Saying the Hision is one of the best projectors in this roundup is a little misleading. It is one of the least bad projectors in this roundup. It can create a watchable image, mostly, and is bright enough to get that image to roughly at least TV-size. It's even 1080p resolution. Thus end the superlatives, such as they are. The AuKing M8-F's image is a little better, and it's a little cheaper, but both are far better than the other options below.
The Hision is not particularly bright, in the ballpark of mini and portable projectors. The contrast ratio isn't much worse than some projectors we've reviewed, though that isn't saying much. It's surprisingly loud. The uniformity is bad, making the center of the image noticeably brighter than the edges.
It also had some bugs. Well, one bug. Literally. Forever entombed between the image sensor and the lens, it appeared as an ovoid splotch of darkness a few dozen pixels wide near the middle of the image. Charming.
The Hision was good only in comparison to most of the others here. If you just want to spend around $150 and you want 1080p, you could do worse.
Here's where I mention that pricing on all of these ultracheap projectors varies quite a bit, sometimes from day to day. If the Hision costs more than $100 when you read this, it's an even worse value. For around $250 the Vimgo P10 and AAXA P8 are both brighter and far more watchable, and definitely worth saving for in my opinion.
Page updated: May 2020
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