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

After seven years of excellent use of my Epson 2150 Home Cinema, I decided to upgrade to a 4K projector. I use my projector to watch TV, movies, sports, etc. daily. This decision meant that I had also to upgrade my home theatre receiver. Both the previous projector and my home theatre receiver were 1080. For this upgrade, I invested in a Sony Surround Sound Home Theater 8K A/V Receiver to accompany my LG CineBeam UHD 4K projector. Immediately, I experienced difficulties. My picture was jumpy and intermittent. I could no longer seamlessly switch from one input on my home theater to another. Before the upgrade, I would regularly switch between my Xfinity cable box, an Amazon Fire Stick, and a Fire TV Cube. I started panicking thinking I would have to return all of my new equipment, reconnect my old home theater receiver, and put my old projector back into the ceiling. So, I got on the phone with tech support. First, I called LG. The only negative experience I had with LG is that their customer support appears to be set up for every class of appliance except a projector. The first guy said he was TV support and was not helpful. I knew he was TV support because I chose television on the automated prompt. After all, there was no option for a projector. I went online and initiated a chat. The chat agent called me and I proceeded to explain my issue. At that point, I was having difficulty figuring out how to resize the projector image to fit my 130-inch tab-tensioned screen while focusing it. I could get it focused, but the image was too big for the screen. When I reduced the image to fit the screen, I couldn't get it focused. After quite a while on the phone, the tech support said he would research the issue and call me back the next morning. He even gave me a case number, but he never called back. Fortunately, I solved that problem on my own. I had to first focus the oversized image, then reduce it. I had done it the other way, and I couldn't get the correctly sized image to focus. Once that problem was solved, I couldn't get a consistent signal or switch from one input to another. The SONY tech figured out that the SONY equipment was working properly, but that the LG projector was not receiving the signals from my various devices. He told me the problem was that I needed also to upgrade my HDMI cable to a high-speed 4k cable. That immediately concerned me because I have a 100 ft cable embedded in a ceiling that had been finished over the cable. No way I was going to rip apart the ceiling (thousands of dollars) to replace the HDMI cable. I did some online research and came across a solution that worked perfectly. I made every small investment in an HDMI 2.0 Repeater. This super mini HDMI repeater works by decoding and then re-encoding the HDMI signal to a new standard HDMI signal. It also extends the range of the signal. I was now getting perfect pictures from my Firestick and Fire TV Cube and was able to switch freely between them. I changed some of the display settings in the Fire Stick and Amazon Cube. However, I could not pick up the cable TV signal on my LG 4K receiver. Picking up that signal required one last piece of equipment upgrade. I swapped out my 1080 cable TV boxes for 4K boxes. Problem solved. Now, I am receiving a perfect 4K image on the LG from all devices, and I can easily switch from one to the other. Now, let's talk about the LG 4K projector features. First, this projector is solid white and has a low profile, relatively flat design. If you mount your projector to the ceiling as I do, these are nice features. The white color blends in with the ceiling and the flat design means that you don't have a large, bulky object hanging from your ceiling. The projector displays a very sharp 4K image. I project onto a 130-inch diagonal screen with absolute clarity and crisp pictures. Even though this projector has been out for a few years now, I still chose it over some competing models. The bundled features are a good value for the price. You're getting a solid native 4K projector with a life expectancy of 10 or more years. I say this because the LG CineBeam UHD 4K projector utilizes an LED light source, as contrasted with the lamp used by many projectors. Hence, there is no lamp to replace, and the LED light source is projected to last 30,000 hours. If you use this projector for 8 hours per day, that's approximately 10 years. However, most people don't sit at home and watch TV or home theater for 8 hours a day. Consequently, you're likely to get more than 10 years out of this projector. Speaking of TVs, this projector is a lot like a big-screen smart TV. That's one of the features that attracted me to it. I use my projector as a big-screen TV. And this one even has a Tuner input like a TV. I haven't used the tuner because I connect my cable box via an HDMI cable, but if you're like I am and are looking for a projector that you intend to use like a big-screen TV, I strongly recommend that you give this one close attention. The on-screen features are a lot like LG's big-screen, smart TVs. This one supports HDR (High Dynamic Range). The colors are crisp and sharp. And for a projector that is equivalent to 1500 lumens, this one is quite bright. Like an LG smart TV, this projector has a smart TV platform that includes both a web browser and the ability to load streaming apps. That means that you don't even need an external streaming device like a Fire TV stick or Cube because you can load services like Netflix and Amazon Prime directly onto the projector by downloading these apps. The LG Magic Remote is unlike any other remote I have seen. When you point it at the screen, it has a pointer, like a laser pointer; however, this one allows you to click directly on the feature you're pointing at and choose those various settings with the pointer as you're changing them. Very cool. There's a lot of versatility here. You can change the color modes to ones like cinema, Vivid, Standard, Sports, etc., and you can edit the settings in each mode if you so desire to make it brighter, have more contrast, color, or tint, etc. This LG HU70LA projector has two HDMI inputs for connecting external devices, two regular USB 2.0 inputs, and one USB C input. It also has an optical output for high-definition audio as well as an audio-out mini-jack and a LAN/ethernet input. Some people complain that it has poor-quality speakers; however, this wasn't an issue for me because I connected my projector to a home theater system. The projector also has built-in wifi and Bluetooth. In summary, I highly recommend this LG HU70LA projector. I was looking for a projector that I could use as a big-screen TV for movies, binge series watching, sports, and the news. This one had everything I was looking for. And, as you can see from the attached screenshots, the picture is stunning with extremely vibrant colors, even when you have a light on in the same room or in an adjacent room. This LG projector is reasonably priced, delivers stunning 4K images and video, and has a ton of features - more than I can discuss in this review. Get one.

