GoKawiil7.8 / 10 Score Cnet Score CNET provides expert, unbiased reviews of products and services. When we assign a score, we use a scale of 1-10. Each product we score is evaluated by criteria specific to its category with most assessing pricing, quality, features and performance. Read more on: How we test Leica Cine Play 1 $2,996 at Best Buy $2,995 at B&H Photo-Video $2,995 at Crutchfield Pros Aluminum body looks and feels luxurious
Lots of settings to fine tune the image
Decent speakers Cons Leica pricing
Color isn't very accurate
Leica is best known as the maker of high-end cameras and lenses. We recommend one of its smaller models in our best point and shoot camera guide. And what is a projector other than a camera in reverse? Well, a lot more, to be fair, but I can see why Leica has stepped into the space.
The Cine Play 1 is a compact, gimbaled projector with some impressive specs, including a claimed 3,000 lumen light output. Interestingly, it doesn't use the Google TV interface like the majority of modern projectors and instead uses Hisense's VIDAA OS.
Overall performance is good, but a list price of $3,795 is indicative of the "Leica tax" that also results in their cameras being more expensive than other similarly-performing models. Even at $3,000, which you can find it at regularly, the Cine Play 1 struggles to compete with similarly-priced projectors.
Specs and such
Resolution: 4K
Lumens spec: 3,000 (claimed)
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