A big image from twenty centimetres, and a screen that must match
Throw ratio is the whole family: an ordinary projector sits at 1.5 times the image width, a short throw at 0.5 to 1, an ultra short throw below 0.4 — close enough to sit on the furniture under the screen. That geometry solves the cable run and the shadow of anyone walking past, and it creates two constraints nothing else has. The first is that the surface must be flat to within millimetres: light arriving at a grazing angle turns any ripple in a pull-down screen into a visible band. The second is that an ordinary white screen wastes the design — these projectors are normally paired with an ALR screen built to reject light from above. We compare stated throw ratio, image size at a stated distance, brightness with its unit, geometry correction, and the screen type the maker specifies.
Short throw · Full HD 1 920 × 1 080 · 3 500 ANSI lumens · 10 000:1 stated contrast · 3D Ready · keystone
A short-throw 1080p projector at the accessible end of a family that is usually expensive — it sits close to the screen without needing the rigid, matched surface an ultra short throw machine demands.
Best for: A small room where a projector at the back is impossible, and where a rigid ALR screen is not in the budget.
≈ £625 / 610 €
Ultra short throw · 4K · 2 600 ISO lumens · 6 000:1 NATIVE contrast · Dolby Vision · 1 ms input lag · up to 200 inches
The only machine in this catalogue that publishes a native contrast ratio — 6 000:1 — alongside a measured brightness figure, which is what makes it comparable rather than merely impressive.
Best for: Someone who reads specifications and wants an ultra short throw machine whose figures can be checked against another that publishes the same ones.
≈ $2899 / 2379 €
Short throw · 4K HDR · 3 000 ANSI lumens · Google TV built in
The 4K version of the short-throw idea, with Google TV on board — a self-contained machine that sits close to the wall and needs nothing else plugged into it.
Best for: A room too small for a long throw projector where the picture still has to be 4K, and where one object is preferable to three.
≈ £1299 / 1321 €
Ultra short throw · 4K · laser · 2 500 lumens stated · 80–150 inch image · Dolby Vision and Atmos · HDR10+ · 240 Hz · screen not included
A laser television in the literal sense: an ultra short throw machine that sits under the screen, decodes Dolby Vision and Atmos, and is sold without the screen it needs.
Best for: A living room that cannot take a ceiling mount, where the projector has to look like furniture and work as a television.
≈ £1839 / 1493 €
Ultra short throw laser · 4K · 4 000 lumens stated · 3LCD · AI processing · Bose audio · Google TV · 150-inch image · 5-year warranty
The most expensive machine in this catalogue, and the most complete: a 3LCD laser ultra short throw with Bose audio, Google TV and a five-year warranty stated.
Best for: A living room where this is the television — the only machine here that is genuinely sold and specified as a replacement for one.
≈ £3299 / 3490 €
