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The Best Projectors for 2023

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We’ve updated this article to add our new recommendation for the best portable mini projector.

Different projectors are designed for different uses, and they can range in price from a couple hundred dollars to well into the five-figure range. Choosing the right model for your needs can be a daunting task, and we’re here to help.

Below is an overview of the top picks from our various projector guides. We have recommendations for premium 4K movie projectors, bright living-room projectors, budget home theater projectors, and more.

  • Read beyond the specs

    When shopping for projectors, don’t rely on the specs—especially the claimed brightness, which is often exaggerated.

  • Brighter is better

    If you want a big screen, you need a bright projector. Tiny projectors are not bright enough to deliver a big-screen, cinema-like experience.

  • Choose the right mode

    Projectors, like TVs, are rarely set up to look their best right out of the box. Look for a picture mode called Cinema, Movie, or Natural.

  • Different uses

    We have projector recommendations for home theaters, living rooms, small spaces, outdoors, and portable use.

If you’re not sure where to begin your projector search, we recommend reading about how to pick the right projector for your viewing needs. In summary, you have three important questions to ask at the start: What do you plan to use the projector for? What type of room will you use it in? How big of a screen do you want?

There’s a huge difference in price and performance between a 4K projector designed for a big-screen home theater and a portable mini projector designed to be an everyday TV replacement. Some projectors excel with movies in a completely dark room, while others are better for sports or gaming in a room with some ambient light.

Generally, the bigger the screen you want, the brighter your projector must be to produce a satisfyingly rich image. Once you have a general idea of the projector’s intended use, it’s easier to zero in on a specific choice.

The research

  • Best 4K projector for a home theater
  • Best budget projector for a home theater
  • Best living-room projector
  • Best portable mini projector
  • Best short-throw projector (for small spaces)
  • Best outdoor projector
  • Why we don’t recommend ultra-short-throw projectors for most people
  • What you’ll need to complete your projector setup
  • Frequently asked questions

Best 4K projector for a home theater

Our pick

Epson Home Cinema LS11000

The LS11000 is a great 4K laser projector that can deliver a big, bright, beautiful image, and it has almost all the features you need—except 3D support.

If you want to set up a high-performance home theater in a basement or spare room and need a 4K projector that can handle high dynamic range video and wide-color-gamut material, choose the Epson Home Cinema LS11000. This LCD laser projector offers a combination of performance and features that you won’t find in any other projector priced lower than $5,000. It’s an excellent 4K movie projector, but it also looks great with games, sports, and HDTV when some room lights are on.

Why we like it

  • The LS11000 has great detail, is bright enough to produce satisfying high dynamic range (HDR) video, and has wonderfully accurate color in the Natural picture mode.
  • This LCD projector uses a laser light source that should see you through the next decade (or longer), with no need to pay for replacement bulbs.
  • It’s one of only a few 120-hertz projectors right now that has high-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 inputs to work with the most advanced 4K gaming consoles and any future 8K sources that might emerge.
  • A motorized lens with generous zoom and lens-shifting capabilities makes this projector easier to set up than many others.

Photo: Michael Murtaugh

Flaws but not dealbreakers

  • The LS11000 doesn’t support 3D video playback, so people who have a large collection of 3D discs may want to look elsewhere.
  • Projectors aren’t bright enough to show HDR video at its full brightness, so they have to adjust the HDR signal to show it in the brightness range they’re capable of. The LS11000 does not do this automatically; you have to manually adjust the HDR brightness setting.

Read more about the Epson LS11000 in our guide to the best 4K projector.

Best budget projector for a home theater

Our pick

BenQ HT2060

This projector produces a bright, rich-looking image with more accurate color than most competitors can offer. It’s easy to set up and quiet in operation, but it lacks features like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

If you want to create a big-screen movie experience at home on a modest budget, the BenQ HT2060 is the best performer in the $1,000-and-under price range.

