Gaming or 3D. Fun fact : This is my first projector for a long time, believe or not my previous projector was Canon-1000 Super8 film projector 😊 which I loved but had to give it away since there was not enough films to watch on it, but still checking eBay to possibly buy one again 😊 but I had projection TV 55" ( before LCD TVs came around ) which is not quite the same thing. So this projector based on the technology, electronic chips and engineering has gone through very well worth the money, I'll post some picture later.

First projector I own (also first review I've ever written, but this product deserves it). I recently finished building my workshop/office (quonset) and have a big nice end wall (24ft wide, 14 high) with drywall painted in matte ultra white. Building doesn't have any exterior light, so I thought it would be the perfect environment for a projector with a 200inch screen size capability. I did my homework learning about the different technologies available, the important features to look for, etc. Decided to go with this brand and model. It comes very well packaged. Set up is ridiculously quick. First time I turned it on, I was confused. My mind couldn't understand what I was seeing. Played a 4k video and was mesmerized. Then comes my wife. I play Barbie trailer (very colorful). Same effect. Her brain couldn't process it. She as well was astonished by what she was looking at. The quality of the image, the colors, the detail. It is incredible what human kind has achieved in terms of technology. This projector is a clear example. BUY IT. You won't regret it at all. The problem I have now is that my kids are hooked to watching their movies and cartoons and play videogames on it. They refuse to watch anything on OLED tv now... In regards to screen, I project directly on a superflat white drywall, no screen. It works perfect. It even has a feature that analyzes the color of your wall and adapts the color of the image it emits. Haven't tried that feature though. PROs Quality /price is unbeatable. Vivid colors Refresh rate for videogames Dolby Vision Intuitive UI Auto focus and keystone CONS If you are a pro in projectors, maybe you'll see contrast on dark colors could be better although I'm perfectly ok with it. Sometimes UI gets lazy and lags. Autokeystone can be tricky. Sometimes doesn't do it right. Move the projector a bit and let it try again. You need a proper dark room to truly appreciate its performance. Integrated speaker is quite good, but nothing out of the ordinary, regardless of what other reviews say. BTW, image posted it's not very good but you can appreciate some details. Capturing a decent pic with an iphone of a projected image is almost impossible.

I’ve tried several projectors before, and after using this one, it honestly feels hard to go back. The image quality is amazing, and the sound is surprisingly great as well. Everything looks sharp and immersive, and the design is very sleek and good-looking. The only downside is that it’s quite heavy, so it’s not easy to find a suitable stand. Because of the weight, the stand tends to tilt upward and shift out of position, which can be frustrating. Also, it doesn’t come with built-in Netflix, and you can’t download Netflix apps directly, which is a bit disappointing. Overall, the performance is excellent, and the visuals and audio really stand out. If you’re okay using external devices for streaming and can figure out a stable mounting solution, this projector is definitely worth it.

Me gusto es un buen producto y de buena calidad tanto del diseño como de la imagen hubiera estado mucho mejor que fuera inalámbrico también

Purchased this projector in October 2022 and am writing this review after a lot of use and testing. I should note that all the tests happened outside, projecting onto a 120 inch Yardmaster 2 screen, per the photo. First off, the picture quality is great. Brilliant auto screen detection and auto focus. Clear, sharp image, even at 120 inches. Sports look fantastic. Movies look incredible. When you're sitting on a camping chair, enjoying an adult beverage, in the middle of the forest watching the Canucks beat the Bruins 3-2 in overtime, with a nice campfire in the foreground, who's going to be counting pixels? This little projector packs a punch. Pulls about 63 watts and is perfectly bright enough come dusk to be viewable. Like most projectors in the 600-800 ISO lumen range it is not viewable in daylight. You'd need to triple those numbers in order to realistically use it in daylight and even then it would be washed out. But why even bother. If you don't drag your TV into the garden on a sunny day and moan at the reflections, you wouldn't expect a projector to be better. If using outside, save yourself the agony of choice. Pick your moments. Pick your time of day (sunset onwards). Pick your projector (this one) and have an epic time. We've had a year and a half of fun with this Xgimi Elfin.

The XGIMI Horizon Ultra 4K has outstanding picture quality, rich colours and excellent brightness. Dolby Vision is also very good, built-in Harman speaker’s sound great. Setup is quick, and autofocus works perfectly. Android TV runs smoothly. A truly premium projector that transforms home entertainment—highly recommended!

