XGIMI Titan Noir Series Projector: A Kickstarter With Valerion In Its Sights

XGIMI has gone public on Kickstarter with its most ambitious home cinema projector range to date. The Titan Noir Series crowdfunder went live last week and offers three models — the Titan Noir, the Titan Noir Pro, and the flagship Titan Noir Max. All three run RGB triple-laser light engines, a new Texas Instruments SST DMD chip, and a dynamic iris arrangement that the company says is a first for the category.

The Max is rated at 7,000 ISO lumens peak, with XGIMI recommending 5,000 ISO lumens for film viewing. This is paired with a claimed native contrast of 10,000:1 and 110% BT.2020 colour gamut coverage.

The Titan Noir Max also supports IMAX Enhanced, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and Filmmaker Mode, as well as 1ms input lag at 1080p/240Hz for gamers. Meanwhile, the Pro drops to 6,000 ISO lumens, and the entry Titan Noir sits at 4,800 ISO lumens with a claimed 7,000:1 native contrast.

The Max also adds that swish Dual Iris arrangement into its already impressive specification menu. Here, one iris is in the imaging path and another in the illumination path, both driven between F2 and F7 by XGIMI's X-Vision processor. If the native contrast figure holds up in independent testing, it's a serious step up on the company's Horizon 20 Max, which measured 1,500:1.

Priced to Sell

XGIMI has the Max set at a US$5,999 RRP, though Kickstarter early-bird pledges bring it down to around US$2,999, making a considerable saving. The Pro and entry Titan Noir start at US$2,699 and US$2,499, respectively. A separate distributor-specific Titan Noir for the European professional AV channel is also planned, we are told.

At its full RRP, the Max is swimming in mid-tier Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) territory against Sony and JVC, and there's no getting around the fact that a single-chip DLP with XPR pixel-shifting won't match LCoS for absolute black level in a blacked-out room. No amount of iris cleverness rewrites that physics. At Kickstarter money, though, the comparison is quite different. US$2,999 puts it directly against the Valerion VisionMaster Pro 2 at the same price and undercutting the Valerion VisionMaster Max at US$3,999. Other players include the AWOL Aetherion Max, the Nebula X1, and the Hisense C2 Ultra.

On paper, XGIMI even beats the more expensive Valerion in brightness (7,000 vs 3,500 ISO lumens), iris sophistication, lens shift range, quoted noise (28dB at 1m), and gaming latency.

We have yet to try out the new XGIMI ourselves, but the figures suggest the Titan Noir also pulls ahead on black levels once the dynamic iris does its thing.

However, it seems that the Valerion holds its own elsewhere, such as Enhanced Black Level processing, which appears more mature than XGIMI's equivalent DBLE system.

Buyer Beware?

Two things are worth keeping in mind. This is a Kickstarter campaign, not a retail release. XGIMI is an established brand rather than a startup, so delivery risk is lower than most crowdfunded AV, but it isn't zero, and the pledge price is a promotional mechanic, not a permanent RRP.

There is also currently a lack of independent reviews, including our own first-hand impressions, so you have to keep in mind that the Titan Noir Max’s contrast, brightness, and gamut figures are purely the manufacturer’s claimed numbers.

That said, the XGIMI’s Titan Noir does appear to be a serious proposition in a keenly contested segment. If the real-world numbers land anywhere close to XGIMI's claims, the Titan Noir Max could reset expectations for what a sub-US$3,000 triple-laser projector can do. For now, we'd suggest waiting for the first round of independent measurements before pledging — or at least going in clear-eyed about what Kickstarter pricing and manufacturer specs actually represent.

XGIMI Titan Noir Deals

Kickstarter pricing is currently from $2,499 for the Titan Noir, $2,699 for the Titan Noir Pro, and $2,999 for the Titan Noir Max. Alternatively, US$3,999 gets you the Titan Noir Max along with the XGIMI 750W soundbar-packing Ascend 100-inch screen.

Shipping is pencilled in for June 2026, if the targets are hit. Given that the funding as of today is currently past £7,200,000 of its £73,834 goal, we would say that’s technically been smashed.

Regional retail pricing and availability through local distribution are yet to be confirmed.

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