Can a $240 Amazon Projector beat out a $3500 JVC or a Wimius? - The Ultimea Apollo P40 Native 1080p
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How Good is the Ultimea Apollo P40 budget Amazon Projector? Today we won't just look at it subjectively, but we will also take a look at it's color spectrum so we can compare the Amazon Projectors with the JVC objectively.
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Intro: 0:00
Overview: 0:30
Auto Zoom and Keystone: 1:40
Picture Quality Subjective: 2:34
Picture Quality Tests: 4:15
Thoughts on Tests: 6:40
Is it worth $240? 7:29
Video shots: 7:40
Can you use this for Budget Home Theater? 8:36 - Věda a technologie
👇👇👇 Do you think you know of a projector that can beat this? Let me know below 👇👇👇
I doubt you will get better for the price. That was excellent test results!
@@2wilbster I completely agree. I’m glad you enjoyed the testing. To me it’s really neat to compare the differences.
Would there be an equivalent budget 4k projector by chance?
Build montage revied a JMGO N1 Laser projector.
I would be interested in you comparing the BenQ HT3550 to your JVC and this. It’s now on sale for $1099 so it certainly isn’t as budget friendly but it is know for a sharp and color accurate picture. It’s on my short list for my upcoming theater build…
Wow, I'm blown away! Amazing bang for the buck right here! Thanks for the detailed analysis 👌
Great Video - I especially like the picture quality section where you had the same shot on three screens!
Thank you Dan
Thanks for the thorough review! I bought the projector based on your video (and because it was twenty percent off, haha). Would you mind sharing which settings you use to get the best picture quality with the most natural colors (image settings and color temperature)? I'm not really happy with the out of the box colors over HDMI and the ones I briefly see in your video (11/-20/-24 for the RGB gains) still look somewhat off on mine, so I guess there are some other tweaks to the settings that I haven't done.
Just ordered one as my first projector after watching your video. Can’t wait to try it out !
How is it?
Thanks, ordered, waiting
Cool video man 😯👍
I saw your review, and bought one for the kids attic bedroom we are building. In the mean time, I got it today and used it on my 100" elite screens pull down, and am amazed how well it looked. Colors dialed in perfectly. Once it got dark, we watched The Mandalorian, and was blown away. Hooked up an ATMOS sound bar under the screen, and used a Roku feeding the sound bar, then HDMI optical to the projector. It griped about not supporting Dolby Digital the first time, even though the sound bar supports it, but once I clicked OK, it went on (Had the volume on 0 on the projector). I had tested the speakers earlier, and they sounded as good as any TV speakers do. Will be perfect for the kids room when my Tri-laser projector gets here in May. Until then, Im using it. The kid can wait. Thanks for the review. I would never have heard of it or tried it otherwise.
Excellent Dave! Thank you for update everyone. I’m so glad to hear you are enjoying it. Is comments like this that make my day. Enjoy your new projector!
@@Toid Do you still have yours? After 2 days, I started getting spots on the screen. Looked inside, and there was debris inside behind the lens. Apparently I got a bad one that wasnt sealed correctly. Having to return. Have you had issues with dust or debris inside on the mirror or LCD panel?
@@DaveNLR2 I still have mine and have had not had that issue at all. I would contact them. They have been very professional in all my dealings. I’m sure they will make it right. On a side note, sorry to hear you had issues, keep me updated.
amazing projector, auto focus and auto keystone correction function are really convenient!
I completely agree. It makes it much more enjoyable especially if you do not have a permanent place for it.
Okay I opened mine and it is definitely not sealed unit. Openings all over the lens area. But I have replaced the 92mm fan with a nochtua one and it is very silent now. Next up I will try to seal it up and see if I can find a silent drum fan for it
Wonder how this compares to the Yaber Ace K1? That one was on my list as an upgrade to my current budget projector.
Ho God I was looking for a rewiew of this projet for a long time !
Whats your thoughts on outside day use. Would it be any good?
The cool thing about these cheap projectors is that it allows everyone to be able to experience home theater. I started with a 50 dolllar db power projector. Now i own a fancy multi thousand dollar projector but that little db power projector really got me started in this home theater stuff.