Acaba de llegar el proyector, la verdad me sorprendió todo, desde la caja, el empaque y la calidad de los materiales. Al conectarlo la verdad me lleve una grata sorpresa. Creo que el Android TV que viene incorporado en el proyector no le ayuda mucho y no le podrías sacar todo el jugo que tiene, yo lo conecte a mi AVR Onkyo y a una smart box 4k HDR y saque lo mejor del proyector, junto al audio de mi sistema de sonido Onkyo fue de lo mejor. Creo que sí solo quieres ponerlo como una TV normal sin un sistema de audio o un AVR no le veo caso, creo que una pantalla te dará más por tu dinero, pero si ya tienes todo el sistema y quieres tener un cine en casa, es un exelente producto.

Pros: Bluetooth and Wi-Fi built-in Small and lightweight Android TV Quiet HDR-ready No Cons XGIMI Elfin 1080P DLP Projector Our Take With its 800-lumen rating, XGIMI's Elfin packs a good punch in a compact, lightweight, and feature-laden projector. Pros Bluetooth and Wi-Fi built-in Small and lightweight Android TV Quiet HDR-ready Cons AC adapter gets hot No battery playback XGIMI Elfin front top One of the smallest and lightest portable projectors in its brightness class, the XGIMI Elfin is also one of the most capable with everything from the ability to make the most of HDR programming to built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. With the Android TV 10 operating system, the Elfin provides access to a lot of apps and programming. It may not have perfect color balance, but for the casual viewing it's intended for, this 1920x1080 resolution projector should be just as good in the den at home as in the classroom or at the office. Barco The projector's LED light engine is capable of putting over 700 lumens on screen, just off the Elfin's 800 lumen rating but more than enough for most uses, particularly at night or with the shades down. It lacks the flexibility to run on battery power, but its $650 price tag seems a reasonable amount to spend on a projector with so many personalities. Features The compact and easily transportable XGIMI Elfin lives up to its name, measuring just 7.5 x 1.8 x 7.5 inches (WHD). Its matte white case, rounded corners, and ring of soft rubber underneath make it look like it emerged from Apple's design studio. It would make a great visual compliment to a Mac Mini desktop computer. The Elfin doesn't include a carrying case but protects its delicate lens behind a transparent window. At 2.2-pounds, it is three-quarters of a pound lighter than AAXA's M7 projector but lacks the M7's ability to run on battery power. Still, it can be moved around as needed, whether that's for a night of binge watching Manifest in the basement, running digital lessons in a repurposed room at school or setting up a Zoom video conference for a small group at work. Elfin lifestyle1 Inside, it has TI's latest 0.33-inch DLP 1080p imaging chip and can handle 4K input. Relying on four banks of LEDs, the system has lighting sources for red, blue and green as well as an extra blue pump LED. This extra component can add as much as 12% to the projector's output but pushes the color balance towards the green end of the spectrum. The Elfin doesn't need a color wheel. As is the case with most other LED projectors, its lighting components are rated to last 30,000 hours of use, which translates into 10-plus years of use for eight hours a day. Rated to produce 800 lumens, the Elfin is the rare pico projector that comes close. My testing showed it capable of putting out more than 700 ANSI lumens. In comparison with some other popular compact portables we've tested, it's ahead of the Viewsonic M1 (measured at 140 lumens), AAXA M7 (599 lumens), XGIMI Halo (642 lumens), and AAXA P6X (698 lumens). XGIMI As with XGIMI's new Horizon models, including the recently reviewed Horizon Pro, it adds an element of artificial intelligence that makes setting it up quicker and easier. The Elfin scans the scene and resizes the image to give you the largest possible picture for your available projection area while avoiding intervening items like light switches and things hung on the wall. It worked like a charm when I put a lamp on the side of its projected image and ran the automatic keystone correction routine with the remote control. In a second, it cut the image's size by 30 percent to avoid the obstruction. By the same token, its electronic auto-focus takes a moment to work. Like other auto-focus projectors, it defocuses the image, analyzes the projected target with a forward-facing sensor and then sharpens the image. It can be manually focused with the remote control but it works so well you don't need to. XGIMI Elfin remote Because the Elfin lacks any onboard control panel, all the adjustments have to be done via its small remote control. It uses two AAA batteries. There's an on/off button and keys for selecting the HDMI input, going to the Android TV's home screen, and adjusting the volume. There's a key for activating the remote's mic for spoken commands, but more on that later. Along with Wi-Fi connectivity to its Android platform, there is one HDMI port for video input and a USB port that allows you to play media from a flash