The Chinese brand XGIMI (Chengdu XGIMI Technology Co., Ltd.) is well known to experts in the modern projection system segment. It was founded in 2013 with headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. XGIMI develops and manufactures smart projectors and laser TVs. Today, the company is one of the industry’s innovative leaders. Its products have successfully competed in more than 100 countries and regions, including the US, Europe, and Japan.
XGIMI’s product line includes:
– mid-focal compact Horizon 4K projectors and portable Halo, MoGo, and Elfin with Full HD (1080p) resolution;
– ultra-short-throw (UST) Aura laser TVs.
Almost all XGIMI projectors use Android TV and support autofocus and keystone correction. Many models have built-in Harman/Kardon audio systems.
At autumn IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin, Germany) XGIMI HORIZON 20 Series, including the HORIZON 20, 20 Pro and 20 Max, has become one of its sensations. Indeed, with prices ranging from $ 2,430 to $ 2,850, the model offers a color gamut up to 110% for BT.2020, brightness up to 5,700 ISO lumens, and dynamic contrast up to 20,000:1 with Dynamic Black Level Enhancement (DBLE) technology. It also boasts the newest DLP472TP DMD with DLPC8445 controller, the latest Google TV OS version, an innovative X-Master Red Ring lens, the latest MediaTek MT9679 SoC, and a full suite of popular innovative features. As a result, the 20 Max is rightfully positioned as the projector with the best price-quality ratio among mid-focal models.
However, the company is not going to rest on its laurels. At IFA 2025, XGIMI also presented its first full-size Titan crossover projector which is equally great for office, church, or school and as a Home Theater model.
XGIMI Titan
The full-size Titan is the largest, heaviest and most expensive in XGIMI’s lineup. Its dimensions and weight reach (15.9 x 6.1 x 12.4-inch)@25.4 lbs / (44 x 16 x x 34 cm)@11.5 kg. All black body with faux leather surfaces is made in a strict minimalist style. Titan comes with screw-on outrigger legs designed for installation on a tabletop, shelf, or niche. They raise the projector at 1.5″, giving the projector a slightly futuristic look.
In addition, the projector’s four attachment points underneath are compatible with the some universal brackets. However, the company also sells XGIMI’s Ceiling Mount Ultra and its Floor Stand Ultra separately, each priced at $400.
XGIMI is rightfully considered a leader in the development of new light sources. For example, the Horizon S Max was one of the first projectors with a laser/LED hybrid light engine. Titan is no exception, receiving an improved version of the Laser Phosphor-based optical module. Its dual-laser illumination engine uses red laser beam, which is directed to the six-segment color wheel, and traditional blue laser, some of whose output is converted to green by a phosphor wheel.
Maximum brightness with full power of lasers exceeds 6,600 ANSI lumens in Performance mode, which is 30% higher than the specs. But, of course, color accuracy is significantly reduced at this level. According to specs, audible noise is 32 dB, but in the brightest mode it’s higher. Furthermore, effective cooling requires at least 20 inches of clearance for the back and sides, as well as 12 inches for the front, when installed. But this brightness is enough to reproduce rich colors even in large rooms and relatively bright diffused daylight, making this model very versatile.
Resolution, lens, audio
The projector uses new high-performance 0.78-inch DLP DMD imaging chip supporting XPR technology. It’s called High Efficiency Pixel (HEP) chip and provides a 2.8x larger reflective surface area compared to the 0.47-inch chips.
The support for eXpanded Pixel Resolution (XPR) technology enables 4K playback. This chip uses 4-phase (4-position) pixel-shifting. Its operating principle is simple and elegant. The projector divides the 8 million pixels of the 4K input signal into four parts of 2 million each and displays them sequentially, offset by half a pixel diagonally. Importantly, the projector uses only 2 million micromirrors of a relatively inexpensive Full HD chip. Of course, it only displays one Full HD image at a time. But due to the high frequency, our brain perceives four Full HD pictures as a single, higher-resolution image. Pixel shift is achieved by tilting the lens using four electromagnets in the XPR module.