Great info. I was debating what to get for my bedroom and the list finally came down to this, NexiGo PJ40, or the Q8 or RD830 (both from Vizony). After considering my needs the NexiGo got eliminated due to its throw ratio and the RD830 because they only ship once a week and I'm impatient plus xmas lol. But you brought up something I had not considered. The sealed lens assembly. Apparently Vizony opted to put it in the RD830 and not in its $10 cheaper sibling. The claimed extra 100 ANSI Vizony was claiming now is a moot point if it gets dirty. I went with the Apollo which will be here 2 days before xmas
Excellent! Enjoy it!
You should compare the P40 to the VIZONY RD830. In my research, it appears they are the two best projectors for under $300.
Can you override the auto keystone correction? I imagine it’s digital keystone correction I could do without
Hi, thanks for the video. Great as usual. I have an Optoma UHD50x and am curious what you use to do your calibration. I'm pretty happy with my picture quality as it is, but I have no way of knowing if what i'm getting is an accurate or quality image. Thanks in advance.
I use this by calibrite amzn.to/401Ttr1 and then I use the free software HCFR. Although you can get paid versions by other companies depending on what you are trying to accomplish
@@Toid Ok, thanks
That is an amazing deal for the price! I can't believe it tested so well! DO you think I should get this now or wait to buy a better projector?
For the price I don’t think you can go wrong with picking it up now. A projector in general really changes hire you watch movies.
Curious how this would stand up against yaber ace k1? Supposed to be yabers flagship.
Great video! Can you advise if the Ultimea P40 is better than the Wimius P62? The Ultimea has slightly higher ANSI and Lumens but unsure if that makes a substantial difference. It does claim to have sealed optics which I don't think the Wimius has - thanks!
He doesn't answer questions. Ultimea has HDR10 decoding, and Wimius doesn't have it.
Thanks for the review, but I recently bought the Wimius K3 for 100 dollars and I'm very impressed with it! You can adjust the white balance too. After calibrating it with displaycal, I got about 75% of the srgb color space. It has a native gamma of around 2.0, but I calibrated it to 2.2.
That is pretty cool. I use display cal as well for my computer monitors. Something to note though, is that display cal doesn't calibrate the projector it instead creates a color profile for the computer. Which is great as long as your only source is the computer that you used for calibration. If not, then as soon as you hook any other device to it, you have lost all your calibration. The calibration done in this video is the calibration of the projector itself. Just manually changing settings, so that way it looks good no matter the source.
Thanks. I know, I was just using displaycal to measure it's white point, gamma and brightness. It was something like 8500k, 2.0 gamma and a contrast ratio of 1100:1. When set to 65 inches, the light reflected from the screen was around 70 nits. I think it can do between 450 and 500 lumens ANSI.
Really would like to see a review of the new vizony projector
What are the settings you used on the p40?
Great review. The manufacturer website specifies 10 year lamp life but do you know how many runtime hours can be expected? Also how much for a replacement lamp and filter?
Typically these are LED lamp systems which are not user replaceable. The manufacturer will leave you out on your own if the lamp fails and you need to replace it.
I just now came across your video, so I'm a little late to the party. Sorry. Could this projector perform well in a golf simulator located in the garage? Thanks,
Hello, I loved the video. A question about how much is the range of colors? because there is a projector that has 72% checked with a colorometer. (I think it was said like that) and I'm very interested to know if this one beats him. It is the Everycom HQ9W. greetings.
The Apollo is still the best I’ve tested to date for price. Although I haven’t tested the everycom, I don’t see it beating this. There doesn’t seem to be anything special about the Everycom. Especially with a manual keystone correction. You typically only see that in the bottom of the line projectors.
Should i buy the p60 over the 40 and 50?
Great video! I loved the comparison and the JVC was clearly superior. On a side note I swore you said weenus at least twice 😂
lol, man I need to work on my annunciating. I mean I guess there are definitely reasons why you go with a more expensive projector lol. But honestly, I felt like this was as good as you can get for a budget projector. Although I’m very curious if someone thinks there’s a better one. And I’m very happy to see that other people are enjoying the testing. I guess I should start adding brightness in the test as well.
Thinking about. Getting this projector after seeing you r great review but I have one question can it fill a 125" motorized screen fully?
Yes it can
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Hello, the Ultimea went just above the Happrun on your list, which I have. How do you compare both regarding image quality? Is it worth the upgrade? Thanks.
