The NexiGo Aurora Pro is an ultra-short-throw (UST) 4k HDR laser projector and is NexiGo's only UST model. It has Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos support for an immersive HDR viewing experience. Due to its UST capabilities, it can project content at an extremely short distance from the screen or wall: it projects an 80" image at a distance of 3.9" and up to a 150" image at a distance of 17.3". It has three HDMI 2.1 ports and can passthrough advanced audio formats through its eARC port. It has Bluetooth 5.2 and Wi-Fi 6 support and comes with the Android TV smart interface with full Miracast and AirPlay integration. Finally, it comes with an integrated 60W sound system.
Our Verdict
The NexiGo Aurora Pro is good for watching movies. It's bright enough for rooms with a few lights, has incredible brightness uniformity, and has great contrast, so it excels in dark rooms. It has an extremely wide color gamut, but unfortunately, the projector isn't quite bright enough to make the colors pop. However, the projector's pre-calibration accuracy is poor; you'll need to calibrate it if you care about color accuracy. It supports both HDR10+ and Dolby Vision, making it a versatile option.
Decent peak brightness, with incredible uniformity.
Great contrast for a solid dark room experience.
- Extremely wide color gamut.
Ultra-short-throw capabilities, so you can place it very close to the wall or screen.
Supports both HDR10 and Dolby Vision.
- Has poor pre-calibration color accuracy.
- Can't project bright, vibrant colors.
- Android TV smart OS is barebones.
The NexiGo Aurora Pro is a solid gaming projector. While its input lag is on the high side at 120Hz and 240Hz, it still provides a meaningfully snappier gaming experience. Plus, the unit is also responsive enough for solid 60Hz console gaming. Image quality is a strong suit for bright living rooms, as it's bright, has punchy colors with crisp text, and clean motion. Its contrast is great, so it looks great in bright or dark rooms. Unfortunately, it's not accurate out of the box, so accuracy purists will want to calibrate it.
Decent peak brightness, with incredible uniformity.
Great contrast for a solid dark room experience.
High-refresh rate support at 1080p.
Input lag is low enough at 60Hz for single player titles.
Supports both HDR10 and Dolby Vision.
- Has poor pre-calibration color accuracy.
Input lag at 120Hz and 240Hz is usable, but on the high side.
The NexiGo Aurora Pro gets bright enough for a 100" image in a dim or moderately lit room, and it stays very even across the screen, so you don't notice obvious hot spots or dark corners. It still looks its best with some light control, though, as it doesn't have the headroom of the very brightest USTs.
Decent peak brightness, with incredible uniformity.
Not quite bright enough for rooms with some light.
The NexiGo Aurora Pro's blacks appear deep in a dark room, and shadow detail is easily visible. Mid-bright scenes still look punchy compared to most other UST projectors. It does lose a bit of its punch in extremely bright scenes, but it still delivers a good performance.
Great contrast for a solid dark room experience.
Changelog
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Updated Jan 23, 2026:
We mention the newly reviewed LG CineBeam S in the Portability section of this review.
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Updated Jan 14, 2026:
We updated the Native Contrast results after a recent adjustment to our testing. We retested the unit's input lag and found that it doesn't frame skip at 120Hz and 240Hz with the right settings; we thus updated the Supported Resolutions and Input Lag text boxes. We also touched up Our Verdict and the Popular Projector Comparisons.
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Updated Jan 14, 2026:
We've modified the text in our Brightness and Native Contrast text boxes as a result of our latest test bench and added a Sequential Contrast test. We've also added Brightness and Contrast performance usages in the Verdict section.
- Updated Jan 14, 2026: We've converted the review to Test Bench 0.11, which renames our Contrast test to Native Contrast, and adds a Sequential Contrast test box. We also added new Brightness and Contrast performance usages in Our Verdict. See the 0.11 changelog.
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We bought and tested the NexiGo Aurora Pro. This projector has no variants and is the only model in NexiGo's UST Laser Projector line.
Our unit was manufactured in China.
