Best 4K Projector 2020 July from $1000 to $5000

Miley

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With the popularity of 4K TVs, more and more people are getting used to 4K video content. As users of large-screen projectors, there are naturally many people who have the pursuit of 4K images. Today, I will recommend to you the latest 4K projector rankings in 2020. Let's take a closer look at the real 4K projectors.

Best 4K Projector 2020 July from $1000 to $5000

1. Sony VPL-VW295ES (price: $4,998)
  • 1,500 Lumens
  • HDR COMPATIBLE
  • Smooth, lifelike motion for 4K and HD comntents
  • IMAX ENHANCED
Best 4K Projector 2020 July from $1000 to $5000

With native 4K and even 3D capabilities, Sony's hugely expensive beast of a projector will have you feeling like a professional cinema owner before long. It offers a simply stunning picture, bright and sharp, and is one of the best ways to watch any video content at home.

That said, it's also ferociously expensive, and surely outside of most people's budgets. If you've got the money, though, and want to view movies at home in stunning quality blown up massively, there's not much that can compete with Sony's picture.

2.Optoma UHD50X (price: $1599)
  • 3400 lumens
  • 240Hz Refresh Rate
  • Enhanced Gaming Mode 16ms Response Time
  • HDR10 & HLG Compatibility

Best 4K Projector 2020 July from $1000 to $5000

The key to Optoma's success with this projector is its price - you simply won't find 4K imaging this cheaply and with such quality reproduction anywhere else. In fact, as you'll see, you could pay multiples of its price from other manufacturers.

The UHD50X is a cracking projector with solid brightness and great colour, plus pinpoint detail. If you're looking for a 4K projector and don't have thousands to spend it's a superb pick, although it lacks some of the portability and ease of use that others manage.

3.Epson EH-TW9400 (price: $2999)
  • 2,600 lumens
  • HDR adjustment
  • Full 10 bit HDR (3) color processing accepting 100 Percent of the HDR source

Best 4K Projector 2020 July from $1000 to $5000

This sleek projector from Epson might be a good chunk more expensive than the Optoma in top spot, but it's still a good price when you survey the market more widely, given that you're getting really good 4K video with HDR, and a really impressive contrast ratio.

It uses pixel shifting to upscale to 4K, meaning that it can't quite match the detail of more expensive models (like the Sony that's up next), but it's still a great option for most people's needs. It's really easy to use and adjust, too, which is an absolute must for home projection, and its remote is a dream.

4.LG CineBeam HU80KS (price: $2196.99)
  • 2500 lumens
  • HDR10 compatible
  • Lg Smart TV enabled
  • Standby Mode: Less than 0.5W
Best 4K Projector 2020 July from $1000 to $5000


LG's idea with the CineBeam is to make an all-in-one portable projector that can do it all, and it's managed a really impressive feat along those lines. Simply place the tower where you want it to project, power it up and you're away. It's genuinely portable and easy to use, with really solid picture quality to go with it.

That convenience means it's pretty expensive, though, and you aren't exactly getting cinema quality sound from it, either, but we really like how it can seamlessly fit into your home, easily storing away when you're not using it and coming out for movie nights.


5.BenQ W2700 (price: $1499)

  • 2000 ANSI Lumens
  • optimized HDR technology (HDR10/HLG support)
  • BenQ CinematicColor™ for Industry DCI-P3/Rec.709 color space
Best 4K Projector 2020 July from $1000 to $5000

With extremely impressive 4K upscaling and HDR on board, this is a great option from BenQ if your top priority is the brightness of the picture - something that can take a little getting used to when you switch to projection from a TV. It cranks out fully 3,000 lumens to make for a super-bright picture, freeing you up to worry a bit less about dimming your room right down.

