- 1280 x 800
- 500 cd/m2
- 15000:1
- Display Size 25" ~ 100"
- Focus: Manual
- Zoom: Fixed
- Type: RGB LED
- Life High Brightness: 30,000 Hrs
Works well but
12/27/2014
This review is from: LG PB60G 1280x800 WXGA 500 ANSI Lumens, USB2.0 File Viewer, Built-in Speakers, 3D Ready Mini-Portable LED Projector
Pros:
Brightness is adequate in dark room, colors are good, projects acceptably on a wall (tested to 120 inches diagonal), has no hesitations or jumps, displays a computer screen very nicely without artifacts. Does handle various resolutions with exceptions noted in cons below. Remote works well, though the menus are utilitarian. It is very quiet compared to other units I've tried and almost no hot plastic smell. USB storage handles a 1TB disk as well as thumb drives. Also on the USB storage I tried various resolutions and types( AVI, MPG, MP4) and audio mixes ( AC3, AAC, MPEG ) . All worked properly.
Cons:
The unit does not handle a SAR to DAR ratios that are different when the source is through the USB storage. Example: my old home videos are 720x480 (3:2) SAR with a 4:3 DAR ( probably the most common DVD 4:3 video). When you try to play them using the USB storage 4:3 is not an aspect ratio that is allowed in the menu. For the 3 options ( Full/16:9/Original ) you get displays of 1.6 to 1 ( the resolution of the unit - 1280x800) or you get 1.5 to 1 (3:2 the ratio of the SAR: 720x480), you do not get 4:3 so as a result the image is squished. Same problem if you have a 720x480 16:9 video or any other SAR/DAR mismatch. The greater the SAR/DAR mismatch the greater the squish. Note this doesn't happen with a computer connected via DVI/HDMI because the computer does the SAR/DAR correction correctly. The unit does work correctly if the SAR ratio and the DAR ratio are the same. As mentioned by others - no focus on the remote, so when it warms up it needs to be refocused or you just have to warm it up before you start watching ( if you have it mounted in the ceiling, for example). Also, there is no digital audio output to connect to your home theater if you are running from the USB storage. Last minor con is that while it will properly display the 1280x800 from a computer without under/overscanning, when you set the computer screen to 1920x1080 you have to reset the computer underscan a little smaller (using one of the graphics card options) than 1920x1080 for it to display all the pixels.
Overall Review:
Tested with both HDMI/DVI and USB storage, not component, composite or VGA.
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- Charles L.
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