LG "Hecto" laser projector + screen system - Page 2

If that's the case it is essentially a non-starter for most... too much $$ for too little screen. I guess those interested will just have to hope the blue shirts at best buy have no clue how to set it up and put it on clearance when no one buys the "weird thing in the corner". LG screwed up the rollout of the 55LHX so royally that no one had heard anything about it, and the salesmen had no idea how to use it or set it up... saw it at a number of BBs and Frys and not one was set up properly: all of them were using it in 'wireless HD' with the transmitter in a closed cabinet somewhere (supposed to be unobstructed line of sight, or go with hardwired input)... picture looked like crap and they didn't sell (MSRP roughly $5k at the time). I bought mine for under $1500 IIRC, after opening the cabinet, establishing LOS between the transmitter and TV, making some minor picture adjustments and verifying it operated as I expected. Maybe LG still operates in this manner? one can hope

here a closer look ....

CES 2013

it will be march for US

it will coast around $10k
1080p
no 3D
cant go over 100"

thats to much for the price

Do you mean that's not enough for the price? Remember the picture really gets fornicated up because of the scaling needed to provide correct geometry at such a short throw. People want big and big panels are expesive. this could work for non picky consumers who thing every correction a manufascturer provides is there to fix things and not hurt them and who can't afford a true direct panel of the size. but the equation is not linear, the savings would have to be large and the cost something educated Joe 6 pack can afford. They would sell a bunch at $5K.

LG, ty kto takoy? Davay, do svidaniya!
Seriously, there's just too little info on this thing to even justify the price tag. Lasers, so what? No one knows about the projector's performance. Black screen, so what? We don't know anything about the screen to even extrapolate what the resulting image could look like. Honestly, I watched LG's press conference and their presentation of the system was so obscure it only leaves one impression:
"Oh... okay".
Edited by Elix - 1/9/13 at 6:36am

sorry i mean 2 much price for what u got

well i said before if its like $5k could be reasonable, until its like $3k next year
but $10k is really freaking out !!!

What makes you think they need scaling to correct for geometry? RPTV's don't need it so why would this?

the screen more like ( interpolating screen )
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1436473/first-active-projector-screen

and laser tech ( last few years with pico projectors like $100 480p )

why projectors market is tiny !!!!
pricy
room setup
screen
ambient light
PQ vs LED Panel
...etc

if it was 3D and 4k ( will be hot cake )
i better off with Led tv on the price range $10k for 100"

anyways lets hope and wait if it is up to the price

I can walk out of Costco with a Sharp 90" for $9K. Why would this sell for $10,000 when it would be clearly worse in a bright room and still need >something< away from the screen?

Yes, it's a bit bigger, but not enough to care.

At $5K, we can talk.

Without 3D ?! $3K and no more

That's more like it.

$9000 US.

I'm totally unimpressed in that a Sharp 90" LCD will thoroughly outperform it in a bright or semi-bright room for the same money.

One cool thing about projector like this is that it would work great for motion-control games where you have to stand in front of the screen. Also simplifies wiring and mounting issues as you say. I think it's really cool.

And if the LED/Laser light source also means no color wheel, even better. I remember reading some CES coverage that there was an LED light source projector (not sure if its this one) that had no color wheel... FINALLY! They alternated the RGB light right onto the DMD chip directly in sequence much faster than any "wheel" could allow (and with no wasted spoke time). Rainbow-free single chip DLP!!!

So I saw this thing and I'm not sure how it really simplifies wiring and mounting. If you want it on the ceiling, you have to mount it... Yes, the cables are shorter. Not much more exciting.

If you want it in front, you don't need to mount it, but you need free space directly below a permanent screen. And you can't have the projector moving around, so it more or less is fixed in place.

This is like having a really big projection TV in many ways.

I'm pretty sure this didn't have a color wheel (although not certain) but I did see some color separation-type effects at least when your eye got near the projector itself. I'm not sure that would happen in a real room, but it might.

$10k is a fail, i am excited if this is $3k. As someone already said, for that amount of $$ i will just get a large flat screen. They are finally starting to appear, although sharp right now is still the only brand with a reasonably priced 80"+ but give it a year or 2 and you will have 80"+ at <$5k. This projector needs to be at $3k right now to be competitive, $10k is a joke.

its $7,999.00 in amazon
Sharp LC-90LE745U 90-Inch 1080p 240Hz 3D Internet Slim LED HDTV

it will outperform LG "Hecto" all the ways
240Hz 3D Internet Slim LED

I was really looking forward to this projector... but I think LG has really dropped the ball on this one. Anyone that has $10k to spend on a TV doesn't have a problem with room size so that makes its short throw moot. And 1080p with no 3d? What the hell are LG thinking here, its like the value proposition has just gone out the window these days with everyone slapping $10k on a product and calling it a day.

Lets see, with $6k I could buy a 1080p 3D projector from panasonic with lens memory and a 140" zero edge screen from black diamond if using it in a well lit room is what i am going for. And still have $4k to spare.

Or with $10k I can buy any number of the up and coming 85-92" led tvs popping out on the market these days and have a PQ that this projector from LG will never match.

Like i don't get who does the thinking in these companies these days. Make something like this and set it at $3k and then you have an instant best seller.

.....sigh

Hi Mark, the image was pretty good considering....

You're right, except for the small size edge on the LG in a dark room. In a light room, who cares, the Sharp would be so much better.

Considering what? It was fairly abysmal. Mark H. is right that it might sell $5K. Of course, in a year, the Sharp 90" will be very likely $6000, so then what? The LG will be need to be $3K. So today, it's twice what it needs to cost and by next year, it's 3x what it needs to cost.

We should be excited? I don't think so.

Honestly, LG's own people didn't seem excited.

Thanks rogo .. i do agree with you
i own LG PA70g and Benq w1070 playing with my mind to upgrade ( $1k ) thats steal

anyway still waiting 1080p Led or Laser to come out next few months if my guessing is right !!
my budget not over $3k or Benq w1070 ready to shoot out until then .....

i hate to say the projector market is not making it easy with Led or Laser tech to buy
it just they dont wanna lose their tv panel share as they are the same who brings projectors out !!
in fact the laser tech is cheaper with no need of weel or focusing materials plus some free contrast ans saturation
but still they wanna go with bulb to pay them every 1/2 years and not competing with tv panels in terms of PQ and price
despite the need of room setup and buying a screen and the disadvantage may sparkling - RBE - color shifting - ambient light and ...etc

Just out of curiousity, what's the recycling fee for a 90" TV?