Why we like it

  • It offers great image contrast and color accuracy.
  • It’s bright enough to pair it with a large screen for a more immersive home theater experience.
  • Out of the box this projector can produce a good image with very little adjustment, which means it’s good for people new to projectors.
  • It’s easy to set up and quiet in operation.

Photo: Michael Hession

Flaws but not dealbreakers

  • The HT2060 produced some digital noise in mid to dark grays during our tests.
  • It lacks features like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and built-in streaming apps.
  • Because it uses DLP projection technology, some people might see the rainbow effect.

Best living-room projector

Our pick

Epson Home Cinema 3800

This projector combines high brightness with accurate color, great contrast, and good setup tools to fit in a variety of rooms.

The Epson Home Cinema 3800 projector offers a clear step up in picture quality over budget 1080p projectors, and its native contrast ratio—the difference between the darkest and brightest parts of an image—is much higher than that of most projectors around the same price. It can’t compete with the best 4K home theater projectors in overall performance, but its high brightness makes it a better choice for use in a living room or family room where you can’t block out all the light.

Why we like it

  • The Home Cinema 3800 is extremely bright, so the image will pop even in a room with a good amount of light.
  • The Home Cinema 3800 also has accurate colors, producing lifelike greens, blues, reds, and everything in between.
  • The high zoom (1.6x) and good lens shifting give you increased placement flexibility, which may matter more in a living room than in a dedicated theater room.

Photo: Michael Murtaugh

Flaws but not dealbreakers

  • The image isn’t technically 4K and doesn’t look quite as sharp as what you can see from some competitors, but it’s still highly detailed.
  • The lamp life isn’t as long as that of some projectors we tested, but a replacement bulb costs less.

You can read more about this projector and others in our full guide to living-room projectors.

Best portable mini projector

Our pick

Xgimi MoGo 2

This compact projector offers good image brightness, above-average sound, and easy setup—for less money than similarly equipped competitors. It lacks a built-in battery, but you can run it off a USB-C power bank.

Buying Options

$399* from Amazon

*At the time of publishing, the price was $400.

Xgimi MoGo 2 Pro

The Pro version’s 1080p resolution produces a slightly cleaner, sharper image than the basic version—but that improvement may not be worth the extra cost for many people.

Buying Options

$599* from Amazon

*At the time of publishing, the price was $600.

If you need a small, compact projector you can easily put away, or even carry around with you in a backpack, the Xgimi MoGo 2 Series offers almost everything we could ask for in this type of projector. The series includes two models (standard and pro versions) that share the same core features and design: Both are LED projectors with a compact form, built-in streaming services and speakers, support for Bluetooth audio, and a USB-C charging port.

The 720p MoGo 2 is best for most people because it gives you all of those features—and surprisingly good performance—for around $400. The pricier MoGo 2 Pro ups the resolution to full HD (1080p)—which does produce a slightly cleaner, sharper image—and has a few more advanced setup tools.

Why we like it

  • The MoGo 2 Series is brighter than many portable projectors and has respectably accurate color.
  • Its internal speaker system delivers good sound. You can also connect an external speaker via Bluetooth.
  • The projector automatically focuses and shapes the image so that it’s always optimized for your desired throw distance and angle, no matter where you place it.
  • It includes HDMI and USB ports and its Android TV operating system gives you direct access to streaming apps such as those for Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, and Spotify. Netflix can be sideloaded, too.

Photo: Michael Hession

Flaws but not dealbreakers

  • We wish the black level were better so movies looked richer in a dark room.
  • The MoGo 2 has a 720p resolution, and its pixel structure is more visible. The MoGo 2 Pro’s 1080p image looks sharper and crisper, but we’re not sure it’ll be worth the $200 price increase for many people.
  • There’s no built-in battery, but you can power the projector off a USB-C power bank.

You can read more about this projector and others in our full guide to portable mini projectors.

Best short-throw projector (for small spaces)

Our pick

BenQ HT2150ST

If you’re short on space, the BenQ HT2150ST can produce a larger image from a shorter distance.

