The next time you visit Amazon, while shopping for candle warmer lamps or whatever it is you have an urgent need to buy, type “projector” into the site’s search bar and filter the results for Best Sellers. You will see a list of projectors mostly from brands you’ve never heard of, with some selling for under $100. Many of these claim 1080p or even 4K support alongside high brightness, with 9,500 lumens being a common spec. Wait… are those specs real?
The best 4K projectors typically cost $2,000 and up, with top models such as the JVC DLA-NZ8 selling for $14,000. Home theater fans who have done their homework understand they will need to invest a fair amount of cash in a projection setup, and they also expect that any model they buy will match its published specs when it comes to resolution, brightness, and other performance parameters.