Not unless you want the ease of setup. Ie the autofocus and keystone. Otherwise I’d your still happy with the happrun, I’d stick with it.
I bought the growview jq818c on sale it's about 600 ansi lumens and has really good focus uniformity and contrast but out of the box the colors are a little yellowish and washed out
So i spent a couple of hours tinkering with desktop color settings and video color settings in nvidia control panel i have it connected through hdmi to my HTPC
i had to adjust the gamma of each color channel on it's own i increased the red channel gamma and decreased the blue and green a bit and increased the color vibrance and saturation and decressed the sharpness to 5 throught the projector picture settings now the projector has a really good image and colors
Spending some time and effort with a budget projector really pays off
Hey... Did you get the chance to test/look at the Nexigo PJ40 ? ... it is in the same price range as the Apollo. I am curious as to how these two compare
I didn’t. They asked me to review it, but I couldn’t at that time. So I’m not sure which is better. The Apollo tested really well in my opinion
Just got one P40 thanks to your review and it seems great ! Do u know if there´s settings to change the brightness/contrast etc… ?
Yes. You need to go to HDMI. Then hit the menu button on your remote.
@@Toid Thanks 👍 Playing with the projector now. I find the picture indeed amazing for the price. And the digital zoom not too good below 65%. And I notice some light lags with Blu-ray on fast moving images like horz/vert pan or travelling. Need to check with another source.
@@yveslarivierre I did turn my sharpness down quite a bit which may help as well.
@@Toid Yes it helps a little bit. I still have some jerky motion with horizontal or vertical mouvement. I can see the same issue on your video at 7:42 (the shot with the missile). You can see my test here: czcams.com/video/EYH4f8GelZs/video.html.I . I have contacted them and they answer very fast. I tried with a high speed HMDI cable and lower the video quality but no changes. Also I need to positioning the projector on the side and when I use the keystone, the right side of the image is blurry. When I change the focus the the right the left is now blurry. Could it be some limitations of this cheap projector ? But for the price I can live with it 😊
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Just received mine. Very nice product. But I’m kinda annoyed that BT 5.0 speaker and image is something like 500ms out of sync. Still thinking about a fix for this
The lag has been reduced in the latest firmware update (v 3.16). It‘s still not perfect but much better than before.
@@sebastiankruse5392 thx for info
Hi guys.I just bought Apollo P40 and I have few questions.What type (gain, material, colour) of canvas would be the best recommendations if projector would work in mostly dark room and size between 100-120 inches? Thanks in advance.
I made my own screen, which you can see here:
czcams.com/video/7b3f3JcHQAU/video.html The gain on the material used is a gain of 1.0
I bought an elite screens 100" with 1.1 Gain, and it looks amazing.
Nice!
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Would you buy this or any of these Amazon projectors over an older name brand? For example the Epson 1060 or 880?
Honestly, I would save up a little more and get the Xgimi Mogo 2 pro. Still a 1080p projector, but very accurate out of the box and can do HDR. In my opinion HDR is one of the biggest upgrades you can make with a projector.
Where is sharpness\focus test?
There’s only one video review of this projector which is kinda crazy considering it’s the best one available on Walmart.
That is crazy
Can it be install upside down like most regular projector? And if the menu allow for this position? Also what is the projector trow distance? Like if I need 100inch screen what is the distance for the projector? I dont see the model on projectorcentral and not much infos in the user manual. Thanks!
I’ll measure the throw distance later. I’m actually using 100 inch screen. So that should be pretty easy to get for you. As far as mounting it, it does have mounting options on the bottom of the projector. The projector can be mounted from the ceiling or can be used on a stand.
@@Toid oh great! I found a bit more info on amazon on the manual than the website, that it can be install on the ceiling, thanks to confirm! If you have chance to measure it would be awsome. Mine is a 100inch and I would say 10ft distance right now.
Thanks!
@@DrLoveQc I just measured my distance and I’m right around 9‘10“ with no zoom. So your 10 feet would be perfect. You can go further back about 18’ 2” as well if you use the zoom.
@@Toid oh great thanks a lot for your help! I appreciate it!
@@DrLoveQc you’re welcome
Interesting review but hard to trust when Ultimea has paid you to make this video… (how else would you have a personal discount code on their website?)