drive. Its Harman Kardon-tuned speakers are surprisingly good and have settings for Movie, Music and Sport. The projector recognizes both Dolby and DTS soundtracks. If you want to skip the internal speakers, the HDMI connection offers ARC capability, or you can take audio from the 3.5 mm headphone jack or go Bluetooth out to a speaker or pair of wireless headphones. Android TV 10 web-streaming can show anything from TED Talk lectures and YouTube videos to Prime Video and a variety of sports apps. The one thing it lacks, like a lot of other projectors in its class that share the otherwise solid Android platform, is an operating Netflix app. So you can forget about watching Trailer Park Boys unless you connect an outboard streaming player like a Roku stick or Apple TV. The Elfin's built-in Wi-Fi supports Chromecast to receive video streams from a phone, tablet or Windows computer. It requires using the Chrome browser or any of hundreds of Chromecast-compatible apps. The projector does not come preloaded with a Web browser, but I installed the Puffin TV Browser and it worked fine over two weeks of daily use. The projector includes a voice-activated version of the Google Assistant app that works through the remote control, so all you have to do—theoretically—is tell it what to do. It was effective for things like "change to the Prime app" but couldn't handle things like "open CNN.com." XGIMI Elfin top As well thought-out as the Elfin is, it lacks a slot for a micro SD card seen on some competitors, such as the AAXA M7. The USB media player can play music and stream video from a flash drive as well as arrange photos into a slide show. On the downside, it can't directly display Office or Acrobat pdf files when it's time to get down to work the way some other portables can (for example, Optoma's ML750). The Elfin offers HDR compatibility to enhance contrast with 4K HDR programs, and even recognizes HDR10+ content. The contrast enhancement can be set to Auto or turned off when the programming allows it. In a sequence of a river flowing, HDR made the difference between a dull scene with washed out greens and a brighter overall look with lots of highlights and depth. On the other hand, it can make a scene look too good to the point of looking artificial. All the picture modes allow HDR use except for Game, but Movie mode adds the ability to locally boost the contrast with three different enhancement levels as well as two levels of motion compensation. In most cases the best setting was either Low or Off. On the downside, the projector doesn't allow directly adjusting the color temperature to tune the image. XGIMI Elfin lifestyle2 Setup Unlike other pico projectors that have several mounting options underneath, the Elfin has a single threaded hole for a tripod or ceiling mount. It can sit on its own but lacks adjustable legs. I used a few old school DVDs to level and tilt it to fit the screen. As with most picos and portables, there's no zoom lens, so framing the screen is best done by moving the projector toward or away from the screen to avoid processing and retain the best image quality. XGIMI does provide digital zoom through its obstacle avoidance, however. Furthermore, the Elfin's vertical and horizontal keystone correction can handle an upward or downward tilt of up to 40-degrees as well as frame a perfect rectangular image even if the projector is off center by as much as 40-degrees. The best part is that the Elfin's interface lets you pull or push corners out or in to tweak the image's shape. On the downside, correcting for an upward tilt of 15-degrees translated into a light loss of 25 percent—huge compared to the light loss of about 10 percent for the AAXA M7, for example. While XGIMI engineers designed the Elfin to be able to create a 16.7-foot image, it is more appropriate for projecting an image of up to 7.5 feet or so, and it was at its best with a picture between 4 and 5 feet. It created a rich and bright 54-inch image from 59 inches away. (Check out ProjectorCentral's XGIMI Elfin Throw Distance Calculator for placement measurements.) As easy as the hardware was to set up, getting the Android programming online took another few minutes. After linking the projector to my home Wi-Fi network and pairing the Bluetooth remote control to the projector, I had to speak "OK, Google set up my device" into my Samsung Galaxy S9 phone. After that, I needed to verify a projected code sent by Google and authenticate my identity through a Gmail email. A word of advice, if you don't have a Gmail account before starting, get one. Next up, I needed to accept the Google Android license and allow the use of location data. Finally, I added a few apps, like MLB.TV and set it up to use my Nord VPN account. It provided a tour of the software's major features, but all I wanted to do at this point was view something more compelling. But, before I could watch anything, I needed to do two more things. First, I connected the projector to my phone using Bluetooth and fired up the Android TV app. This lets me control the action. Second, I plugged the USB transmitter of my Air Flying Mouse remote control with mini