Samsung The Premiere 9 review

The Premiere 9 is Samsung's flagship ultra short throw: an RGB triple laser with 3,450 ISO lumens, Tizen with Gaming Hub, and a 40 W, 2.2.2-channel speaker system with up-firing drivers for Dolby Atmos. If your home runs on Samsung, it will feel familiar from the first minute. It is last on our list for two reasons you should know before falling for it. At $5,999.99 it costs as much as projectors with 5,000 or 6,000 lumens. And Samsung's product page leaves a lot unsaid: no Dolby Vision (Samsung uses HDR10+), no native contrast, no warranty length. On November 13, 2026 the buy button read "Notify me".

Because our formula scores what a brand publishes, and at this price Samsung publishes less than its rivals. There is no native contrast figure (only a 2,000,000:1 dynamic one), no input lag in milliseconds, no warranty length and no return window on the product page. Each blank scores 2 out of 10. Add a price that is 2.4 times the median of our list, and the result is 7.5/10.

That is not a verdict on how the picture looks. Nothing on the spec sheet points to a weak picture: a triple laser with 3,450 ISO lumens is a strong base. It is a verdict on value and transparency: for the same $5,999.99, the Hisense L9Q states 5,000 lumens, 116 W of sound and a 2-year warranty. The pair is compared in Hisense L9Q vs Samsung Premiere 9.

Software and ecosystem. Tizen is the same system as on Samsung's TVs, with Samsung TV Plus channels, a SmartThings hub and Samsung Gaming Hub for cloud gaming without a console. No other projector on this list has that built in.

The speakers are also unusual: a 2.2.2 layout with two up-firing drivers that bounce Dolby Atmos height effects off the ceiling, 40 W in total. And Samsung states a 154% DCI-P3 color volume, its own way of expressing how saturated colors stay at high brightness. HDR is HDR10+, the format Samsung backs; Dolby Vision content plays in plain HDR10.

Samsung's product page doesn't list the box contents in the sections we read. The Premiere 9 is sold without a screen; Samsung rates it for 100 to 130 inches.

It weighs 25.6 lb and measures 21.7 by 15.1 by 5.6 inches. With a 0.189:1 throw ratio, the lens plane sits about 16.5 inches from the screen for 100 inches and 21.4 inches for 130. Focus is manual. Slide the cabinet until the picture fills the screen, focus, then sign in with your Samsung account; SmartThings will find the projector if you use it.

For another picture size, our throw distance calculator works out the gap between lens and screen for the Premiere 9.

The price itself, a screen ($800 to $2,000 for 100 to 130 inches in ALR), and uncertainty: with no warranty or return terms on the product page, get both in writing before paying. Since it was sold out at Samsung on the day we checked, you may see it at other retailers; compare their return terms, not just the price.

Per 1,000 lumens claimed, that is $1,739: the figure our tie-break uses when two projectors land on the same score.

Each criterion is marked from the figure Samsung publishes; anything it doesn't publish gets the lowest mark. The weighted result is placed on our 7.5 to 9.6 scale. The scales and the weights are on our methodology page.

$5,999.99 on Samsung's own US store on November 13, 2026. Samsung's page listed $5,999.99 on November 13, 2026 with a "Notify me" button instead of "Add to cart".

If that is more than you planned, the AWOL Vision LuxVision costs $5,999 and scores 9.6/10. We link to the brand's store because that is where we read the price and the stock.

The two closest in price: Hisense L9Q ($5,999.99, 9.3/10) and AWOL Vision LuxVision ($5,999, 9.6/10). Put all three side by side.

Head-to-heads: Hisense L9Q vs Samsung The Premiere 9. Its closest rivals, compared with each other: AWOL Vision LuxVision vs Hisense L9Q.

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