Popular Projector Comparisons
The NexiGo Aurora Pro is a very good UST projector overall. It combines solid brightness, an extremely wide color gamut, and great contrast, making it especially appealing if you primarily watch movies and play games in a dark room. It's also a solid option for gaming with high-refresh rate support at 1080p. Out of the box, its color accuracy is weak, and the built-in Android TV is barebones, with no major streaming apps; therefore, we recommend using a streaming stick. It has also been somewhat buggy for us, with firmware updates occasionally causing issues with color and gaming performance, which can be resolved by performing a reset. However, once it's set up correctly, it's one of the better-performing USTs at its price. For those who want a unit with a functioning smart OS, the Formovie THEATER is an alternative, but the NexiGo is better overall due to its brightness and gaming features.
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The Hisense PX3-PRO is a bit better than the NexiGo Aurora Pro, but the NexiGo has its advantages. It has slightly better contrast than the Hisense, with colors to match. Unfortunately, the NexiGo is far less accurate than the Hisense and harder to calibrate. This makes the NexiGo the slightly better choice for those who plan to use their projector exclusively in a dark room and don't care about color accuracy; everyone else is better off with the generally superior Hisense, especially with its wider feature set.
The NexiGo Aurora Pro and Epson EpiqVision Ultra LS800 have different use cases. The Epson is far brighter than the NexiGo; this makes the Epson more versatile when it comes to lighting conditions, as it can handle even moderately-lit rooms. The NexiGo, in turn, has noticeably deeper contrast, making for a more pleasant viewing experience in dark rooms. Out of the box, the Epson is far more accurate than the NexiGo, although you can calibrate them to a similar level. However, if you care about smart features, the Epson has the edge, as it has a fully-featured smart OS, while the NexiGo has a barebones Android TV implementation with no apps.
The XGIMI AURA 2 and NexiGo Aurora Pro are closely matched. While the XGIMI is a bit better overall, the NexiGo is an attractive alternative for those who prioritize image pop over accuracy; its pre-calibration accuracy is far worse than the XGIMI, but it has a far wider color gamut. Still, the XGIMI is brighter, and has a fully functioning smart OS. In contrast, the NexiGo's smart OS is barebones, and the unit requires a smart dongle if you want to access any streaming apps.
The NexiGo Aurora Pro is better than the Formovie THEATER, as it is notably brighter. The Formovie has a wide color gamut, but the NexiGo's is incredible; this leads to a more colorful image on the NexiGo, even if neither projector is bright enough to project truly vibrant colors. Regarding color accuracy, the Formovie has a slight edge both pre- and post-calibration, although they're both underwhelming out-of-the-box. However, if you care about smart features, the Formovie is the better choice, as it comes with a fully featured smart OS, while the NexiGo has a barebones Android TV implementation with no apps.
We've independently bought and tested over 70 projectors, and we've published all the detailed results for each so you can decide which one to buy. These have all been tested under the same standardized methodology, allowing you to compare them side by side. We still have all these projects in our lab so we can continually go back and compare them to ensure our reviews are still accurate. All our test methodology is also public on our website, so you can validate the results yourself.
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This projector has decent peak brightness after calibration. It's easily bright enough for a comfortable 100-inch image in a room with a few lights on, and it looks even better with the lights dimmed. Brightness is also very uniform, with only slightly dimmer corners that most people won't notice.
If you need more output for a brighter room, the 'Brightest' preset in the table is noticeably brighter, but it's less accurate.
| Picture Mode | WLO | CLO |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 1121 lm | 924 lm |
| Cinema Home | 1052 lm | 901 lm |
| Custom | 1242 lm | 722 lm |
| Gaming Mode | 1050 lm | 901 lm |
| Brightest | 1327 lm | 776 lm |
The NexiGo Aurora Pro has great native contrast. It performs extremely well in darker and mid-bright scenes, so blacks look deep, and letterbox bars stay darker than on most UST and DLP projectors. In very bright scenes, it isn't quite as strong as the best dedicated home theater models, but it's still good.
The projector has poor pre-calibration image accuracy. Its reds and blues are overrepresented, and its greens are underrepresented in most shades of gray. Regarding gamma, most scenes are too dark, except for very dark and some very bright scenes, which are slightly too bright. The color accuracy is subpar; yellows, greens, cyans, and whites, in particular, deviate from what they should be, especially when they're undersaturated. Thankfully, the color temperature is perfect, as it's right on the 6,500K target. If you'd like a similar yet more accurate projector, consider the Hisense PX3-PRO instead.