Great product! Coming from using cheaper Chinese brand projectors to using this is night and day. The good part: Low fan noise, sharp 4k HDR picture, bright image, image remains clear with low to moderate lighting, and all the smart functions of an LG smart TV. The negative: Zoom function is very minimal and you would need to physically move your projector forward or back to find the optimal distance to fit you screen. While you can adjust the image itself to view whatever media you're going to be watching the LG home screen remains at a certain resolution that is unadjustable. For me I already had an existing ceiling mount and found it difficult while initially setting up the projector as I need to move it forward to fit my existing screen. Once everything was adjusted setting up the rest was easy. I would highly recommend anyone who's looking to upgrade their 1080p projector to take a hard look at this product. Very happy with it especially for the price.

Brighter and sharper than the previous 4k dlp lamp projector i had that was rated 3000 lumens. I have the mounted 15 ft from wall. Image looks awesome Why not 5 stars: Settings are funny to make it comparable to a pannel tv. Like others stated contrast needs to be set to 100%. Then fine tune from there. Apps are pointless, just get a 4k stick from your prefered platform. Honestly why do device makers even add these smart app stuff. Mounting holes are super close due to small size of unit. I eas able to use my previous bracket but had to add washers so the mount plate could clear the rubber foot bar that is at back of unit

I bought this bad MF in 2020 and she still holding strong not one pixelated and I got my PS5 pro hooked up to it handle it like a beauty.

I love this thing... i use as a 4k pc monitor. in game mode. the mouse is a tiny bit laggy i get 60hz and its good enough. Its runs hot, long throw, but you can mount in on the ceiling. Great remote.. I had an LG OLED tv and the remote of that also works with it. Both are wonderful for films too. Put a wet cloth near the fan to help use evaporative cooloing to sweat out the heat and try to vent it out somewhere.... supposedly it used 300 wattss but i blows alot of heat. Less power than a gaming PC and reportedly less than comparable projectors. For the cost its really good. im using it as 4k montior an i can read the text even wht its tiny with glassses on... Maybe the black levels arent great but i havent noticed that. An OLE tv is a fixed size im getting a bigger screen and its portable. Sure OLE is probably the best reproduction ( i though i was loking out a window once looking at an HDR film on OLED) , but i burned it in already with edges of windwos. you cannot move an OLED tv thats 50 inch aroudn and barely lift from room to roomm. So highly recommended. HDR tho is there but with windows and certain hdmi wires it seems to no have any good effect.. So im not gettign gleaming swords in newer tv products but this is a low end device and its great. The sound isnt half bad for a tiny speaker in there somewhere but you will need a sound system i recomment Audioengine if you want small and clear sound. but speaking for the brand the OLED had amazing sound i diddnt even use my studio montiors i preferred the TV sound.

