Dangbei has published its Black Friday prices for the US, and the sale on its own web store runs from November 19 to November 30. Six projectors are in it. The DBOX02 4K laser model drops from $1,199 to $899, the N3 Max goes to $359.20 and the N2 mini to $149. The deepest cut is on the DBOX02 Pro, down from $1,199 to $689. The schedule and prices went up on Dangbei’s US newsroom on November 6, together with an early-bird coupon pass that is already on sale.
The full list, with the current regular price on Dangbei’s store and the lowest Amazon price we have logged for the same model:
| Model | Regular price | Black Friday price | Cut | Lowest we’ve logged |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dangbei MP1 Max | $1,599 | $1,119 | 30% | $1,299 (Amazon, September) |
| Dangbei DBOX02 | $1,199 | $899 | 25% | $948.99 (Amazon, Sep 29) |
| Dangbei DBOX02 Pro | $1,199 | $689 | 43% | No earlier reading |
| Dangbei N3 Max | $449.99 | $359.20 | 20% | $359.20 (Amazon, Oct 6) |
| Dangbei Freedo | $439 | $283.09 | 36% | $297.99 (Amazon, Aug 25) |
| Dangbei N2 mini | $199 | $149 | 25% | $149 (Amazon, Oct 6) |
Four of the six models come with a free pair of 3D glasses during the sale: the DBOX02, DBOX02 Pro, N3 Max and MP1 Max. Dangbei says it will also run projector-and-accessory bundles at “the lowest package prices of the year”, though it hasn’t listed what goes into them yet. Its event banner says “up to 45% off”. The biggest cut on the published list is 43%, and the company says some extra subscriber-only offers on unnamed products could reach 48%.
The part that is live right now is an early-bird pass. It costs $15, can be bought until noon Pacific time on November 18, and gets you a $30 coupon by email that night. The coupon works from November 19 to 30 on an order of at least $180, and that threshold is counted after the Black Friday discount has been taken off. It’s limited to one per customer, however many passes you buy.
Run the numbers and the pass is worth exactly $15 to anyone buying one of the five models that still cost more than $180 at the sale price. It is worth nothing to someone who only wants the N2 mini, which at $149 falls short of the threshold on its own. For the N3 Max, the pass takes an effective $359.20 down to $344.20. That’s a small saving, but it’s real money if you already know which projector you want.
Dangbei also lists price protection for qualifying orders. If the price of something you bought drops within a set window, you can claim the difference through its support address. The newsroom post doesn’t say how long that window is. Orders usually ship within 24 to 48 hours, the company says, with US delivery in three to seven days.
The most useful number in the announcement is the DBOX02 at $899. We’ve been checking this projector on Amazon since the summer, and the lowest price we’ve seen was $948.99 on September 29. It stayed at $1,199 straight through Prime Big Deal Days in October, and it was still $1,199 on Amazon when we checked again on November 9. So $899 is $50 below anything we have on record, and $300 below what it cost during the last big sale.
For that money you get a 4K laser projector rated at 2,450 ISO lumens, running Google TV with Netflix officially licensed. That last point matters more than it sounds. A lot of projectors under $1,000 either don’t have the Netflix app or need a streaming stick plugged into the back. On Amazon it holds 4.4 stars from 412 ratings, a big review base for a projector at this price. In our early Black Friday price check we called $1,199 a fair price that might still drop on the day. Dangbei has now confirmed that it will drop on its own store.
The odd one out is the DBOX02 Pro. It normally costs the same $1,199 as the DBOX02, but at $689 during the sale it will be $210 cheaper. The two aren’t the same machine. The Pro is rated lower, at 2,000 ISO lumens from a dual red-and-blue laser, and the selling point is a built-in stand that lets it swivel and tilt toward a wall or ceiling without a mount. If you want the brightest image for a dedicated screen, the DBOX02 is still the one to get. If the projector has to move between rooms or point at the ceiling over a bed, $689 makes the Pro hard to argue with.
The two cheaper models are no surprise if you followed October’s sale. During Prime Big Deal Days the N3 Max sold for $359.20 on Amazon and the N2 mini for $149. The day after the event they jumped to $559.99 and $229. Dangbei’s Black Friday prices match the October lows to the cent. They don’t beat them, but you’re no longer waiting to see whether that price comes back.
The N3 Max is the one we’d point most living-room buyers to. It’s a 1,000 ISO lumen 1080p projector with a sealed LCD optical engine that keeps dust off the light path. It runs VIDAA with Netflix officially licensed, focuses and corrects keystone automatically, and has 12 watts of Dolby Audio. At $359.20 there isn’t much else on Amazon at that price that pairs licensed Netflix with that kind of brightness.
The N2 mini at $149 is the gift-sized option: a small 1080p projector with licensed Netflix, holding 4.4 stars from 272 Amazon ratings. Just remember it can’t use the $30 early-bird coupon on its own.
At $1,119 the MP1 Max is Dangbei’s flagship, a 4K projector that mixes a triple laser with LED and is rated at 3,100 ISO lumens. It comes with a rotating stand and Dolby Audio plus DTS:X sound. Amazon had it at $1,299 in September, and today Amazon and Dangbei’s store both list it at $1,599, so the sale price is the lowest we have seen for it by $180. For context, XGIMI’s new HORIZON 30 Pro is on US pre-order at $2,099 until November 10.
The battery-powered Freedo drops to $283.09, about $15 below the $297.99 we logged on Amazon in late August. It’s the only model in the sale built to work away from a wall socket.
Everything here is Dangbei’s own-store pricing. The company hasn’t said whether Amazon will match it, and on November 9 all six listings were still at their regular prices. Amazon’s own Black Friday week starts later in the month, so the real test is whether the DBOX02 shows up there at $899 too.