Dangbei Mars Pro

The Dangbei Mars Pro 4K projector delivers exceptional picture quality and brightness, even in a room with ambient light. The vibrant colors and sharp details make for a truly immersive viewing experience. The projector's ability to maintain clarity and contrast in well-lit environments is impressive. Whether it's for watching movies or playing games, the Dangbei Mars Pro 4K projector ensures that every moment is visually stunning, no matter the lighting conditions. Please see the video of it projecting on a 100 inch screen with all lights on in my living room plus where I have the projector mounted.

I have been using this projector to watch movies and this is the best investment you can do for home theater needs.

I have now owned 3 different 1080p projectors that I have used extensively over the last few months :

- The first was an under-$200 unit that had manual adjustments for focus and keystone, a very loud fan, and tinny built-in audio. It came with a 100" fabric screen that I have continued to use. It's still very watchable, but when I had to fall back to it recently, I realized I had forgotten all the limitations.

- The second was a Netflix licensed emotn N1 from the same manufacturer as this product that lists for around $400, currently selling here around $320. This unit added automatic focus and keystone correction, better sound, a brighter & clearer picture, and acceptable sound quality, similar to a TV without a soundbar.

- And finally, this unit, the Dangbei Mars. This is essentially the big brother of the emotn N1, with a brighter image, better optics, and MUCH better sound. I still switch over to my soundbar via Bluetooth when I want to watch a cinematic movie or listen to music, but the internal speakers are more than sufficient for the news and adult cartoons that I frequently watch. Having operated the N1, the family resemblance is unmistakable, with the same basic user interface and OS, identical remote controls, etc.

I have an improvised theater setup with the 100" screen hanging from the mantle over our fireplace, and the Dangbei projector sitting on the coffee table a few feet away. Because the screen is so low relative to the wall, I need to put a spacer under the back edge of the unit to angle the picture down to fit the screen. I should be able to replace that workaround with a couple of self-adhesive legs of the proper height.

When I was using the smaller emotn N1 unit, I hit upon a combination where the built-in "leg" that is provided to prop the thing up at an angle to the screen and the geometry of the room let me leave that projector at the front edge of the coffee table and it all just worked.

With the new, bigger model, I need to pull it back towards the couch to get the proper size, and prop up the back as noted before. (The Dangbei has a threaded tripod connector on the bottom, but no additional legs or screw-feet to adjust the angle.)

Having said all of that, I am very happy to give this new projector a "forever home," and I would happily recommend it to anyone, especially if you need the extra brightness for watching in brighter conditions.

But if you are feeling budget constrained, I can also recommend the emotn N1 at the lower price as a good compromise.

Surprisingly well designed. I want to give the picture 5 stars so bad. Maybe I will when I configure my NVidea graphics to drive the projector. Overall this is an amazing home theatre projector. Refresh rate is very smooth. For a test drive, I watched Avatar. Could not get my gaze off the wall for the entire movie. Kudus Dangbei.

I’ve never heard of this brand and I wasn’t sure if the specs were real. However after using it side by side with another better known projector - this one is hands down the winner. It’s brighter during the day time and speaker system has decent bass. Even at 10ft away from the wall with the lights on, it was still projecting a decent image. Pretty dang good for a normal throw projector - usually I only see short throw projectors this bright!