That's a nice bonus, but you also get really solid picture quality - although that brightness does have a trade-off when it comes to shadow depth and blacks. Still, it's a great projector at its price.
 

venice123

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Sony VPL-VW295ES Pros and Cons
Pros:
  • Full 4096 x 2160-resolution, 0.74-inch native 4K imaging chips
  • 3-Chip SXRD LCoS design free from rainbow artifacts
  • Equal 1500 lumen white and color brightness rating
  • Motorized 14-element, 2.06x zoom lens with powered zoom, lens shift, and focus
  • Wide-range +85%, -80% vertical and +/-31% horizontal lens shift
  • Two full-bandwidth, 18 Gbps HDMI 2.0, HDCP 2.2 ports
  • Wide color gamut rated to 127% Rec.709; 100% DCI-P3 color space
  • Compatible with HDR10 and HLG HDR content
  • Nine preset picture/color modes
  • RGB/CMY color management for primaries and secondaries; RGB gain/offset grayscale trims
  • Sony Reality Creation processing for detail enhancement and Full HD to 4K scaling<
  • Motionflow frame interpolation for 4K or 1080p content
  • Low-latency game mode (approximately 27 ms with 4K/60)
  • Full HD 3D playback (glasses not included)
  • Certified for IMAX Enhanced content
  • Full size backlit remote with access to key picture adjustments
  • 225-watt UHP lamp rated for 6,000 hours life in Low power mode; replacement lamp LMP-H220 costs $365
  • 3-year limited warranty
Cons
  • 1,500 lumen brightness may be insufficient for some high-ambient-light applications
  • Powered lens has no lens memory settings for CIH setups
  • No dynamic iris to improve black level and contrast on dark scenes
 

Celine2020

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LG CineBeam HU80KS:
Nice improvement in contrast ratio/black levels!
The improved contrast ratio is very noticeable in this model. Sharing my calibration settings for dark room viewing of HDR/4K content - tweak to your own liking/environment :
HDR - Standard (user)
Energy Savings = Medium
Contrast = 100
Brightness = 48
Sharp = 24
Color = 61
Tint = G5
Color temp = Warm
Dynamic contrast = medium
Dynamic color = Off
Preferred color = Leave Defaults as is
Color gamut = Auto
Super resolution = low
Set all Noise reduction options to “off”
Black level = High
True motion = Clear (or off)
Picture quality is just superb!

Pros:
  • Style/Design,
  • ease of use,
  • Features/Settings,
  • Performance,
  • Quality
 

waterloo

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BenQ W2700 4K DLP Projector Review

The Good
  • Decent out of the box accuracy
  • Excellent Rec.709 coverage for a DLP
  • Excellent motion handling
  • Very good video processing
  • Sharp & detailed 4K images
  • Factory calibration a good idea
  • Dynamic Iris
  • Excellent value for money
The Bad
  • Blacks are still dark grey
  • Lacks brightness within accurate picture modes
  • Lacks brightness with HDR content due to filter
  • Lacks colour volume with WCG
  • Noisey in operation

It is encouraging to see BenQ trying to push their budget projectors to produce accurate images. Taking into account the price point versus performance, the W2700 is the best 4K DLP we have tested at this and higher price points with SDR content. We do need to manage expectations and blacks are just a smidge better than mediocre with the same lack of shadow detail as similar 4k DLPs, and the W2700 is painfully dull when in full HDR mode. But even so, when set up correctly and ditching some of the HDR features, like the WCG filter, you are left with some serious value for money.

With normal HD and 4K content using the Rec.709 colour gamut (by switching off the wide colour gamut filter), we get a truly interesting proposition at the price point, with a performance that is actually very cinematic in dark rooms with little ambient light. Taking into account and accepting the dark grey blacks - lack of total shadow detail retrieval and above black performance, which is nonexistent at this price point - when you add in excellent image sharpness with good motion for 24fps material and decent colour and greyscale accuracy towards Rec.709, we get what can only be described, (at the time of this review in September 2019), as a Best Buy projector.
 

Dramaqueen

Member
The W2700 creates a respectable picture at all levels, even though it is tricky to balance the colour palette and it can be buggy at times. Its portability and versatility with in-room positioning make it a great fit for any household, but it is just missing a sense of cinematic depth and colour vibrancy which other projectors at the same price point can deliver.


The BenQ W2700 is not bad at all for the money, but it’s not the best projector you can buy.
 
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