Lasers are in the LG HU810PW. There are two! we won’t listen to anyone say that lasers aren’t cool. In this case, two lasers and a green phosphor help the 810P’s 4K DLP chip make colors that look amazingly like real life. The 4K DLP chip also makes the image very sharp. Unfortunately, the 810P’s contrast ratio isn’t as good as the best home theater projectors I’ve looked at because of the DLP chip.
What the 810P does well, it does very well. UltraHD 4K resolution is always a good thing to have in a projector because it lets you see every little detail in the video. Also, this projector is very bright, putting out about 1,500 lumens. But the colors are what really stand out, with deep, bright reds, blues, greens, and more, all of which are very bright.
[content-egg-block template=offers_logo hide=price]On the other hand, when it comes to dark scenes, the 810P looks pretty average, with grayish black levels and a general lack of punch. At $3,000, it costs a lot more than 4K projectors like the Optoma UHD30 that have better contrast. I can’t recommend the LG HU810PW to everyone in this price range because the contrast isn’t great, but if you want brightness, color, and detail, it’s hard to beat.
Specifications
- Native resolution: 3,840×2,160 pixels
- HDR-compatible: Yes
- 4K-compatible: Yes
- 3D-compatible: No
- Lumens spec: 2,700
- Zoom: Manual (1.6x)
- Lens shift: Manual (horizontal and vertical)
- Lamp life (Normal mode): <20,000 hours
Where to get LG HU810PW Smart Dual Laser CineBeam Projector?
The AU810 and HU810 have a total of 10 SDR picture modes: Bright, Vivid, Standard (the default mode out of the box), Expert (Bright Room), Expert (Dark Room), Filmmaker, Cinema, Game, Sports, and HDR Effect. Bright mode has the expected heavy green bias that lets the projector meet the ANSI standard.
The rest of the modes are mostly gaudy throwaways that are too bright or too saturated, which hurts contrast and color accuracy. But the Expert (Dark Room) and Expert (Bright Room) modes were subjectively very good and were measured as such, even though they were not perfect right out of the box. I finally used these modes for SDR viewing in a dark room and a bright room.
Standard, Cinema Home, Cinema, Filmmaker, Game, Brightest, and Vivid are the seven modes for HDR signals. Cinema Home looked the best to me out of the box, but my 1.3 gain screen made it too dark for punchy HDR even in a dark room. Changing its Iris Mode from Medium to Bright Room brought it up to the brightness of the default Standard mode, which was more pleasing to the eye, with a white color temperature that looked just a bit too warm in its Warm setting.