Summary: The Hisense PX2 Pro is an amazing projector that will make you smile ?? every time you use it.

Explanation: I did a lot of research on Ultra Short Throw (UST) projectors in the $2000 - $3000 range. ProjectorScreen.com definitely was an excellent source for me to use during my research on trying to decide what UST projector to get (shout out to their Ultra Short Throw Projector Shootout for 2023 comparisons). I'm certain all of the UST projectors in this price range would be excellent choices, but I finally settled on buying the Hisense PX2 Pro. After using the PX2 Pro everyday for over 2 weeks, I can safely say that I have ZERO regrets in buying this projector.

The PX2 Pro has a stunning picture quality (screenshots don't do it justice, you have to see it in person to really witness its glory). The picture is so bright, sharp, and the colors are rich/vivid. The black level is deep, especially for the price range that this projector falls in. I have not done any calibration so i'm sure the picture quality can look even better if you take the time to calibrate it. In my opinion, the PX2 Pro is excellent right out of the box.

In terms of features/capabilities, the PX2 Pro has a lot of great bells and whistles (4k resolution, eARC, Dolby Vision HDR, HDR10, ALLM, Google TV, built-in apps) that should future proof it for years to come. I watched a lot of movies in Dolby Vision on Netflix and was left very impressed with the detailed color, depth, and contrast. Also, i'm a big gamer so I have played a lot of games (PS5, Xbox Series X, PC) on the PX2 Pro. The games look stunning on this projector and I have not had any issue with input lag, as long as you have the game mode on. I play a lot of competitive games so I know all about input lag. You will not have a problem on this projector as long as you play with game mode on.

Setting the projector up was also a breeze thanks to it's auto geometric calibration feature. My experience with setting up short throw projectors in the past were not great. It was always tricky to get the picture aligned with the screen. I had a much easier time with the PX2 Pro. I'm using a 120 inch screen and was able to align the picture in a matter of minutes.

The PX2 Pro built in sound also seems great. The sound is clear and can get loud enough for an enjoyable experience. I never use the built in sound on projectors (I have an home theater surround sound system to cover that department).

The Hisense PX2 Pro is definitely an UST projector that you should not overlook. It is an excellent projector in so many ways.

So I was very hesitant to buy this projector do to how new it is, but with it being so comparable to the l9g I figured it was worth a shot. So my set up is a 120" light grey screen in my basement no windows completely light controlled. Set up was super simple and adjusting different aspects of the projector were pretty easy all in all. Now for the actual image, I was very surprised with true 4k content it was completely crisp and clean no hesitation from the projector at all, the only draw back I found is the lumens. I really wish this thing would be just a little brighter being a laser projector but it is what it is I know having a grey screen probably helps with black levels but it also cost a little in brightness so if I could do one thing over again it would be to go with a white screen. We've only had it hooked up for a few days now and all in all I'm impressed, movies look great, actual cable is so so but that's not the projectors fault it's only spitting out what cheap signal it's getting in from the cheap networks who refuse to spend the money and make the necessary upgrades for 4k content. As for the speakers they do a pretty good job they're basically the same as a sound bar but if you're wiling to spend the money on the projector do yourself a favor and pull out some cash for some decent WiSA certified speakers then you can truly feel immersed in the picture. Currently I can't find a stand low enough to support my projector so I plan on building one myself, plus I can configure it for all the rest of my gadgets and tech. All in all I would recommend the projector but like I said the only drawback I have found is the lumens I wish it was just a little brighter. Enjoy!

I took a look at both the Hisense L9G and PX1-Pro UST projectors. I also compared the PX1-Pro with the JVC NX5 and Optima UHZ65 projectors.  I used a Cima Tiburon .8 gain screen and an idis13 with Chromapure software and test disc to conduct testing. Below are my findings with some photos attached.  

Hisense PX1-Pro:

Sharpness. 10/10. The PX1-Pro was sharper than the L9, the NX5, and the UHZ65. In fact, the Pro had one of the sharpest images I’ve seen from a projector. I wasn’t expecting that, especially given it uses the smaller .47 TI DLP chip and an actuator to simulate native 4K, as does the L9G. 

Contributing to this sharpness phenomenon is not only the fact that the pixels are bouncing off the screen from a few inches away, but that this UST projector is equipped with manual digital remote focus to help tighten things on that front. 

The lens configuration is excellent. Brightness uniformity outperformed the UHZ65’s and was slightly better than the NX5 and even the sibling L9. The machine put up rock solid yet cinematically appearing images. Like with the sharpness phenomenon mentioned above, this solidity is likely due to the pixels bouncing off the screen from just inches away. 

Motion. 9.5/10. Using “Custom” motion at a setting of 2 for Judder and 2 for Motion Blur produced very smooth motion with no soap opera effect. There were some very rare panning shots of objects or people moving that showed with some mild judder. But overall, at that setting, motion looked natural as if native and slightly better than the native motion of the NX5 and UHZ65.

