Hisense’s Vidda sub-brand has put a brighter version of its cube-shaped M2 Pro on sale in China. The new M2 Pro Flagship Edition is rated at 1,800 CVIA lumens, lists at 5,499 yuan and is selling for 4,949 yuan with a limited-time subsidy, IT Home reported on October 5. The white version is shipping now; the space silver one is on reservation.
That is a 50% jump over the original M2 Pro, which Vidda launched in China in March 2025 at 1,200 CVIA and 4,599 yuan. The body, the stand and the 1.0-1.3:1 optical zoom carry over unchanged. What changed is the light engine, and the price went up by 900 yuan, or about 20%, to pay for it.
The Flagship Edition pairs a 0.47-inch DMD with Hisense’s QuaLas42 triple-laser module. Vidda’s launch graphics call the pairing the same hardware used in ten-thousand-yuan models, and the product copy claims 44.6% more imaging area than the “common” 0.39-inch DMD.
That comparison is with other brands, not with the old M2 Pro. ZOL’s spec sheet for the original model already lists a 0.47-inch DMD, a 240Hz refresh rate and an MT9679 processor, paired with the smaller QuaLas32 laser. So the chip is not the upgrade. The extra brightness comes from the laser, and the laser alone is what you pay the extra 900 yuan for.
Everything else is a refinement. The zoom still throws a 100-inch picture from 2.2 meters. Refresh is still 240Hz at 1080p and 60Hz at 4K, over HDMI 2.1. Vidda now quotes 3GB of RAM, keeps the four-driver Dolby and DTS:X sound system, and lists a 360-degree gimbal that can point the image at the ceiling, plus automatic keystone and screen fitting. The software is the domestic JUOS platform, pitched at parents and children with a “simple enough for everyone” line, so this is a China-only build as it stands.
The M2 Pro sold in America is the earlier, dimmer version. Its Amazon listing (Hisense M2 Pro, Triple Laser Smart Portable Lifestyle Projector) claims 1,300 ANSI lumens, an “MCL38” triple laser, 2.07 million micromirrors, Dolby Vision, the same 1.0-1.3:1 zoom and VIDAA with Netflix. It was selling for $997.49 on October 5, the day before Prime Big Deal Days starts, with a 4.7-star average from 90 ratings. 9to5Toys flagged it at $997 on October 2 as a pre-Prime deal.
Chinese prices include 13% VAT and US list prices do not include sales tax, so the fair way to compare is to take the VAT out first. At the October 5 rate of 6.71 yuan to the dollar:
Even on a sale day, the US buyer pays roughly $270 more than a Chinese buyer pays for a version that is half again as bright. The gap is wider than the currency math suggests, too. CVIA readings tend to come in below ISO and ANSI numbers for the same machine. Our coverage of Hisense’s C3 global launch found the same pattern: the China rating is the conservative one.
Some of that gap is the usual cost of exporting. A Western model needs VIDAA licensing, Netflix certification, Dolby Vision and a US warranty, and none of that is in the China price. But that overhead cannot account for a 50% brightness difference. That is a hardware generation the US catalog simply does not have yet.
The M2 Pro has always been a strange category: a portable-looking cube that is really a living-room projector. It has no battery, but it does have true optical zoom and a 4K-class triple laser. At 1,800 CVIA the Flagship Edition moves further toward the living room. That is bright enough for a 100-inch picture in a dim room with the lights low, which the original struggled with. It also starts to overlap Vidda’s own C-series cube projectors, which sell on brightness.
For US buyers weighing the current model against the options in our portable projector guide, the $997 M2 Pro is still one of very few sub-$1,000 machines with lossless optical zoom. We covered its US launch when it first arrived. The awkward part is timing. Anyone buying one on Amazon during Prime Big Deal Days is buying the 1,300-lumen engine that Vidda has just retired at home.
Hisense has said nothing about a brighter M2 Pro for North America or Europe. A QuaLas42 version in the US would most likely appear at CES in January rather than before the holidays. If it ships at anything near the current $997, it would undercut a lot of the 1,500- to 2,000-lumen competition.