LG Electronics PA75U Slim LED Projector with WXGA Resolution WiDi and Smart TV (2013 Model)

This is my Fourth LED source projector and so far the best ever. I have a smaller qumi q5 for travel. This one is the winner for the following reasons:- strong light source in ambient light can still give out a decent contrast and color saturation at a 90" size- 3D is so easy it's amazing how you just plug and play (I have a whole list of equipment that I bout to get my Q5 to play3D!)- built in player that supports planning files directly from a portable HDD up to 650GB by my own experience (all file types are supported).- the magic remote is super cool and very easy to use. I have not even bothered to use the conventional remote because all the menses are there on the screen.- the built in TV tuner is a nice addition to replace a living room TV.- decent built in speakers and the unit makes no noise at all! Super quite compared to both Q5 and optoma.Cons may be few:- oversized power adapter is a drag to mobility.- I would have likes stronger sound and optical audio pass though but it's just for the sake of being super critical :)- I recently saw the optoma 800lumen LED projector so I was jealous if this was a 100lumen more would have been better.Overall very solid product and would keep a buff for projectors like me satisfied for a year I hope :).

I was very excited when I saw the features of this projector (PA75U) would have given 5 stars if all the features worked as mentioned.Pros:Light weight easy to carry (Comes with its own carry case)Easy to setupWork with many kind of inputs (USB, HDMI, AV, TV Tuner in built, WiDI and Network media shares)Amazing picture qualityBright enough to use with some day light with a 100 inch screen sizeCons:WiDi does't work with Windows 8\8.1Very few smart appsYouTube stalls after a while (not a buffering issue it stalls)Browse doesn't work properly. From what I noticed it works with LG App Sore web page only

This is my 4th projector. And its delightful. This replaces the Panasonic AE100 that I owned prior to this. I am led foremost by convenience. And I love this projector for its all in one feature bundling. I rip movies on to a hard disk and play them from the in built usb player. One of the cons with all LG in-built usb players, whether they be on their Tvs or their projectors is shoddy ratio manipulation. I absolutely hate the horizontal black bars on top of the 2.35-1 ratio movies when they are adjusted to 16:9. The equipment should give you the flexibility to stretch it to fill 16:9 and let you take a call if things look weird in that vertically stretched view. Changing headers in video manipulation software does not work with the LG usb built in players. My solution was to re encode the video with the new size itself only in Handbrake. This drawback out of the way, the projector meets every expectation. I have two Tvs – one a plasma 720P and a LED 1080p. And I have done blind tests with people asking them to pinpoint the higher resolution from a distance of 7-10 feet. And the responses are 50:50. Unless one expects to watch a display from a very small distance, lets say 1/2 feet or less, there is no evident difference between a 720P and a 1080P picture. In short, 720P on the projector is perfect. This 1080P full HD, to me, is more a psychological ploy rather than a utilitarian one. The picture on the projector is perfect. It requires a little tweaking though. This projector's brightness is 700 lumens whereas earlier projectors I owned had specs of 2000 lumens or more. Picture calibration articles on the net recommend contrast and sharpness to be adjusted to the half way mark – but i found the picture to be dull with these settings– what worked for me was turning the contrast up to the highest level of 100. Also some fiddling around with advanced settings was required. A curious one was setting the black level to high seemed to, in my perception, create a washed out picture and grayish blacks – i could see the deepest blacks with black level set to low. With some repeated tinkering for 2/3 minutes the first 3/4 times i have been able to set it up to present what i see as a stunningly rich, bright picture.And the two built in speakers, definitely not theater class, work for me. I have no more to waste energy on hooking it up to the 5.1 home theater sound system. The effect obviously is not remotely close to the one obtainable from the home theater system but in a tradeoff between convenience and impactful sound, a heavy watcher like me will settle for the convenience. One of the projectors i owned earlier had in built speakers but the effect was jarring with the picture beaming 10 feet away and the sound seeming to come from a feet away. Not so with this one. The built in SRS Dolby feature seems to do some useful imaging. So as you get absorbed in a movie, the sound and picture seem acceptably correlated. Occasionally i hook it up with the sound system when I want big, heavy sound to accompany the picture.Which brings to my set up. My family refuses to ceiling mount a projector. Thus i have to set it up on the table every time. The Panasonic I owned earlier had manual horizontal and vertical lens displacement which allowed some placement flexibility – whereas i have to place the LG on an exact spot but compared to earlier projectors i owned this is a feather weight projector and this restriction poses no problems. I set up my drawing room in such a way that I place the projector about 12 feet away from a white painted wall to get a 140” diagnal picture – about 120” wide, 70” high – about 4 feet from the ground. I place it a table about 3 “ high and the projection sails past the sofas that are 2 feet in height thereby allowing me to see movies without shifting, moving anything. The 3D works - and all formats are supported – and you do not have to route it through a PC – it works natively from the projector – all you need is an input, whether it be through usb or hdmi. Of course you will need to buy the active 3d shutter glasses. However passive 3d on the tv seems to beat active 3d hollow on all parameters – convenience, lightness, brightness, price of glasses.Besides all these a host of other features which may come in handy. Built in office viewer impies i can use this for presentations and business meetings and project stuff straight from the usb. One can connect it to a PC/Laptop via HDMI/VGA – though to my mind, why would one forgo the convenience, mobility, compactness and lug around multiple pieces of equipment.It has built in wifi – so if one wished to play youtube etc – the feature is there.Can play TV through the antenna – i am doubtful if i am ever going to bother with that.On the whole then, the picture is great, the convenience is fantastic, with 20000 hours it can last forever – its a feature packed, small yet very powerful and compelling bundle. I would readily recommend it.