Do you happen to have the settings you used for this for colors, brightness, contrast, etc.?
I did, let me get back to you if I can find them
@@Toid Thank you, I'd really appreciate that
@@Toidwhere you able to find them? I’m not sure what settings to use
We have the same projector. 👍
The JVC? That’s awesome! Such a great projector
Hi thanks for the video, I am undecided between ultimea p60 and nexigo pj40 gen 3 which one do you recommend?
if you curious how projectors can preform take apollo p40 by I suggest to you invest more and look for 3lcd, dlp or laser projector this apollo p40 its just for small inches you can go more than 80 inch it will suffer from brightness and focus the corners of the screen are not harm and little bit unclear.
@@tokztokz8224 Hi, thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I have a budget and with what I can spend I have to decide whether to get a new LED projector such as the Apollo P40 or a used DLP/3LCD projector from a few years ago such as NEC NP-M402H, BenQ MH530 or Sony VPL -CH350. What do you suggest me? Should I get a new LED projector or a used DLP/3LCD? And between dlp and 3lcd which technology do you recommend? Thank you.
First it depends on your use and how big you want to go and is it for gaming or just night movies or day watch then do serach if you find a good clean used projector ( Lamp hours few and it can be replacble) or open box projector that fit your budget or little more go with it. on the other hand, if you dont have space to go big like 100 150 inch then I suggest to you apollo p40 as it good one and it has good clear picture I really enjoyed it but when I change to dlp projector I saw the different and it was big. apollo p40 only for movies night and dont be so foucs about colors and bright. it perform good but not exellent. I hope this benefit you and good luck. @@francescoaurilio9154
It depends if you want to go big or to be just for movie night or gaming or day watch @@francescoaurilio9154 then search within you budget limit or little bit more for clean used or open box projector ( hours lamp are few and the lamp is replacable). on the other hand , if you dont have space to go like 100 to 300 inch and you planing to used it for cenima moves at dark room only at 90 inch or less I suggest it to you as I enjoyed at night but no chance to prefom good in light room. it is suffer from brightness. it was good projector sound awsome nothing wrong about and I change to benq dlp projector and I saw major difference spefically the brightness and I can go big screen and I can use gaming on it as it bright picture. I felt apollo limted my experince for gaming in big screen. I hope this benefit you and good luck and i hope you choose the right one for you:)
@@francescoaurilio9154 It depends if you want to go big or to be just for movie night or gaming or day watch then search within your budget limit or a little bit more for clean used or open box projector ( hours lamps are few and the lamp is replaceable). on the other hand, if you don't have space to go like 100 to 300 inches and you plan to use it for cinema moves a dark room only at 90 inches or less I suggest it to you as I enjoyed it at night but no chance to perform well in lightroom. it is suffering from brightness. it was a good projector sounded awsome nothing wrong with and I changed to a Benq DLP projector and I saw a major difference specifically the brightness I can go big screen and I can use gaming on it as it has bright picture. I felt Apollo limited my experience for gaming on a big screen. I hope this benefits you good luck and I hope you choose the right one for you:)
That menu has GOT to go. Reminds me of those ultra budget "MXQ" Android boxes from eBay from ~10 years ago. This would only be useful going through an HDMI receiver or a splitter with other devices connected to its HDMI.
how does this projector compare next to the nexigo pj40?
I haven’t seen the nexigo. But what I can say, is it this one really impressed me for the price. So I would obviously go with this over the PJ40, but that is only because I know this projector
What settings did you have the projector set to for testing?
Vivid, user etc and color temp?
I would like to know vs the Wimius P62 (Just bought it, have not yet received and wondering if I should cancel/return and swap)
I have only reviewed one Wimius. That particular one was bright, but they did this at the sacrifice of color accuracy. In fact they did what a lot of manufactures will do, which try to make a projector by running the color temperature very cool. On the Wimius all of the White scenes looked teal because of it. I personally was not a fan of it and haven’t tested one since. It could be a really good projector, but based on my experience with them I’m not a fan.
@@Toid Is it the dynamic contrast ratio that affect the colors?
@@sylvainmartens7852 no. It’s the white Balance.
Do I need a tv box/tv stick to get an OS like Android/Google TV !?
Yes.
