Hisense XR10 Smart Projector Review: RGB-Powered Wonder

Photograph: John Brandon

A demo reel I watched did look incredible in almost every segment, but a scene showing white mist over a white mountain had a slight blurriness compared to the LG Micro RGB Evo and the Leica Cine Play 1. Equally so, a yellow flower scene and dark trees on a dark background did not look as realistic. Still, green grass behind a fence that often looks brown on midrange projectors, the colors of a sunset, a red cactus, and a steam from a hot spring all looked amazing.

One of the XR10’s biggest struggles is with daytime viewing in a bright room. Even though Hisense includes some language about opening the shades on their website, the reality is that several movies looked a bit too dim with the brightness cranked up. I watched a few episodes of Blue Lights on the Britbox app and it looked too washed out and gray at times. This is true of several other high-end projectors, though, including the Leica Cine Play 1.

Making Games Pop

I switched to video games, sports, and news broadcasts and kept seeing vivid and brilliant colors, since the XR10 does such an admirable job of rendering colors on a big screen.

On an Xbox Series X, playing Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, I noticed the contrast was just about perfect, showing water on the main characters’ arms and on the rocks in a realistic and convincing way. Nothing looked washed out or unrealistic in those scenes. In Forza Horizon 6, on both Xbox and a PC, a few nighttime races in winter looked stunningly real, with snow falling on the road and water collecting in a realistic way. A white BMW M4 looked crisp, perfectly clear, but not overly bright, making it seem like the car was sitting right in front of me.