Xgimi's new flagship 4K projector is absolutely stunning. It's incredibly bright, has fabulous optics and gorgeous build quality. It's also extraordinarily expensive and, if gaming is the remit, Xgimi's own Horizon 20 4K model offers most of the important features including lens shift for less than a third the price.



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Once in a while, something comes along that recalibrates your expectations and also sort of ruins your enjoyment of what was once impressive. The Xgimi Titan Noir Max does just that. It makes mainstream projectors look positively pedestrian.

That's not to say it's perfect. There are a few niggles that take the triple-laser shine off this $5,000 beast, especially for gaming. But Xgimi's new big-screen beamer is an absolute stunner and deeply, deeply desirable.

The basics begin with triple-laser RGB technology that's good for an eye-popping 7,000 lumens. That's combined, inevitably, with DLP and pixel-shift tech to deliver full 4K resolution at 60 Hz, plus 1080p at up to 240 Hz. Running at the latter setting, Xgimi claims that the Titan Noir Max is good for just 1 ms of latency.

Projector type

DLP pixel shift

Resolution

3,840 x 2,160

Brightness

7,000 lumens (5,000 lumens sustained)

Latency

1 ms @ 1080p

Refresh rate

60 Hz @ 4K, 240 Hz @ 1080p



Optics

0.98-2.0:1 throw ratio, ±130% vertical and ±50% horizontal lens shift

Contrast

10,000:1 native

Features

RGB triple-laser, auto-focus, Dolby Vision, anti-rainbow effect, 3x HDMI, optical and 3.4mm audio

Price

$4,999 | £4,799

✅ You have money to burn: If money is no object, this incredible beamer won't disappoint. It's incredibly bright and oh-so precise.

❌ Gaming is your priority: Xgimi's own Horizon 20 projector has most of the important gaming features for a fraction of the price.

That makes it a pretty plausible proposition for online gaming and esports, at least in terms of response. The ergonomics of playing Counter-Strike on a projector might be pretty questionable, but in performance terms, well, the Titan Noir Max delivers the numbers.

If that's the broad brush of what the Xgimi Titan Noir Max offers, the details are arguably even tastier. Xgimi is using a new generation of DLP chip that enables improved native contrast. That's combined with a 50-laser light source and Dual Intelligent Iris technology to deliver 10,000:1 native contrast. Factor in other digital contrast enhancements and you're looking at 100,000:1 claimed dynamic contrast.

Then there are the optics. This thing has some very trick lens hardware. It's built around a 15-element lens system that's said to deliver consistent edge-to-edge focus. You also get very broad optical lens shift of 130% +/- vertical and 50% +/- horizontal. That gives this projector immense installation flexibility without the need to resort to digital keystone correction.

And you absolutely, positively don't want to use digital keystone correction on any projector. It does horrible things to pixel precision and in turn image sharpness. It's also worth noting that this is, essentially, a traditonal long-throw projector rather than one of those nifty short throw things that can sit right below your projection screen.

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That said, it has 2x optical zoom and a throw ratio of between 0.98:1 and 2.0:1, so it's actually pretty configurable. It can create both a pretty large image at short distance and shrink the image from distance to fit your projection screen.



All of that is built into a beautifully lush looking alloy cube chassis that's presented in a nifty carry case and goes some way to justifying the hefty $5,999 MSRP. The real-world pricing of this projector is a bit more compl...Read more: Full article on www.pcgamer.com

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