In order to create a large image most projectors need to be positioned far from the screen. This distance is called the throw distance, and can be anywhere from 8 to 15 feet, depending on the projector and desired image size. Short-throw projectors are convenient for small rooms or other situations where space is limited. The BenQ HT2150ST can sit much closer to the screen than a standard projector, and is bright enough to use in a room with some ambient light.

Why we like it

  • It works in spaces other projectors can’t, producing a 100-inch image with only a couple feet of space.
  • It produces a bright image that can work in a room that gets some ambient light.
  • Its integrated speaker and small size make it easy to store when not being used.

Photo: BenQ

Flaws but not dealbreakers

  • The short-throw lens can cause some fringing artifacts that you might notice.
  • It’s bright, but the colors aren’t as accurate as those of the non-short-throw BenQ HT2050A.

Best outdoor projector

Our pick

BenQ GS50

The GS50 is a bright, battery-powered Android TV projector with lots of connection options. The more durable, weatherproof design makes it good for outdoor use.

If you’re looking for something more rugged to use outside, the BenQ GS50 is battery-powered and both splash and drop resistant, so it’s a good choice for camping or enjoying a backyard movie night when mated with a modest-size screen. It doesn’t perform as well as our indoor portable pick for movies, and it’s not as bright as a bulb-based, non-battery-powered home theater projector, but the picture is certainly good enough for casual TV watching or the occasional outdoor viewing session.

Why we like it

  • This is one of the brightest portable projectors we’ve measured, and it also has good color accuracy and a long battery life.
  • The sound quality is better than average, and it can double as a Bluetooth speaker.
  • You can connect mobile devices to it in a variety of ways: HDMI, USB-A, or USB-C.
  • It comes with a nice carrying case.

The GS50 is designed for outdoor use. It’s both splashproof and drop-resistant. The GS50 is larger than any other projector we’ve tested for this guide, but still small enough to move around easily. There’s a leather carrying strap on the side and a tripod mount on the bottom. Photo: Adrienne Maxwell

Flaws but not dealbreakers

  • The black level is mediocre, so movies don’t look as rich and saturated in a dark room.
  • This projector is larger than any other “mini” projector we’ve tested, but it’s still smaller than most traditional indoor projectors.
  • The supplied Android TV dongle was sluggish.

You can read more about this projector and others in our full guide to portable mini projectors.

Why we don’t recommend ultra-short-throw projectors for most people

What you’ll need to complete your projector setup

A great screen

Our pick

If you have a projector, you should get a screen. Most modern projectors are bright enough to throw a decent image on just about any close-enough-to-white surface, but you won’t get accurate colors without a proper screen. A screen has less texture than a wall, plus it will add pop to the image, because paint almost always has less gain (that is, it reflects less light) than a screen, meaning the image will appear dimmer than is ideal. The Silver Ticket STR Series performs as well as screens costing thousands of dollars. You can read about screen materials and our testing methods in our full guide to the best projector screen.

A projector mount

Our pick

If you want to get your projector up and out of the way, you need a mount. The Peerless-AV PRGS-UNV Projector Mount is one of our favorites due to its flexibility and how easy it is to set up correctly. The mounting arms are highly adjustable and removable, so it can handle anything from a tiny DLP projector to the gigantic JVC D-ILA projectors that most mounts cannot fit. The dials let you easily make small adjustments to the projector to get it level with the screen and produce the best-quality image without much work. After years of using this mount and going through dozens of tested projectors, we have yet to find one that the Peerless-AV cannot handle.

Other AV gear

Frequently asked questions

How many lumens is good for a projector?

For a home theater projector that you will use mostly in a dark room, we recommend at least 1,000 ANSI lumens for a 100-inch screen. If you plan to use the projector in a room with more ambient light, you’ll want to go brighter: at least 1,500 ANSI lumens (ideally 2,000 or more). The larger the screen size you want, the brighter the projector needs to be to produce a satisfying image. Manufacturers’ claimed brightness specifications are usually exaggerated, so it’s best to rely on actual measured results from trusted reviewers. Some manufacturers use LEDs instead of traditional bulbs as the light source in their projectors, and they list the brightness rating in “LED lumens” instead of ANSI lumens to give a higher number.