Got this machine on sale. This is actually a smart television that happens to be a projector. It has a cool looking HD digital antenna that surprising works well indoors in my area. Sound from built-in speakers are not something to rave about, but it can play really loud, like a decent radio clock - definitely useable if you are just watching regular tv or surfing online. Picture is bright for its size, dvds look great, blu-rays better. I only use a white wall at this time and watching new movie releases on a 100 inch screen in your bedroom is already a different experience. I used to watch netflix on my ipad while lying in bed, now almost my whole wall is my screen! Fan is not loud. People complaining about missing a Netflix app, but people don't realize is that Netflix is the one actually developing these apps, not LG. And Netflix didn't make one for this particular machine. An easy fix would be a Roku stick or Chromecast. If LG will increase the lumens several hundreds more even with the same features and price, I might get another one in the future. All over focus on the screen is perfect. Sharp and clear on all corners. It has bluetooth but ONLY for the smart remote. You can't use the bluetooth for audio. I have taken out one star because if only it had bluetooth for audio, then I could easily connect a great quality compact bluetooth speaker and just leave it on the bottom of the screen. Now, imagine the possibilities, a personal 3D blu-ray player, bluetooth speaker and this projector - widescreen movies anywhere in an instant. Yup, lamp life could last a decade or something but I hope the internal electronics would last as long, too.

To begin with, this product is not available in India, however I was lucky that someone was selling it on Amazon.in.This is my first projector and I must say I am very happy with it. The only problem I faced was not reading the throw distance, which meant I had it installed further away from the wall giving me a really large projection. I had that corrected and the rest is very simple to figure out in terms of installation. Although it has an HDMI, USB and VGA cable, HDMI was all I used to connect it to my set-top-box.It comes with in-built Wi-Fi, which is great, however note that the speed at which it's able to receive data streaming is not great. So if you're looking to stream YouTube etc. (yes there are apps built-in - Smart TV) then make sure to have a LAN cable installed to connect to the projector. Alternatively, you can stream it from your cell phone by pairing it with the Projector, however this too isn't satisfactory.The brightness and contrast are good and I am able to see it very clearly even in the day time with light coming from 20 feet away falling on the projector wall. Of course all I needed to do was to draw the curtains to block the light and I'm good.The only issue I feel is the color representation. It's not that great, especially yellow! It comes out as being more green than yellow. However I think for the price point and the fact that it's an LED projector with 20,000-30,000 hours of life span is totally worth it!The in-built audio is not great at all and I have it connected to my home theater system through the AUX (3.5mm) cable, which works really well.Haven't really tried 3D due to lack of 3D content available in India. So no comments on that one.The resolution, 720p is exceptionally good, considering the screen is about 100" diagonal. And as the instructions state, it's about the viewing distance. As the distance increases the difference between 720p and 1080p start to show. So if your viewing distance is less than about 20 feet then you just won't feel the difference.Finally the design - I'm one who really focuses on the design of a product and I must say that LG has designed a beautiful product. The white color is just perfect, for it blends in with the white walls and white projector holder, making it look rather nice in a living room. The size is really small and compact and it does not look bulky unlike all the DLP projectors out there!Pros:1. Very reasonably priced2. LED Projector - which means I do not need to change the lamp every 2-3 years3. 20K-30K hours or viewing - which is as good as your LED TV4. Compact Size5. Great designCons:1. Color representation2. Poor Wi-Fi receiver3. Average Smart TV4. Could do with more brightnessFinal Comment: For all those buying your first project this is a super option, just make sure to read the throw distance and buy the projector first before you set up your projection room!