NexiGo PJ40 Gen 3

I want to make another argument for just getting a projector with no smart OS and adding a FireTV stick or Roku for streaming. The NexiGo PJ40 Gen 3 finished third overall in 2024 for viewing experience with 692 ANSI lumens and 3173:1 contrast ratio, and importantly if you want to play video games, it also has a game mode with less than 20ms of input lag. The PJ40 has an adjustable fan, which is admittedly very loud at max brightness measuring in at close to 49 decibels, but the fan can be adjusted down along with the maximum brightness of the light source, and it can get all the way down to 34.7 decibels if that’s what you’re going for. At maximum brightness, the PJ40 draws 150.5 watts to output 692 lumens for an efficiency of 4.6 lumens per watt, which is slightly lower than the Elephas, and in addition to not having a SmartOS, the PJ40 also lacks motorized focus, and doesn’t have a Bluetooth remote. But combined with a streaming stick it’s the only projector in the video that would check all of my boxes in terms of image quality, input lag, and focus uniformity.