XGIMI drops impressive new Horizon 20 series of projectors
Big brightness and stellar gaming
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Reviewed / Christian de Looper
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XGIMI has long offered a pretty stellar selection of projectors, and at IFA 2025, it unveiled its latest models. The XGIMI Horizon 20 series comprises three high-tech projector models that could well prove to be the best projectors in their price range.
According to XGIMI, the projectors are built for average users and cinephiles alike. Even the entry-level model, called the XGIMI Horizon 20, has a lot to offer. Here’s a look at each of the models in the series.
XGIMI Horizon 20
The Horizon 20 may be the base model in the series, but it’s still a pretty impressive projector, especially at its price point. It supports a refresh rate of up to 240Hz (in a 1080p resolution), and it can reach a brightness of 3,200 ISO lumens, which is quite bright.
It can take full advantage of that brightness, too. The projector supports Dolby Vision and HDR10+, plus it has a built-in Filmmaker Mode. There’s even a low-latency gaming mode, which XGIMI says delivers a latency of only 1ms, though you’ll need to be in 1080p to reach that latency. Even in 4K, the projector only has a 3ms latency, and while 4K content is capped at 60Hz, that’s still pretty impressive.
Speaking of gaming, XGIMI is partnering with Ubisoft for Assassin’s Creed: Shadows for all three of the projectors—and when you buy the projector, you can get a code for the game. The software under the hood is Google TV, and the projectors are licensed to run Netflix. That’s considered a unique perk in the world of projectors, as there are plenty of projectors out there that require annoying workarounds to get Netflix to run.
The XGIMI Horizon 20 certainly isn’t cheap, but it’s also not over-the-top for a projector. It costs $1,699 and is up for pre-order now, with full availability set for October 15.
XGIMI Horizon 20 Pro
In the middle of the Horizon 20 series is the XGIMI Horizon 20 Pro, which steps things up a little. Most notable is a higher brightness, sitting at 4,100 ISO lumens. That should make for brighter HDR highlights and better performance in SDR. Brightness is the only significant difference between the Horizon 20 Pro and the standard Horizon 20, apart from minor cosmetic changes such as a red ring around the lens and a different speaker design under the speaker grille.
The higher brightness does come at a cost—the Horizon 20 Pro sits at $2,499.
XGIMI Horizon 20 Max
The brightest model in the lineup is the XGIMI Horizon 20 Max, which boasts a very impressive brightness of 5,700 ISO lumens. That puts it on par with some of the brightest projectors you can buy right now, which should further improve things like HDR performance, while also making the projector better suited for environments with higher ambient brightness. The key difference between this model and the other Horizon 20 models is brightness, with the design remaining the same as the Pro. That’s not a bad thing, though—these are pretty good-looking projectors.
Again, there’s a price bump—the Horizon 20 Max costs $2,999. If you’re willing to spend that much on a projector, this one may well be worth the cash.
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