Try both in a build →Hisense PX3-PRO in the slot, Epson EpiqVision Ultra LS800 one tap away.
The short answer
Buy the Hisense PX3-PRO for the wider-gamut triple-laser engine, at $200 less as tracked today. The Epson LS800's case is its claimed 1,000-lumen brightness edge and its STATED 20 ms input lag; if daytime sports in a bright room is the whole job, that extra claimed output is the one spec that matters. Either way, budget a lenticular UST screen — see below.
As tracked by Home Theater Builder: the Hisense PX3-PRO tracks at $2,800; the Epson EpiqVision Ultra LS800 at $3,000.How we verify this data →
Two ultra-short-throw 'laser TVs' that live on a credenza: Hisense's triple-laser PX3-PRO and Epson's single-laser LS800 ($2,800 vs $3,000 as tracked today). Whichever wins, the screen decision is not optional — see the compatibility section.
Specifications · side by side · per-field provenance
● SOURCE-TRACKED
Spec
Hisense PX3-PRO
Epson EpiqVision Ultra LS800
Price
$2,800
$3,000
Brand
Hisense
Epson
Technology
Laser DLP
not stated
Native Resolution
4K pixel shift
4K pixel shift
Brightness Lumens
3000
4000
Contrast Ratio Native
3,000:1
not stated
Light Source Type
triple laser
single laser
Lamp Life Normal Hrs
25000
20000
Throw Ratio Min
0.22
not stated
Throw Type
ultra short throw UST
ultra short throw UST
Image Size Min Inches
80
not stated
Image Size Max Inches
150
not stated
Frame Interpolation
Yes
not stated
HDMI Inputs
3
3
Contrast Ratio Dynamic
not stated
2,500,000:1
HDR Support
not stated
HLG
Input Lag Ms 4k60
not stated
20
HDMI Version
not stated
2.0
HDMI Max Bandwidth Gbps
not stated
18
Wifi
not stated
Yes
Bluetooth
not stated
Yes
Width Inches
not stated
27.4
Height Inches
not stated
6.2
Depth Inches
not stated
13.4
Weight Lbs
not stated
27.6
Noise DB Normal
not stated
32
Shaded rows differ · green dot = lab-measured · amber = manufacturer-verified · blue = retailer/community-reported · grey = estimated · “not stated” means exactly that
Reading the numbers honestly
The light engines differ in kind, not just wattage: the PX3-PRO uses a triple-laser (RGB) source — the widest-gamut approach — while the LS800 uses a single laser with a phosphor stage but claims more raw output: 4,000 vs 3,000 lumens. Both figures are manufacturer claims measured in the flattering mode, as all projector brightness is. One stated-vs-unstated gap: the LS800 states a 20 ms 4K60 input lag; the PX3-PRO's input lag is UNSTATED in our data — gamers should weigh a stated number over an absent one.
Do the Hisense PX3-PRO and Epson EpiqVision Ultra LS800 need a special screen?
Both the Hisense PX3-PRO and the Epson EpiqVision Ultra LS800 are ultra-short-throw designs, and that decides the screen before it decides anything else: a UST projector fires steeply upward, so it needs a lenticular ceiling-light-rejecting screen built for that geometry — like the Elite Screens Aeon CLR 3 103" in our catalog. On a standard-gain screen the image washes out; our builder flags exactly this pairing as an invariant, whichever projector you pick.
Computed from the catalog's normalized fields — the same fields the builder's compatibility engine reads. A missing field reads as "can't check", never as a pass.
Buy the Hisense PX3-PRO for the wider-gamut triple-laser engine, at $200 less as tracked today. The Epson LS800's case is its claimed 1,000-lumen brightness edge and its STATED 20 ms input lag; if daytime sports in a bright room is the whole job, that extra claimed output is the one spec that matters. Either way, budget a lenticular UST screen — see below.
Movie color in controlled lightHisense PX3-PRO — Triple-laser RGB is the wider-gamut architecture, and it's $200 cheaper as tracked today.
Bright-room daytime viewingEpson EpiqVision Ultra LS800 — 4,000 vs 3,000 claimed lumens — brightness is the UST battleground and Epson claims a third more.
GamingEpson EpiqVision Ultra LS800 — A STATED 20 ms 4K60 lag beats the Hisense's unstated one — not because the Hisense is slow, but because we don't assume specs that aren't published.
Where to buy
CHEAPEST FIRST · NOT COMMISSION-RANKED
Hisense PX3-PRO
Tracked at Best Buy · price not quotable from a search page
Both are UST designs, which triggers the pairing rule nobody's product page states: a UST projector fires steeply upward and needs a lenticular (CLR/ALR-for-UST) screen — on a standard screen the image washes out. Our compatibility engine encodes this as an invariant.
Triple-laser vs single-laser light engines — an architectural difference (gamut vs raw output) our normalized light_source_type field states explicitly.
Input-lag honesty: the LS800 states 20 ms at 4K60; the PX3-PRO's lag is UNSTATED in our data — flagged rather than assumed.
3,000 vs 4,000 claimed lumens at $2,800 vs $3,000 as tracked today.