BenQ, XGIMI, Dangbei, and Anker Nebula all release smart projectors. This is an article about the differences between some popular projector models.

NEW YORK, UNITES STATES, July 6, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- This is an article about testing four high-end laser and LED smart projectors from BenQ, XGIMI, Dangbei, Anker Nebula to figure out which one is the best and if any of them are worth buying.

Appearance&size
The typical impression of a projector is more like a white flat rectangle while all these four projectors will completely change your initial assumptions. All these four units adopt a stylish and modern looking. By putting the four projectors together, we can clearly see that the BenQ X3000i is the largest one in terms of size, with the remaining three being about the same size. In terms of size, the BenQ X3000i seems to lose a little bit. But compared to BenQ's previous classic projectors, the BenQ X3000i has innovated a big step forward in terms of looks. Both XGIMI Horizon Pro and Dangbei Mars Pro are both designed with a rectangular shape while Anker Nebula Cosmos Laser Max 4K gains a portable handle.

Ports
Regarding the ports, all of them can connect different devices. For connectivity, BenQ X3000i got 2 hdmi ports with an audio return channel optical and analog audio out and a usb port. In addition to those two external hdmi ports, there's also an internal hdmi and usb connection attached to the included BenQ streaming stick to give this projector smart functionality. There'salso a 12 volt trigger port and an rs-232 port. Anker Nebula Cosmos 4K laser projector is equipped with HDMI, USB, and AUX. XGIMI Horizon Pro projector is equipped with HDMI*2, USB*2, DC*1, LAN*1, Headphone*1, and OPTICAL*1. Dangbei Mars Pro is fitted with 2*USB 2.0 interfaces, 2*HDMI interfaces, 1*S/PDIF interface, 1*RJ45 LAN, and 1*3.5 mm Earphone port, compatible with various devices, including computers, TV Boxes, game players, etc. In addition, all of them support Bluetooth 5.0 and Wi-Fi connection.

There is another shinning point of Anker Nebula Cosmos 4K---link up with portable power station. When the watch party moves outdoors, plug the Cosmos Laser series into your portable power station for the energy supply you need for the entire movie. For best results, use Anker 545 Portable Power Station (PowerHouse 778Wh), which provides a versatile array of ports for any power need.

BRIGHTNESS
The brightness test is fulfiled by projecting an all-white image measuring the brightness at nine different segments and then averaging those measurements and multiplying by the screen size in square meters. Also for intensive test, the measurement is not only the white brightness but also the blacklevels and red, green, blue ,and pink color brightness. The measurement is as follows. For BenQ X3000i, the brightness is with 2269 ANSI lumens on its bright picture setting while with just 108 lumens for red and 304 for blue. Using standard picture mode reduced the white brightness to 1 853 ANSI lumens while tripling the red brightness and increasing the blue to 519 lumens with white brightness and color brightness added together the brightest overall projector was the Dangbei Mars Pro with 2082 ANSI-lumens of white brightness anda total of 4785 lumens. when combining all the individual color scores the Nebula 4k laser put out 1455 ANSI lumens on white and had a combined score of 3708 while the dimmest projector that I tested was the XGIMI Horizon Pro which measures just 1 223 ANSI lumens on white and had the lowest combined score of 3044. In terms of brightness, Dangbei Mars Pro wins. As advertised on its product detail page, it does have a very capable brightness.

Contrast ratio
The contrast is also super important in the projector world and the standard for measuring it is called full on full off or FOFO. Using this method the BenQ X3000i had the best contrast of around 900: 1 followed by the Dangbei Mars Pro at 710: 1, then the Nebula laser at 655: 1 and last was the XGIMI Horizon Pro at 488: 1. You might notice how far off these numbers are from the claimed values on their product pages. But due to the test conditions are different, the results may indicate differently. But all these statistics are measured in real world conditions. You may have these as references.

Picture quality
Under ideal lighting conditions meaning at night with the lights off and by projecting onto a 120 inch 0.8 gain ambient light rejecting screen, all the projectors expectedly looked amazing.

The Dangbei Mars Pro looked exceptionally bright and had great detail and contrast while the Nebula 4k laser had the best black levels but was harder to see the detail in the darker areas of the screen. The XGIMI Horizon Pro was the most saturated while the BenQ had more muted colors but still maintained good detail and contrast.

In order to push these projectors to their absolute limits, another test outside on a patio was proceeded. The Dangbei Mars pro definitely produced the most watchable image with vibrant colors and pretty good contrast, then followed Nebula 4k laser and BenQ. While the XGIMI Horizon Pro seem to struggle in this test due to its lower brightness.

This article mainly focuses on the picture performance. The detailed comparison about other aspects will be shown in next content.

Chelsea
Hangzhou Dangbei Network Technology Co.,Ltd.
mall@dangbei.com
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