I've had this projector for a couple days now and it has blown me away. I upgraded from an old optima hd20 because I wanted 4k hdr and this LG projector delivers both. As long as this projector gets the rated 30k hours usage, i'll be completely satisfied. Setup was quick enough, I used an existing ceiling mount from my old projector. When I first turned HU70LA on, it recognized it was upside down and flipped the image automatically, that was a nice touch. I'm projecting from about 15ft away onto a 133in screen and the image is plenty bright, even with some ambient light in the room things are still watchable. Something really noticeable, especially in HDR content is how vivid everything looks. The colors are really vibrant. The throw distance i'm using is about as far away from my screen as i can while not making the image too large for my screen. If you have a longer throw distance you are going to need a bigger screen. I did have to use the keystone alignment, it only adjusts vertically and not horizontally (but i only needed vertical keystone). LG's webOS is integrated just like their TV's. The magic remote is just that. Magic. I really like the motion control cursor and the smart features of the projector. I didn't think i would use them a lot, but it is just really convenient rather than turning on my xbox or apple tv. It is also really easy to have different image presets and swap between them (for example a gaming preset and then a movie preset) CEC works to turn on my receiver so with the one remote it is all I need if i'm streaming things from webOS. If you have used webOS on any of their recent tvs, no surprises here. its the same great experience. Normally i don't like the smooth motion image interpolation when watching tv or movies, but on a projector and screen this large i've become a quick fan. Everything about it just feels better. (Not for gaming though, only for video content consumption) Being able to play pc games at 1080p and 120hz is pretty amazing. One of the reason i selected this model was for pc gaming on a big screen and not having to sacrifice high refresh rate is absolutely awesome. The input lag on game mode (while i'm not sure what it is) was not noticeable to me. My only image complaint is the black levels aren't super great. They are decent, but when you go watch something darker like Batman the dark knight or Mr Robot, i found I had to turn up the brightness setting on the projector to actually see details in the dark. Doing this washes out the image a little bit, but it still is a great improvement over my old projector. I just made a preset for darker things and switch to it when needed. It would also be nice if the power supply was internal so it used a normal plug to the projector from the wall rather than using a power brick, but i feel like that is really nitpicky. In my situation i just zip tied it to my ceiling projector mount arm and called it good. It isn't as clean as an install though as just plugging a cable directly from the outlet into the projector. Also wanted to make a quick note, make sure that you get cables rated for 4k@60hz (18Gbps). I first tried with an old high speed cable that was only rated for 4k@24hz (10.2Gbps) and I couldn't push 4k content to the projector. Just keep cabling in mind when getting a projector like this. EDIT: After using this projector for a little over a month I tried to get the Disney+ app on it but it is not supported. This projector is running webos 3 instead of 4 (you need 4 for the more recent channels like disney+). My LG TV bought in 2017 has been updated with webos 4 and can get Disney+ so i'm hoping that LG updates the projector as well at some point.

This initially was looking to be an excellent project, unfortunately, it took a turn for the worst when I realized that the OS doesn't support Hulu or HBO Max. I don't know who decided to combine 2022 hardware with a 1970s piece of software, but honestly how do you miss out on two of the bigger streaming services when choosing an OS? I contacted both HBO and Hulu, neither plan to support this OS, and LG just gives their typical run around like they do with all of their other products. They dodge questions and then disconnect from the chat. You'd be better off using a phone rather than this expensive paperweight.

This is an excellent example of a smart projector with added bluetooth capability. The colors are very true and cinema mode plus HDR effect mode have great color effect. However, the contrast level is poor and dark scene details dissapear, which is disappointing for the price. Bluetooth should be standard on all projectors, and it is on this one, but the sound is delayed and choppy at times...I was really excited about the smart features, but the picture quality and bluetooth sound do disappoint. Sorry LG, let's get back and produce something that may compete with other 4K projectors on the dark scenes and for Gods sake please get up to speed with good working bluetooth...