Hisense C2 Ultra Review: Brilliant, Expensive, and Still Worth It

By Editorial Team | April 2026

The Hisense C2 Ultra is the portable projector you buy when you want a proper big-screen setup without bolting a TV to the wall. It wins on brightness, image quality, and convenience: 3,000 ANSI lumens, triple-laser colour, Dolby Vision, and a built-in JBL speaker make it unusually complete. The catch is obvious too — at £2,600.16, you are paying a lot for flexibility, and it still wants a dim room.

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Our pick: Hisense C2 Ultra

Hisense C2 Ultra — £2,600.16

This is the best all-round portable projector if you want movie nights, sports, and streaming on a huge screen without a fixed install. It scores 8/10 from us because it gets the hard stuff right: brightness, colour, and ease of use.

Why it works:

• 3,000 ANSI lumens is bright enough to handle moderate ambient light better than most portable projectors, so you are not trapped in blackout conditions.
• The RGB triple-laser light source is the reason the picture looks vivid instead of washed out, and the 4K UHD image holds up on big screens.
• Dolby Vision, IMAX Enhanced, and the JBL speaker with subwoofer support mean you get a more finished setup straight out of the box.

The honest trade-off: It is still a projector, so black levels and contrast will never match a good TV, and it is expensive for something you may carry from room to room. If your living room is bright most of the time, this is the wrong buy.

If you want one of the few portable projectors that feels genuinely premium in use, buy the Hisense C2 Ultra.

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Best upgrade: Valerion VisionMaster Max

Valerion VisionMaster Max — about $3,999

If you want to spend more, the upgrade is not really about portability — it is about chasing a better home-cinema image. This is the kind of step-up that makes sense if you care more about contrast, black levels, and dedicated movie-room performance than the Hisense’s room-to-room convenience.

Worth it if: you have a darker viewing room and want the better projector, not just the more flexible one.

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Best budget pick: BenQ TK710

BenQ TK710 — around $1,799

This is the sensible cheaper alternative if you want a bright 4K projector without paying flagship money. Wirecutter calls it the best budget 4K projector because it delivers strong contrast for the price and is easy to set up, but it does not have the Hisense’s all-in-one polish or portable-lifestyle appeal.

Worth it if: you want the picture first and can live with a more traditional projector setup.

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How we chose

For projectors like this, brightness, colour, setup convenience, and real-world placement matter more than spec-sheet theatre. We used the product data here, then checked current expert reviews from Wirecutter, PCMag, and TechRadar to ground the comparison against real, available alternatives. The result: a pick that makes sense for actual living rooms, not just dark demo rooms.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the Hisense C2 Ultra good for first-time projector buyers? Yes, because it is unusually easy to live with. The automatic setup features, built-in sound, and strong brightness reduce the usual projector faff.

Is it worth £2,600.16? Only if you will use the flexibility. If you want the best image for the money in a fixed room, a more traditional home-theatre projector or a big TV makes more sense.

Do you need extra speakers? Not for casual viewing — the built-in JBL system with subwoofer support is good enough to start with.