ViewSonic has debuted the LX700-4K RGB, labeling it as the “world’s first ceiling-mounted home projector with RGB laser technology”, and it can output a whopping 5,200 lumens of brightness and visuals that expand to 300-inches diagonally.
It’s a beast of a projector powered by RGB laser light technology that combines red, green and blue diodes, though there is a caveat to ViewSonic’s claims regarding its maximum brightness. The company explains that it uses ANSI standards to rate the brightness of the LX700-4K RGB projector, and states that it doesn’t always accurately represent the performance of its latest generation wide-colour-gamut projectors.
Therefore, the output rating has been adjusted for something called the “Helmholtz-Kohlrausch effect”, which refers to situations where the human eye may perceive highly saturated images to be brighter than those that are less saturated in colour. Still, the company says it’s confident that the LX700-4K RGB projector is more than bright enough to work in the most sun-splashed of rooms, without closing the curtains or dimming the lights.
ViewSonic said the LX700-4K RGB model delivers a lifetime of up to 30,000 hours and provides 100% coverage of the BT.2020 colour gamut and 3,000,000:1 contrast.
The LX700-4K RGB is a DLP projector that features a relatively large 0.65-inch DMD chip, which is bigger than the 0.47-inch chips found in most home projectors these days. That powerful chip is more than enough to deliver “true” 4K UHD resolution with 3,840 x 2,160 pixels. What’s more, it supports HDR and HLG high dynamic range formats, ensuring “theatre quality” experiences. Users can adjust the picture size to their liking, with a range of 30-inches to 300-inches.
The company also claims the LX700-4K RGB has achieved certification for its low blue light emissions from TÜV Rheinland, and other specifications include a 1.6x optical zoom and 2x digital zoom to ease installation, together with vertical lens shift, keystone correction and four-corned adjustment features.
On the front of the projector, users will notice there’s a green and white Xbox label, which signifies its ability to support advanced gaming experiences with its 120Hz refresh rates, VRR and ALLM support. Its input lag is rated at 4.2 milliseconds, which should be more than fast enough to ensure smooth action scenes.
There’s no onboard operating system like many other home projectors do these days, which may disappoint some users as that is slowly but surely becoming a requisite for such products. However, ViewSonic says it’s compatible with streaming sticks from Google, Amazon and Roku, as well as set-top boxes such as the Apple TV. It also supports casting from smartphones and tablets.
The audio is limited to a built-in 15-watt mono speaker, though there is an HDMI port that supports eARCH for those who want to hook the projector up to an external speaker system for high-quality surround sound.
Best of all is the price tag, with ViewSonic asking for a mere $1,599 in the U.S., where it is on sale now.