Titan uses a standard throw 13-piece all-glass lens with a transparent cover, It has a 1.20:1 – 1.80:1 throw ratio and a 1.5x optical zoom range and an innovative on-screen interactive dial for zooming. Focus range varies for images from 152 cm / 60″ to 635 cm / 250″ diagonal at (2.4 m – 6.6 m) Throw Distance.
The projector offers 2x 12W stereo speakers. Of course, their volume is limited, but a traditional audio-out headphone jack and a Toslink optical audio port solve this problem for larger rooms. In addition, Titan has Bluetooth sound connection.
Titan has a pair of HDMI inputs, including with eARC support for lossless digital audio. In addition, it offers a wired connection of 100Mbps and 802.11ax / Wi-Fi 6 wireless networking. Titan lacks any streaming interface, but this problem is easily solved using, for example, Google’s TV Streamer (4K).
Key features
The new dual-laser light source covers up to 150% of DCI-P3.
The projector’s dynamic contrast is 5,000,000:1. Unfortunately, there is no information about native, FOFO or AI-based ‘Viewing contrast’. But according to the company, Titan Noir Max version provides 10,000:1 contrast with a dynamic iris system.
Unlike the proprietary Dynamic Black Level Enhancement (DBLE) technology in XGIMI HORIZON 20 series, which uses software/laser modulation to achieve a 20,000:1 contrast ratio, the traditional dynamic iris is based on the slower mechanical adjustment.
But of course dynamic contrast is not equivalent to most accurate native ANSI contrast. For reference, it uses a single checkerboard pattern of 16 rectangles, including eight white and eight black. The luxmeter measures the brightness values of all the white and black squares. Then they are averaged. The ANSI contrast is a ratio of the averaged white readings to the black readings. Today, only expensive LCoS projectors provide very high native ANSI contrast due to perfect black. Native ANSI contrast of more than 1,500: 1 is already considered superb for DLP models.
In addition to the 3D option, Titan offers seven picture color modes. As the name suggests, Performance mode provides maximum brightness, which takes about a minute to reach. However, this mode is accompanied by heat generation, requiring temperature control (no more than 77°F / 25°C), and unobstructed airflow through the air vents.
Other modes are more typical. Startup time is about 13 seconds. The color gamut in the Standard setting with a red laser covers 150% of the DCI-P3 range. Sports, Movie, and TV modes are suitable for everyday content. The Filmmaker configuration traditionally turns off motion smoothing for better frame-by-frame playback. The Vivid mode provides maximum color saturation, which is convenient for graphics, for example.
Conclusion
Pros
– inexpensive for this class;
– advanced XGIMI X1 AI processor and newest 0.78-inch HEP imaging chip;
– specifed brightness of 5,000 ISO Lumens (real max up to 6,600 ANSI lumens) with new dual laser light engine;
– 5,000,000 : 1 dinamic contrast ratio;
– Color Space Coverage (color gamut) – up to 150% DCI-P3;
– HDR 10+, IMAX, and Dolby Vision support;
– Bluetooth and eARC connections.
Cons
– insufficiently powerful sound;
– loud fans at max brightness;
– no browser-based interface.
Unprecedentedly high brightness and a wide color gamut correspond to a premium level, providing a superb price-quality ratio for this segment. The newest 0.78-inch HEP imaging chip, HDR 10+, IMAX, Dolby Vision support, and Bluetooth connectivity expand Titan’s pros. Overall, the new series can be positioned as the first universal line of XGIMI projectors. It’s ideal for home theater and for an office, school, or house of worship. While $ 4,000 is a rather high price for a home model, it’s significantly lower than professional projectors. Therefore, the marketing prospects of XGIMI Titan series seem quite cloudless.
Additionally, the series may soon expand with a Titan Noir Max version. Compared to the XGIMI Titan, it additionally features a next-generation dynamic iris system and re-engineered SST-DMD architecture for enhanced contrast (up to 10,000:1 contrast and up to 100,000:1 dynamic contrast), a new thermal system, a three-laser light engine, and improved optics. The official price for this version has not been announced, but it will likely range from $4,000 to $5,000. Pre-orders are expected to begin in Q1 2026.
This video contains the presentation of XGIMI Titan Noir Max at CES 2026.