![]() ![]() ![]() With an impressive 2,500 lumens, it doesn’t need a pitch-black home cinema room to get the best out of it, plus its design means it can be shoved away in a cupboard when not in use, and brought out when you need it. Versatility is the name of the game here. You don’t even need a stand or mount, thanks to its standalone tower-like design (though you can mount it from the ceiling if you prefer). ![]() The LG CineBeam HU80KSW (£1,999) is something of a unique proposition - a sort of high-end home cinema in-a-box, that offers a projector, sound system and source in one reasonably compact and portable package. Picture: 4K HDR | Brightness: 2500 lumens | **Inputs:**2 x HDMI 2.0, 2 x USB | Ethernet: Yes | Laser life: Up to 20,000 hours | Zoom: 1.2x | Projection ratio: 1.43 - 2.94:1 | Screen size: 40 – 150 inches | Throw distance: 1.15m to 4.3m | Dynamic contrast ratio: 150,000:1 | Built-in speakers: Yes | Dimensions (hwd): 47 x 16.5 x 16.5cm | Weight: 6.7kg A big price tag perhaps, but it delivers a suitably big performance. It’s one of the best all-round performances we’ve ever seen from a projector, and aside from spending a lot more money to get arguably minor improvements, there’s very little to find fault in here. SDR images are handled with a similar level of care, and even the fastest motion can’t shake the video processing at play here. The dynamic tone mapping at play here does a great job of creating a natural but effective HDR performance that keeps the image bright and far outclasses the competition.īlacks are as inky deep as you’ll find anywhere at this level, shadow detail is fantastic and highlights sit brightly alongside them. ![]() In fact, the N5 produces some of the best HDR images you’ll experience from a projector at this price. While the pricier N7 does just pip the N5 for punch thanks to its added Wide Colour Gamut filter, you won’t find anything about this picture dull. The slightly lower lumen level compared with its pricier siblings means that this projector really will be at its best in a very dark room, and it’ll be in this environment that you’ll see what the N5 is really capable of.Īt its best, the picture is nothing short of cinematic, with sharp detail, rich colours and an amazing level of texture and insight – even skin tones are handled with level of accuracy that’s hard to achieve. This means it balances out the image’s darkest and lightest points for the best performance, without making the picture dull.Īs you’d expect at this sort of price, there are full calibration controls if you’d like to go professional on the set up, but there is also an auto calibration feature for ease too. It supports HDR10 and HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma, for broadcast), and offers dynamic tone mapping to improve HDR performance. This is a native 4K projector with a brightness of 1800 lumens and high native contrast of 40,000:1. Price: £2,549 | Check price on Audio Affair | Amazon | Sevenoaks Pros: Outstanding picture across the board great colour handling easy to setup good spec for the money Cons: A little noisy occasional motion hiccups Our only niggles? It’s a little noisy when working at its hardest and there’s the occasional motion hiccup with the fastest of movement, but neither impact the overall experience enough to make us love this projector any less. No matter what you throw at this projector, it offers an exceptional performance for the money. HDR images definitely have added punch, but SDR images still look bright, insightful and natural, and even upscaled images look fantastic too. HDR is not a technology that’s easy for projectors to handle, but the EH-TW9400 gives it a good go, and delivers bright, vibrant HDR images that are among the best we’ve seen at this level.Ĭolours are bold but accurate, blacks are deep and detailed and highlights stand out with impressive brightness. Intuitive menus and handy motorised lens controls (unusual at this price) mean it’s pretty easy to setup too, which isn’t always the case with projectors, and a definite plus for the EH-TW9400.Īs mentioned, this projector doesn’t have a native 4K chip, but that doesn’t affect its ability to produce a lushly detailed 4K resolution picture, with HDR to boot. The EH-TW9400’s 2.1x optical zoom lens means it can produce an image from 50in up to 300in, and with a bright 2,600 lumens to play with, it’ll even play ball in a lighter room. You’ll just need a minimum throw (the distance between where the projector is and what it’s projecting on to) of 1.5m. At 11kg, it’s probably best suited to a dedicated rack or ceiling mount, but it can shift its image vertically and horizontally to accommodate a less-than-ideal placement if necessary. Before you buy it though, you’re going to want to make sure you’ve got the space for it, as it’s a pretty chunky bit of kit. ![]()
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