How far away should you sit from a projection screen?

This depends on how much you want the projected image to fill your field of view. Some people like to sit closer in the movie theater so it feels more immersive, while others prefer to sit farther back. It’s the same at home. Experts generally recommend a viewing distance that fills between 30 and 36 degrees of your field of view, and you can use this calculator to help find a good seating distance for your screen size.

Is a 4K projector worth it?

If you watch a lot of 4K content and want the most detailed image you can get, a 4K projector is the way to go. The step up in resolution from 1080p to 4K can be more obvious on a projector than it is on most TVs, due to the larger screen size. However, native 4K projectors are very expensive and usually reserved for the most ardent home theater fans. Most affordable “4K” projectors use some type of pixel-shifting technology to reproduce a 4K image, which can be very effective and really is good enough for most people. Also, once you get past a certain seating distance, your eyes may not be able to see the difference between 4K and 1080p. You can use this 4K viewing-distance calculator as a guide. Most 4K projectors also support high dynamic range video, but we think this feature is less important on projectors, since none of them are bright enough to do HDR properly.

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Further reading

  • The Best Home Projector for a Living Room

    by Geoffrey Morrison

    The Epson Home Cinema 3800’s combination of high brightness, great picture quality, and convenient setup tools make it our favorite living-room projector.

  • The Best Portable Mini Projector

    by Adrienne Maxwell

    A portable mini projector won’t perform as well as a good TV or home-theater projector, but Xgimi’s MoGo 2 Series ably blends performance and convenience.

  • The Best 4K Projector

    by Adrienne Maxwell

    The Epson LS11000 4K laser projector delivers a big, beautiful image and has most of the features you need.

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While the price of big-screen TVs has dropped a lot in recent years, a front projector is still the best value for someone who wants to enjoy their favorite movies and TV shows on a really large screen. But choosing the right projector from a crowded field of models that range in price from a couple hundred bucks to thousands of dollars can be a daunting task.

Different projectors are designed for different uses. And, even more so than for a TV, a projector’s performance is impacted by the room environment and the size and type of screen you pair with it. So before you shop, here are some key questions to ask yourself to help find the best projector for you.

What do you plan to use the projector for?

Are you looking for a projector primarily for watching movies or sports, playing games, or displaying business presentations? Many of the lowest-priced projectors are best suited for business uses such as PowerPoint or whiteboard presentations and company video chats. They can offer a decent amount of brightness and a variety of options for connecting to a computer, but their resolution may not be full HD (1920×1080 pixels) or be in the correct shape (16:9) for movie and TV watching. Most important, projectors designed for business use often have highly exaggerated colors that are meant to pop in a brightly lit conference room but don’t look natural with movies in a darker room, and they lack the video adjustments to make the image more accurate.

For movies, you should get at least a full HD projector that can reproduce all or most of the Rec 709 color gamut that’s used for HDTV and home video releases. Ideally, it includes a Cinema or Movie mode that comes close to reference standards, plus the controls you need to fine-tune the image for the best performance. If you’ve invested in a 4K Blu-ray player or other 4K source, be prepared to pay more for a projector with a 4K resolution and support for high dynamic range video, such as the JVC DLA-NX5.

For sports and gaming, ideally you should get a full or 4K HD model that’s very bright (2,500 lumens or more) and has a 120 Hz refresh rate, which results in less motion blur in fast-moving images. Gamers should look for a projector that offers very low input lag, which means less time between when something happens in the game and when you see it on your screen. Many home entertainment projectors now include a game mode with lower input lag; we recommend that the lag amount be 16 ms or less. We like the Viewsonic PX701-4K for sports and gaming.