keyboard to the projector. Both worked on the first try and provided more services than the stock remote control. Like the company's Halo projector we tested a while back, the Elfin's menu is split into two groups. That can make it frustrating to use sometimes. The main menu has everything from Keystone Correction, Image Mode and Aspect Ratio to Sound Settings, HDMI Version and 3D Video Setup. At the bottom is an oddly named All Settings link to Network & Internet, Accounts & Sign In, Apps, Device Preferences, Remotes & Accessories and Projector Settings. The final item is key with selections for Brightness, Keystone Correction, Focus Settings and Projector Placement. The bottom line is that to adjust the brightness and image quality, I needed to jump back and forth between the two menus. XGIMI Elfin left facing In addition to projection modes for Movie, Office, Football and Game, there's a custom setting. The projector has four brightness levels but no Eco setting, which is just as well because it doesn't really have the brightness to spare. The output settings range from Bright and Standard to Eye Protection and Performance; the last one is the brightest but blasts the projector's green LEDs at the expense of better color balance. Performance The Elfin is able to get started quickly with its solid state light source, so it's good for stop and go meetings, class lessons and TV-show watching. It put an image on-screen in 7 seconds and shut its fan off about 1 second after turning it off. Rated at 800 ANSI lumens, the Elfin came close in the real world, with 712 ANSI lumens available in its Performance brightness mode and Movie picture settings. That's 89% of rated output and well within ANSI tolerance. Let's Talk Projectors! The ProjectorCentral Forums is a great place to chat with other projector enthusiasts about all things projectors. Join the Discussion At this maximum output the color balance was heavily skewed towards green, however. Images of people and natural scenes took on a ghostly appearance. They looked better using the Football and Office settings, which lowered the green level relative to reds and blues. The brightness levels for Football and Office were 708 and 702 ANSI lumens. Dropping to Bright mode reduced the Elfin's output by about 11 percent, and using the Eye Protection mode, which lowers the blue light level, reduced output by 26 percent. Finally, the Standard mode's brightness was also off by 26 percent versus the maximum output. The projector's lowest brightness level was 316 lumens (Eye Protection/Game), though that's better than some other small pico projectors. In Standard and Movie modes, I watched the "Dawn of Man" opening scenes from 2001: A Space Odyssey and saw rich and vibrant colors that weren't oversaturated. There was just enough brightness to reveal details in the cave scenes. For such a small projector, the Elfin can be a stand-in for casual TV viewing, though it will not satisfy home theater enthusiasts. AAXA M7 2001 There was enough light output from the Elfin that the interior cave detail in the opening scenes of 2001: A Space Odyssey was visible. (Photo Credit: Warner Bros.) Later, when I watched the Chicago Cubs play the White Sox on MLB.TV in Football mode, the view was startlingly good. The colors felt right and the contrast between the grass, dirt and cloudless sky were eye opening for such a small projector. The projector's 92 percent brightness uniformity is on a par with other pico projectors, like the AAXA M7 and P6X. The projector's peak power use was 59 watts and it used 0.3 watt in idle mode. That adds up to an annual expense of $13 if it's used for eight hours a day for 200 days out of the year and you pay the national average of 13 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity. It has a dust filter but it has been designed to last the life of the projector and might just need the occasional cleaning. With a large heat sink and fan in the back, the Elfin didn't break 105-degrees Fahrenheit while being used. Its AC adapter did heat up significantly and hit a peak of 130 degrees, something we've seen in the power supplies of other pico projectors. Still, the Elfin projector was one of the quietest projectors available. In its hottest mode, the device only emitted 40.3dBA of fan noise in a room that had a background of 34.7dBA. This makes it significantly quieter than some lower output projectors, such as the AAXA M7. Conclusion The XGIMI Elfin is a touch larger than some pico projectors, but with over 700 lumens of light at its disposal, it leaves most of them in the dark. Its 1080p HD resolution is a significant benefit from such a small projector, and the Elfin is capable of making the most of 4K HDR material from its Android 10 platform. Furthermore, it's flexible, also connecting via its built-in Wi-Fi to Chromecast apps on your mobile device, or directly to wired HDMI or USB sources. At AED 2500, it squeezes a lot of projector into a small and light package with an attractive, modern design that looks straight out of Apple. For schools, offices and at home, the Elfin just might be the right projector at the right price.