Hisense XR10: One-minute review
The Hisense XR10 offers powerful projection that you can put all over the room and still get squared away. That’s thanks to extensive optical adjustments that include incredible zoom range and lens shift. Hisense definitely cranked up the elegance this year. The Hisense XR10 is loaded up with blazing RGB lasers that give it stunning brightness and color, while an adjustable iris can help it clamp down black levels for dark room viewing with enhanced contrast. It’s all packed into a stylish box that’s much smaller and more portable than high-end theater projectors like the Sony Bravia Projector 7 , and Hisense’s included carrying case will let you take it places in style. (Image credit: Future) All of this comes at a high price, though. The Hisense XR10 is $5,999 / £5,999 / AU$9,999 after falling from the original $6,999 price tag in the US. Though it has decent speakers for a projector and a serviceable operating system in VidaaOS, these don’t lend a ton of extra value. It also jumped the gun a bit and missed out on the VRR and 4K/120Hz support that a newer wave of projectors are offering. At its price, it’s not going to lead the charge for value, but you do get a lot for the money. It’s still probably worth waiting to see if the XGIMI Horizon 30 Ultra Max, JMGO Iris Ultra Max, and Hisense C3 Ultra Max leave the XR10 any room to breathe. Hisense XR10 review: Price and release date
Release date: mid 2026
MSRP: $5,999 / £5,999 / AU$9,999
The Hisense XR10 made its debut at CES 2026 and started shipping in May. It came with an initial price of $6,999 / £5,999 / AU$9,999 but that US price has generally fallen to $5,999. In the time it’s been out, some deals have even brought it as low as $4,499, but it hasn’t been a sticky price drop and prices elsewhere seem to be much more static. For the money, Hisense does include a special carrying case that’s far and away the highest quality one I’ve seen included with a projector like this. But even then it’s not adding thousands of dollars in value. Hisense XR10 review: specs
Supported screen sizes
65-300 inches
Optical technology
3 Laser DLP
Brightness (specified)
6,000 Lumens
Audio
2×8-watt + 15-watt speakers
Ports
2x HDMI 2. 1 (1x eARC), 1x HDMI 2. 0, 2x USB-A, 1x optical, 1x 3. 5mm audio
Smart TV
VidaaOS
Dimensions
11. 5 x 10. 7 x 8. 4 inches
Weight
23. 4 pounds
Hisense XR10 review: design and features
Stylish, compact design and serious carrying case
Highly adjustable optics
VidaaOS is quick but may be limiting
Hisense has built something particularly gorgeous with the XR10. It simply looks like a work of serious engineering with its brown metal casing, stylish venting and machined accents, knurled lens cover, oversize lens cover, and dark color scheme. The front’s sensor array also looks highly technical. The top is a little plain, but Hisense has included a volume dial, power button, ambient light sensor, and a little aesthetic nod to the RGB laser system inside. The Hisense XR10 is a modestly sized box at 11. 5 x 10. 7 x 8. 4 inches / 292. 1 x 271. 8 x 213. 4 mm, yet with all its packing in it ends up weighing a considerable 23. 4 pounds / 10. 6kg. To help you lug it around, Hisense includes a fashionable carrying case that looks more like a piece of luggage than the styrofoam cases many projectors come with. It’s complete with straps, zippers, padded slots for each component, and it even has wheels and an extendable handle for rolling. (Image credit: Future) The projector has everything it needs to help you get it set up for perfect alignment with your screen. It stands on four height-adjustable feet, so you can get it level and squared away with the wall. And it offers extensive zoom and lens shift capabilities. It can shift from a short throw ratio of 0. 84:1 all the way to a 2:1 throw ratio, this means you can set it close to a wall or screen and still get a big picture or set it far from that screen and shrink it down to fit without having to use digital cropping. Plenty of competitors are offering zoom now, but the XR10 has a far wider range than most. The XR10 goes well beyond that, too, adding on 130% vertical lens shift and 46% horizontal lens shift. This makes it much easier to set the projector wherever is convenient for you and still be able to dial in a crisp, perfectly aligned projection where you want it. Hisense has also built in some automatic picture correction, like screen fitting and obstacle avoidance, but the projector tends to try zooming all the way out to make those corrections. So it’s very easy to end up in a situation where the projection is simply too large for the projector to figure out what to do to fit it onto a small screen. Some features also get locked out if lens shift is used, like automatic keystone correction (something you should skip anyway) and eye protection (something it’s also great to have because these are some bright lasers). (Image credit: Future) Around back, the Hisense XR10 is pretty well geared up for serious home theater use. It includes a pair of HDMI 2. 1 ports one of which supports eARC as well as one HDMI 2. 0 port. It also includes a set of two USB 3. 0 ports, a gigabit ethernet port, and both optical and 3. 5mm analog audio outputs. That ethernet port could be useful, but the XR10 actually has Wi-Fi 7 on board, so you can get pretty fast networking wirelessly as well. With that wireless connection, you can easily access streaming services using the built-in operating system, which is unfortunately not Google TV. Instead it’s Hisense’s own VidaaOS. It has most of the major streaming apps and some extras like Xbox Cloud Gaming but there’s plenty that’s missing. On the bright side, navigating the software is fairly quick and Hisense’s included remote has a dedicated input button so you don’t have to spend much time in VidaaOS if you want to use an external source for video. (Image credit: Future) The XR10 offers serious brightness for a small box, so there’s a bit of fan whir in operation to keep the insides cool. It’s noticeable in a quiet room when sitting close to the projector, but it’s easily drowned out by the 2. 1-channel sound system. The remote control included with the XR10 is a fairly simple one, offering directional navigation and direct access to input selection, autofocus, voice input, the settings menu, the home screen, volume and brightness controls, a mute button, and shortcuts to Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, and Disney+. It also has backlighting, but it’s only activated after you press a button, not motion activated. Design & features score: 4. 5 / 5
Hisense XR10 review: picture quality and performance
Brilliantly colorful, stunningly bright, and capable of deep black levels
Good gaming chops
Punchy sound, but not cinematic
One of the greatest aspects of the Hisense XR10 is its color, coming by way of its RGB laser light source. For most content, it can look perfectly natural, but when it really comes time to jazz things up, it’s simply amazing. The attack on Rosalina’s home in the beginning of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a stunning showcase of its capabilities, with dazzling magical effects, so many colorful stars, and plenty of opportunity for the XR10 to demonstrate its vibrant color. As the convoy heads out at the beginning of Mad Max: Fury Road , the subtle reds of the sand against the blues of the sky are simply gorgeous, and the deeper reds of the flamethrowers are all the more vibrant. The inside of the sandstorm is simply wondrous, with the chaotic flashing of lightning playing against the deep shadows. All that color comes alongside serious brightness. In my testing with the projector in its Vivid picture settings, with the iris open and brightness set to maximum, I measured it outputting 6,841 lumens. It has the potential to go higher with a cooler white point and a Brightness Enhanced mode, reaching 7,757 lumens, but this tints the whole picture green. In practice, the high brightness means the XR10 is strong enough to use in a room even if you’re not doing much to shut out ambient light. I found watching a lot of content even with some of my room lights on more than comfortable, and depending on what I was watching, I could even get away with leaving the windows open in the middle of the day and still see well enough. Future Future Future The Hisense XR10 offers potent contrast as well. It’s exhibited splendidly in Dune 2 during the black-and-white Harkkonen coliseum fight. Even without color, there’s splendid detail and rich shadows. This contrast comes by way of the low black levels that the projector is capable of by shutting down its iris…