If you’re less concerned about picture quality and just want a simple option for watching the occasional YouTube video or TV show, a portable mini projector like the Xgimi MoGo Pro can serve as a replacement for a modestly sized TV. Such projectors often have features that you won’t find in a traditional projector—like built-in streaming apps, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth—but they can’t deliver the brightness, contrast, or color accuracy of their larger siblings (more on this below). Plus, they’re small, so you can move them around or take them to a friend’s house.

What type of room will you use the projector in?

This question is particularly important for movie enthusiasts because it affects how much you should spend on a projector. Do you have a dedicated theater room in which you can fully block out extraneous light, or do you watch movies only at night with the lights off? Do you want to have a truly cinematic big-screen experience and see all the finest details in your favorite dark, moody thriller? If so, it may be worth paying more to get a higher-end home theater projector that can deliver an image with truly deep, dark black levels and an especially high contrast ratio that results in a richer, more engaging picture. These projectors often use higher-quality lens systems that allow for better contrast and crisper images, but they’re also bigger and heavier—so you’ll likely want to place them permanently in a projector mount attached to the wall or ceiling, as opposed to setting them on a table or shelf.

If movie night usually takes place with a few room lights on (even if they’re dimmed), or you’re looking for a projector for a living room or den that will also serve to display movies, TV shows, and sports during the day, the black-level performance becomes less critical and the projector’s brightness matters more. You can find good living-room projectors and budget home theater projectors that may not deliver that nth degree of performance but can still produce a big, bright image with respectable color accuracy. These projectors are usually smaller and lighter than dedicated home theater projectors, so you can move them around easily, and they have built-in speakers so you don’t have to add an external sound system (though you’ll probably want to because their speakers seldom sound good).

Another thing to consider is the size of your room. Traditional projectors need a lot of space to cast a large image. Generally speaking, to cast a 100-inch image, you need at least 100 inches between the projector and screen. For a small room, you may need a projector with a short-throw lens, which allows it to cast a larger image from a shorter distance.

How big of a screen do you want?

The bigger the screen size, the more light output your projector needs to produce a well-saturated image. A projector’s brightness capability is usually listed in ANSI lumens, but keep in mind that manufacturers’ stated light specs can be misleading; in real-world use, projectors usually put out a lot less light, at least in the more accurate picture modes. We recommend at least 1,000 ANSI lumens for a 100-inch screen, which means to be safe you should look for a projector with a stated light output of around 2,000 lumens. (If we’re talking about a dedicated theater room projector, you can get away with a slightly lower number because you’ll probably be keeping the room completely dark. )

When you move into the realm of portable and mini/pico projectors, you can expect a big dropoff in lumens. This type of projector isn’t designed to deliver a true big-screen movie experience, and in most cases the smaller the projector, the less light it outputs. For our guide to the best portable mini projectors, we set a minimum requirement of 300 ANSI lumens, which allowed us to get a decently bright image at a 55-inch screen size in a room with moderate light. Even at that low number, a lot of the super-tiny pico projectors were disqualified since many of them come in under 200 lumens. (Many of them lack a full HD resolution, too—but that matters less at smaller screen sizes.) These little things are good for casual movie and TV watching, but keep your expectations in check.

We should add that your choice of screen material (and yes, you should use a screen) also matters here. Different materials have a different screen gain, which is the amount of light that the material reflects back at you. A 1.0-gain screen reflects back the same amount of light as a standard magnesium oxide white board. Higher gains reflect more light and can help make your projector-and-screen combo seem a little brighter, while lower gains reflect less light and can help improve black-level performance. If you plan to use a projector in a living room or den with minimal light control, consider an ambient-light-rejecting screen, which is specially designed to reject light from lamps and windows to help improve contrast in a brighter room, but keep in mind that those screens can cost a lot more and are generally available only through custom installers.

What special features do you need?

The final question to ask yourself: Are there any special features you need that may not come standard? Pretty much all home entertainment projectors now include at least one HDMI input to connect easily to media players, cable or satellite DVRs, and gaming consoles. If you plan to stream all your content, you can connect a streaming stick from Roku or Amazon via HDMI and not have to deal with connecting an extra set-top box.

