LG CF181D Shadow Detail Performance - 2

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Art Feierman

Below, is the night casino image. We're using the same smaller image for all samples, click for the larger version for the respective projectors.

LG CF181D projector

Epson Home Cinema 8500UB

JVC DLA-RS25 projector

Panasonic PT-AE4000U projector

Sony VPL-HW15 projector

InFocus IN83 projector

Mitsubishi HC7000 projector

The LG CF181D

Epson Home Cinema 8500UB

The PT-AE4000U

In our dark train scene, the CF181D performs about middling. Look to the shrubs and trees on the right, especially those on the other side of the rails. The shadow detail is really very good. But, the not quite "ultra high contrast" blacks (even with the Auto Iris on 1).

The LG CF181D

The LG CF181D vs 8500ub

Optoma HD8600 Projector

JVC DLA-RS25 Projector

Epson Home/Pro Cinema 8500UB/9500UB Projector

Mitsubishi HC7000

Panasonic PT-AE4000

Bottom line LG CF181D Blacks and Shadow detail

The CF181D combines excellent dark shadow detail combines with good, but hardly spectacular, black levels make this projector better in these areas than average projector but still visibly short of any of the better ultra-high contrast projectors.