Resolution. 8.5/10. Oddly, for a smaller chipped shifter projector, the PX1-Pro resolved about the same or almost the same amount of detail as did the native 4K JVC NX5. But again, this DLP comes with better precision from the single chip design, which here is emitting so close to the screen as if the pixels are emanating from an emissive/flat panel display.

Color. 10/10. The relevant color spaces for this discussion are rec709, DCI-P3, and Rec/BT 2020. Rec/BT 2020 being the widest, there isn’t much commercial video content graded to extend color that far out. Some movies like The Matrix, Lucy, and Mad Max, Fury Road, however, do extend beyond DCI-P3. I put those movies in the player and found some noticeable color improvement in certain scenes over my other displays. That is, both the NX5 and UHZ65 are capable of around 90% of P3, while the PX1-Pro is capable of exceeding even Rec2020. While all displays accurately calibrated to DCI-P3 should render the color targets the same, some, like the JVCs, rely on a color filter to get there. What stood out to me with PX1-Pro and the L9 was the native color reproduction showed the purity and brightness of the tri-lasers’ colors.  

Compared with the L9, the PX1-Pro had a slight red push. Setting the color temp to mid-low and calibrating the white point helped. Calibrating both the L9 and the PX1-Pro to the Rec2020 color space, the 9 calibrated better. After calibrating it with an i1dis3 off the Tiburon screen, the L9 had a white balance Delta Error (DE) of only .6. Anything below a DE of 3 is hardly detectible. After color calibration of the Standard Picture mode, the 9 had a total average DE of 2.11, which is excellent. Conversely, the PX1-Pro had a total average DE after calibration of 4.43. This was mostly due to controlling green, likely also impacting red.  Still, because the 2020 color space exceeds P3 found in almost all UHD content, and the Pro easily met P3, I gave the machine a perfect score here.

HDR. 8.5/10.  Tone mapping was overall very good. The machine’s brightness capability was a tremendous help. However, setting the machine’s Active Contrast to High can cause some blown out highlights. Rolling back contrast from default to 42 and setting gamma to 2.2 reduced the effect. I was able to use Active Contrast on High without dialing back contrast when using the PX1-Pro with the Panasonic 820 disc player’s HDR optimizer.

Contrast. 7.5/10.  I measured sequential contrast off the lens in Standard picture mode with the laser set to 10 and Laser Light Shift set to -10 with Active Contrast on High to get the best sequential contrast measurement. The lasers do turn off, so technically the machine has infinite contrast, but we don’t watch an all black screen for colorful content. So using enough pixels to keep the PX1-Pro’s lasers from shutting off yielded the sequential contrast measurement of 1,184:1. The L9 measured 1,170:1. Still the black level reading on the PX1-Pro was better than the L9’s. It came in at .45, whereas the black level reading of the L9 was .55.  In actual viewing, the Laser Light Shift set to -10 made dark scenes look more convincing than I recalled them being on the Samsung LSP9T I had tested months ago. Also, the PX1-Pro had very good gray gradations in dark scenes.  

Compared to the UHZ65 and NX5, however, the blacks on the PX1-Pro appeared as more of a dark gray. For comparison sake, the UHZ65’s best sequential contrast measurement was over 20,000:1 using its mid-laser DD without the laser shutting off and the JVC NX5’s native sequential contrast measurement at open aperture was 29,000:1 (activating the dynamic iris would improve on that number much more).

The reason I still gave the PX1-Pro a decent score, however, was because in addition to the benefit to black levels I presume it would receive from a dedicated .4 gain or .6 gain ALR screen, the PX1-Pro with me registered a relatively high ANSI contrast reading. Before I state the number, I would like you to take note that getting an accurate ANSI contrast measurement is very difficult; it’s very room and low light reflection dependent and a difference in room treatments can cause a variance in results. Anyway, the PX1-Pro, here, came in at 456:1. In “contrast,” the same day measurements of the NX5 was 244:1 and the UHZ65 340:1.

Artifacting. 8/10. I put up a cross hatch pattern onscreen and noticed some chromatic aberration. There was red bleed out of white and very slight blue jutting out but neither had any effect on actual content viewed. I also noticed speckle but could no longer make it out from 9 feet away.  

While I saw color separation artifacts (rainbow effect) on the L9, I did not see any on the PX1-Pro in normal viewing. Although neither of the UST units use a color wheel, both units use a single chip and the colors all must pulse/sequence through the one chip at different times. My theory as to why I could not see RBE on the Pro is not that the colors are cycling more rapidly on the Pro than on the 9 but more likely because the Pro is not as bright, so color separation from white is not as noticeable. Then again, perhaps it would be a good idea to ask the Hisense engineers if the cycle speed was increased on the PX1-Pro. Either way, the finding still stands.

Value. 10/10. Feature-packed with true RGB lasers, great sharpness, good lens, strong motion handling, the ability to project up to 130 diagonal inches aided by digital focus capability, this projector, at an MSRP of $3,999, is one of the best value propositions I’ve come across in a long time.

TOTAL UST PROJECTOR SCORE: 9/10