Many projectors still include an RGB computer input, but analog connectors like component and composite inputs are becoming rare—so if you wish to connect an older, analog-only source device, make sure to specifically search for a model that has them.

If you need to supply power to a connected device such as a wireless HDMI receiver, many projectors now include a powered USB port for just such a purpose. And if you have a motorized screen, a 12-volt trigger allows you to automatically send raise or lower commands when the projector is turned off or on. This feature is common in higher-end projectors but less so in budget models.

As I mentioned above, dedicated home theater projectors seldom have a built-in speaker, as the expectation is that you’ll add a home-theater-worthy sound system, too. Many lower-priced projectors, including all of the picks in our budget home theater projector guide, have internal speakers that sound mediocre at best; you’ll probably want to incorporate some type of external speaker. Sadly, few traditional projectors offer built-in Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to send audio to a tabletop speaker, but most of them have a 3.5 mm audio output—so you can connect a tabletop speaker via a cable, or you could buy a cheap Bluetooth transmitter to send the audio wirelessly to a better sound system.

When it comes to features, there’s no beating a portable entertainment projector like the Xgimi MoGo Pro. It has almost everything you need built in: streaming apps like Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, battery power, and a better-sounding internal speaker than on many traditional budget projectors. If you’re willing to sacrifice screen size to get an easy-to-use, all-in-one model, this projector may be the way to go.

We hope these questions and answers will assist you in narrowing down your options. If you still have questions, drop them in the comments section, and we’ll try to help.

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  • The Best Projectors

    by Wirecutter Staff

    We reviewed every type of projector to find the best projector to fit your needs, whether it’s for a home theater or a home office.

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Choosing a projector for your home – expert advice

Choosing a projector for home use

If you are interested in the question of how to choose a projector for your home, then you first need to understand the difference between office and home projectors. Office projectors are lightweight and work in resolutions:

  • XGA,
  • SVGA,
  • WXGA.

These standards apply to computer monitors and laptop screens. Accordingly, office projectors are tailored to work with the image of these displays.

Home projectors have a wider range of resolutions and work with video images. They are designed to broadcast video even in modern HD, FullHD, 4K formats. That is why it is important for the home to choose a projector that will provide full video display. This is especially true if you are going to stream 4K video from the Internet or view modern tapes from Blu-Ray media. Office models simply will not be able to fully convey the image quality and display the desired resolution.

In general, at home, the projector can be used for various purposes: for a home theater, for design decoration, as a replacement for a classic TV.

Which projector should I choose for my home?

Home cinema with a projector is a great idea!

In the event that you do not know which projector to choose for your home, you have two options. The first is to study recommendation articles on the Internet and reviews, and then make a choice yourself. The second is to turn to specialists. In many ways, the choice of a particular device depends on your needs and the following table will help you figure it out.


At the moment, the choice of projectors is very wide. At the same time, there are no problems with their maintenance, since lamps for the projector are also easily sold at retail. However, when choosing a specific model, you need to pay attention to one more nuance: the minimum distance of the projector from the screen. The fact is that not all projectors can project a high-quality image at a given distance.

Home projector location settings

What can the projector be used for in the home?

So, let’s see what you can use the projector in the house for. The first and most popular direction is home cinema. Depending on the parameters of the room, you can equip a very good cinema corner with excellent acoustics. As our table shows, high resolution projector models should be selected to guarantee the highest picture quality. In this case, you can place the device in three places:

  • on table or stand,
  • fix to the ceiling with bracket,
  • on the surfaces of shelves or cabinets.

A projector and screen on the wall combined with a good sound system can make a great home theater

The second way to use the projector in the house is designer lighting of the planes. For example, various animated screensavers can be projected onto the wall. Or display an image of the starry sky on the ceiling. The advantage of this type of use is that it is not necessary to use a special screen at all. By the way, you can pre-purchase lamps for the Infocus projector to ensure uninterrupted broadcasting of your favorite images and movies.