LG CineBeam UHD 4K Projector HU70LA - DLP Home Theater Smart Projector with Alexa Built-In, White

In the past, projectors have usually been pretty barebones devices, meant only to display an image via a lamp with limited life that was expensive to replace. LGs HU70LA 4k projector isnt just a projector, it aims to be a complete package, providing you with built-in apps such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, voice control functionality with ThinQ or Google Assistant, bluetooth to connect external speakers, all projected via an LED lamp (which is not typical for projectors) with supposed 30,000 hours of life! That is all really quite impressive when compared to projectors of the past. The specs say 60 to 140 inch size projection is possible, but sticking to 120 or under is probably the ideal size given the brightness at that size. Just keep in mind that there isnt a true zoom method here so the size you want is really determined by how far away you place the projector from your wall or screen. Another great feature here is how QUIET it is! Probably due to the LED design vs a typical lamp, I expect that there is a lot less heat involved, and thus, less intense cooling needed via a fan. A noisy projector can be annoying and distracting while watching movies or playing video games so, this is a definite plus that its quiet. The quality of the projection itself is really quite nice overall - 720p cable broadcast up to 4k content on Netflix all looked fantastic with great color reproduction, contrast and blacks levels. The only con about it is that when it comes to movement, there is a bit of blur that occurs but really, its about the same kind of effect that occurs in any LED TV with less than a NATIVE 120hz refresh rate (which is 9/10 of them out there - many claim 120hz with special buzz words like TruMotion, MotionPlus, etc and those are all artificial means of doubling the refresh rate, which is not the same as having native 120hz. If a tv has native 120hz, youll usually see it advertised with those buzzwords as 240hz, and of course, itll be more expensive too). This projector happens to utilize the TruMotion buzzword here too. For movies and tv this really isnt an issue for me, but for gaming, I wouldnt consider this very tolerable. If youre at all competitive, youll want to stick to dedicated 1ms response time computer monitors or high refresh rate TVs with gaming modes to drop the response time as much as possible, OR, upgrade to the HU85LA projector (which is a few grand more expensive however...). Overall, given the many features, the long life LED, the picture quality for movies and tv, the projection size and brightness, the small and quiet design, this is an excellent projector for the price. The next higher quality upgrade is more than 2x as expensive and is really only a little bit better in terms of picture quality so what youre getting here for the price is a great deal.

Its decent but not the best. Black levels are up to the mark but still does a decent job when u have no ambient lighting.

La calidad de imágen es espectacular. Fácil de conectar. Si lo cuelgas en el techo debes medir bien la distancia dentro de la que el zoom te permita llegar al tamaño de pantalla deseado. Lo negativo: Apps limitadas (no es posible bajarle la app de Netflix y la de IPTV no permite modificar el lenguaje de los subtitulos)

Love everything about it.

I cannot think of a bad thing to say about this projector. The input, picture and setup is really easy and very good. The build in Alexa and Android TV sells itself

Major problems with focus uniformity. Returned the first unit and received a replacement that has even worse problems with focusing. However nice the colors might be, a blurry 4K projector is a total waste of money.

Excelente image and easy to connect to my jbl sound system by Bluetooth. Despite has Netflix button on the remote control i couldn’t find on the apps to install. Weird because i have a LG TV and have more app options.

LGs Cinebeam line of projecters offer quality smart tv features and this is why its my favorite one yet. Everything else is amazing about this projector I just wish the brightness was 2000+ lumens as it would have been even more vivid in light situations. But still is an amazing projector!! Would definitely recommend for a projector in this price range.

Great 4k quality...luckily no rainbow artifacts yet...fingers crossed...friends and family loved it...

This projector REALLY wants to be your (antenna-wired) TV; it has no configuration options not to turn on into TV mode, and whether you have an antenna connected or not, will default to blasting the war of the ants at some high volume when turned on, unless or until you configure it to use a digital channel so it comes on all black instead. Its got a great 4k Amazon Prime and YouTube experience built in, and probably NetFlix too (though those guys charge a pretty dime for 4k-ness, so I wouldnt know), but has absolutely no support for other modern necessities like AirPlay 2, and no Apple TV+ content, unless you buy separate a 4k Apple TV to feed it through HDMI. Also no privacy-minded HomeKit support, so only google-spies-on-you voice control commands, if you feel like that kind of home intrusion in your personal habits. The video quality is terrific, and its got support for HDMI ARC on the first (but not second) HDMI port, so connecting your receiver through that, and the Apple TV on the other, you can at least get all three devices to wake and go to sleep together by just turning on the Apple TV behind it. Sadly it doesnt seem to automatically switch HDMI inputs when you initiate something at the Apple TV end if you were in the native YouTube, Amazon, or NetFlix app on the projector, nor did it seem to automatically tell my Blusound Powernode 2i receiver to switch to its HDMI ARC input for sound, so Ive had to do both of those things manually (via the remote in the first case, and Blusounds terrible app, in the second). Hard to tell which sides fault that is, though. You can get the projectors big remote to work natively with the AppleTV, but not if you use its default way of searching for a peripheral and telling it to set up an Apple set top box; you have to specifically override its defaults, tell the projector that it is connecting to a Game system, and then pick HDMI 2, and the two play ball. Fair enough; at least it works, even if its not quite elegant. If you try to watch movies in a warm room (upwards of 28C or 82F), itll occasionally complain with a dialog about the projector overheating, but it hasnt seemed to take damage from it yet, so its probably warning early enough for you not to have to get too scared about it, as long as you heed the warning and turn it off for a bit, or ventilate the space better. The air intake is on the right (lens) side, so leave a little room there, and the hot air exhaust on the opposite (left) side, so obviously also leave plenty of air gap there, so the warm air gets away from the projector rather than bathe it in its own exhaust. There is vertical keystone correction, but if you angle it side ways in any way, it wont be able to compensate, so you have to figure out a way to set it up in your space that wont angle the screen unpalatably. A good deal under $1500 around Thanksgiving/Black Friday, and a bit less of a great deal now that its back over $2k. On that budget, this was as good a projector as you can get in late 2020, but I hope theyll up their Apple AirPlay / HomeKit connectivity game for their upcoming models.