The NexiGo Aurora Pro has full color calibration and 11-point white balance calibration, and it's much more accurate after adjusting these settings. Reds and blues are still overrepresented in the brightest grays; otherwise, the white balance is good. The color accuracy is also good, with whites being the outlier, as they still have noticeable accuracy errors. Otherwise, most colors are now mostly what they should be, although greens lean a bit too much towards blue. Finally, the color temperature is still effectively perfect.
The NexiGo Aurora Pro has an extremely wide color gamut and covers all of the Rec. 709 color space, although its whites lean towards purple. It performs nearly as well in the wider Rec. 2020 color space, although with more accuracy errors, as whites, purples, blues, cyans, and grays are severely off the mark.
This is a single-chip DLP ultra-short-throw with an RGB laser light engine, which requires no maintenance and will last for 25,000 hours or more. It's not a true 4k projector, as it uses pixel shifting to create a higher-resolution image. This offers better quality than a pure 1080p projector but isn't as good as a native 4k projector.
As an ultra-short-throw model, the NexiGo Aurora Pro uses a fixed lens with no optical zoom. Focus is manual, there's no lens shift, and only manual keystone is available. For precise sizing and placement, use our Throw Calculator.
The NexiGo Aurora Pro is big and heavy, and it requires an outlet to function, so it isn't designed with portability in mind. It has no automatic image correction feature, so you'll need to manually adjust the focus and image geometry. The projector features two adjustable feet located at the front of the unit, allowing you to adjust the vertical projection angle. This model has a 60W speaker system with two 15W woofers and two 15W tweeters.
If you're looking for a more portable ultra-short-throw projector, consider the LG CineBeam S.
The NexiGo Aurora Pro's fan noise is decent. You'll hear it in a quiet room, but it's easy to mask by running your audio at a moderate volume, especially since the unit sits close to the screen and is thus away from you.
The NexiGo Aurora Pro has three HDMI 2.1 ports, one of which doubles as the eARC port. It's capable of 1080p @ 240Hz gaming, but it skips frames at 4k @ 120Hz. The projector supports Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2.
The NexiGo Aurora Pro is a pixel-shift 4k projector. It accepts 4k @ 60Hz cleanly, and 1080p @ 60Hz supports full 4:4:4 chroma for crisp desktop text. 1440p is accepted but scaled to 1080p, and there’s no 4k @ 120Hz support. For high refresh rate gaming, you can get proper 1080p @ 120Hz and 1080p @ 240Hz without frame skipping, but only if you use Gaming Mode and set the projector's HDMI version setting to 'EDID 2.1'.
With Gaming Mode and Low Latency enabled, the NexiGo Aurora Pro's input lag is alright. At 60Hz, it's quick enough for most console gaming, and it gets noticeably snappier at higher refresh rates. Still, when compared to some projectors or TVs/monitors, its input lag is still rather high at 120Hz and 240Hz. Ensure MEMC is disabled in both places it appears (the quick menu and Display settings); otherwise, the projector may apply interpolation and introduce delay.
With eARC and Digital Output set to RAW, the NexiGo Aurora Pro can pass Dolby Atmos (DD+ and TrueHD/Atmos), Dolby MAT/Atmos from consoles, DD+ 7.1, DTS-HD MA, and DTS:X. Uncompressed LPCM passthrough is limited to 2.0, so if a console/PC is set to LPCM 5.1/7.1, you'll only get stereo unless you switch to bitstream (Dolby or DTS). Over standard ARC and optical, you're capped at Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 5.1.
3D is supported with DLP-Link glasses. It accepts the common formats: Frame Packing, Frame Sequential, Side-by-Side (left–right), and Top–Bottom. To access the 3D options, use the Quick Menu and make sure DNR (noise reduction) is disabled under Image Parameters.
The NexiGo Aurora Pro has Android TV built-in and supports Miracast and AirPlay for casting. Unfortunately, a recent firmware update removed the operating system's app-style home menu, resulting in a reduced user experience. We recommend using a streaming dongle for the best overall experience.