Leica Cine 1 arrives as new ultra-short throw projector series with Summicron lenses in three variants

[Redaktion]

Leica is now selling the Cine 1, almost a year after it started teasing the ultra-short throw projector series. The Leica Cine 1 series comes in three variants, all with Summicron lenses. The new projectors should receive a global release later this year but are now orderable in Europe.

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[S.Yu]

Now rebranded Hisense of an already obsolete product category...great, Leica, great. Single chip DLP, XPR, very Leica indeed. No wonder Sony hardly needs to update their projectors.

[Walter]

A French reviewer, compared the Leica Cine 1 with native 4K Sony SXRD or JVC D-ILA projector, says something.

The image is teeming with detail and benefits from incredible sharpness

blog.son-video.com/2023/06/test-projecteur-leica-cine-1-la-projection-ultra-courte-focale-a-son-apogee/

This is the review, Google translate is your friend!

I want to see and read more reviews, but it takes a long time to find something, it's like Leica doesn't want to promote its laser UST product.

[S.Yu]

A French reviewer, compared the Leica Cine 1 with native 4K Sony SXRD or JVC D-ILA projector, says something.

The image is teeming with detail and benefits from incredible sharpness

blog.son-video.com/2023/06/test-projecteur-leica-cine-1-la-projection-ultra-courte-focale-a-son-apogee/

This is the review, Google translate is your friend!

I want to see and read more reviews, but it takes a long time to find something, it's like Leica doesn't want to promote its laser UST product.

"The image benefits from a staggering definition, with a sharpness quite comparable to what a native Sony SXRD or JVC D-ILA 4K projector is able to offer!"
This is a thinly veiled ad piece, lavish praise and no data whatsoever, from the blog of an AV store. I don't even know what model they compared it against, most of the models have different lenses. At 9000 euros you can buy a TV of the same screen size that surpasses it in every single metric except color gamut. Plus there's no rainbow effect.
I would add that this model doesn't get reviews most probably because it's not worthy. Like how you rarely get reviews for D-Lux models.