Is it good for gaming? How is imput lag?
I'm also interested in this.
Has anyone tried the apollo p60?
I bet the BW VP6 can beat this one. I bought mine at banggood I think there's newer version of it now.
How bright is it? Normally we have a lumen comparison as well as the color one.
In didn’t test the actual brightness as I calibrated the brightness to REC 709 which is much harder to do. I will say this though, it is bright enough to watch with some lights on. But the goal should always be how close to REC 709 can you get it. Then test the brightness. Maybe I’ll update my findings on my website at a later date.
Bom dia ,será e verdade eu vi internet melhor qualidade projetor touyinger RD828 será 🤔 oque vc acha ?
2 days and mine has dust behind the lens. It’s not a sealed unit as they advertise.
Are you serious? That is awful! I’m so sorry to hear that.
@@Toid yeah. But nothing can beat the image at this price. It is what it is. I’ll probably open it up clean and seal it myself one day
to whom think to buy Apollo p40 be aware you pay only $200 don't expect 90-150 inch screen with good brightness and shrpnees and colors you get what you pay. they give you $200 quality. I had it for 8 months it was an ok but for the price its awsome. (lack of brightness and colors go dim on 80 inch and above. go above pay moreyou will notice differ huge. good luck remember you pay just $200.
Dude,…. I’m gonna by this. I have a basement with blacked out windows and all I do is game on my tv or watch movies occasionally with wifey. I think ima get this for movie night. I can’t justify spending thousands when we watch movies 3-4 times a month. I game on the tv but switch to this for movies…. Ya, picture size difference is enough for me. Sure my 55” tv will give better overall picture but 120” tv gives pure immersion…
Love yer channel man, thank you and take care.
That sounds like that’s gonna be an awesome set up!! make sure to let me know when you get it set up. I want to hear about it!
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With the size of and quality of the TV's today I don't know why I would ever buy one
It’s interesting that you say that. Because I don’t necessarily disagree. However, one thing that a lot of people don’t bring up is that a projector is much better for your eyes than a normal television.
@@Toid I was didn't know that I just thought the pixels on tv would be better but you learn something new everyday thats subscribe to the channel
@@Toid Idk, Ive seen super high end projectot once with full dcip3 coverage and super high brightness for hdr and it had the same effect on eyes as same brightness tv
@@wadimek116 the difference is direct light versus indirect light. viewsonic talks about it here: www.viewsonic.com/library/entertainment/projector-vs-tv-consideration-to-eye-health/ I’m not an optometrist, but it’s often talked about.
I brought it and sent it back for a Xgimi
Agreed. Xgimi is usually ranked higher on my leaderboards. They are just usually more expensive. But if you can afford more, I’m all for the Mogo two pro. As significantly more colors and accuracy. Great projectors.
How he compared a 4k Projector with 1080p even the colors kinda match the resolution still huge thing. For sure there will be no sharpness and details for 1080p compared to 4k projector. Even if its supported 4k signal believe me its still not near to 4k. Don't get confuse.
Just to be clear, all the projectors tested are 1080P projectors. The JVC is a DLA RS-46u
Ultimea Apollo P40
Received yesterday.. am very disappointed. It's bright, but fuzzy despite the automatic, whining an unbearable high tone, a hair on the display and two pixel errors, rainbow effect on the edge, no audio setting, only 60 min timer, never goes out on its own, nested settings, red color is more orange-red which cannot be changed, straight lines on the display tremble and cause interference, HDR is a joke... in the end the design is more of a dust collector.
Im lost here. That picture is bad... You can't compare it to a JVC. The build quality is incomparable. You can't expect it to last more than a year.
Getting into home theater is best to go used with a proper name brand.
And $500 is the bottom to go for a new name brand. These budget boxes are a scourge.
What a pompous response. So all products are bad unless they are a name brand and a certain price? And because of that they won't last? Glad we have you here to to set us straight with your predisposed thoughts and narrow view. Thankfully some of us appreciate the data given and can see it is good for it's price point.
Yeah, great... 400€ in Germany 😟
Oh yuck, that’s a huge difference 😮
Have you checked the price on their site? I gave a 25% off code, it is in the description. Maybe it'll help with the price.
Nah 210€ right now
@@GrinchyBoby
what is the store with this price?