So the PX4 Pro is finally in stores after that teaser back in December, and the number that jumped out at me is the price. $3,999.99, roughly a thousand over what the PX3-Pro was going for. For that you get 3,500 ANSI lumens instead of 3,000, 118% BT.2020 coverage, Delta E rated at 0.9 or lower, and a claimed 6,500:1 contrast with a seven-step iris doing the heavy lifting.
The headline feature is AMD FreeSync Premium, a first on any ultra short throw. Hisense rates it at 1ms input lag at 2K and 240Hz, with 4K capped at 120Hz. Read that twice, because the 240Hz figure is not a 4K figure and I fully expect retail listings to quote it as one within a week. Two HDMI 2.1 ports, two 2.0, ARC, and Xbox Cloud Gaming running natively in VIDAA with deeper integration promised in a later update. Audio is a 66W six-speaker 4.0.2 Atmos array tuned by Devialet, which on a UST usually means fine until you actually sit down and care.
What I keep circling back to is that 6,500:1. That is the projector's own number before your screen and your walls get involved, and on a UST that is exactly where the picture lives or dies. Put this on a bare white wall and whatever it gained over the PX3-Pro evaporates. You are budgeting for an ambient light rejecting screen whether the spec sheet brings it up or not.
So is a gaming certification worth a thousand dollars over last generation, or does the PX3-Pro quietly become the value buy of the year as stock clears?
The headline feature is AMD FreeSync Premium, a first on any ultra short throw. Hisense rates it at 1ms input lag at 2K and 240Hz, with 4K capped at 120Hz. Read that twice, because the 240Hz figure is not a 4K figure and I fully expect retail listings to quote it as one within a week. Two HDMI 2.1 ports, two 2.0, ARC, and Xbox Cloud Gaming running natively in VIDAA with deeper integration promised in a later update. Audio is a 66W six-speaker 4.0.2 Atmos array tuned by Devialet, which on a UST usually means fine until you actually sit down and care.
What I keep circling back to is that 6,500:1. That is the projector's own number before your screen and your walls get involved, and on a UST that is exactly where the picture lives or dies. Put this on a bare white wall and whatever it gained over the PX3-Pro evaporates. You are budgeting for an ambient light rejecting screen whether the spec sheet brings it up or not.
So is a gaming certification worth a thousand dollars over last generation, or does the PX3-Pro quietly become the value buy of the year as stock clears?
