LG CF181D – Projector Screens Posted on February 20, 2010 By Art Feierman 1. LG CF181D Projector Review - CF181D Projector Highlights - LG CF181D Projector Overview2. CF181D Projector – Special Features - Creative Frame Interpolation: TruMotion - Color Management System (CMS) - LG CF181D Projector: Dynamic and Manual Iris - Overscan Feature, and Edge Masking Issues3. LG CF181D Physical Tour - LG CF181D Physical Appearance - Control Panel - Input/Output4. LG CF181D Menus - LG CF181D Menus - LG CF181D Remote Control5. LG CF181D Lens Throw - LG CF181D Lens Throw - DLA-CF181D Lens Shift - CF181D Anamorphic Lens Support6. LG CF181D Projector – Image Quality - LG CF181D Projector: Out of the Box Picture Quality - Flesh Tones7. LG CF181D Black Levels & Shadow Detail - LG CF181D Black Levels & Shadow Detail - The over large image from 5thelement starship in LG_CF181D8. LG CF181D Shadow Detail Performance - Shadow Detail Performance9. LG CF181D Shadow Detail Performance – 2 - Bottom line LG CF181D Blacks and Shadow detail10. LG CF181D Overall Color & Picture Quality - Overall Color & Picture Quality - LG CF181D Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports11. LG CF181D – Performance - LG CF181D Brightness - LG CF181D Projector - Uncalibrated12. LG CF181D: Sharpness - Sharpness13. LG CF181D: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - LG CF181D Image Noise - LG CF181D Audible Noise14. LG CF181D Projector Calibration and Settings - LG CF181D Projector Calibration and Settings - LG CF181D Color Temperature - Color Temp over IRE Range (Best Mode, Pre calibration) - LG CF181D Basic Settings15. LG CF181D Post Calibration Grayscale - LG CF181D Post Calibration Grayscale - Gamma settings - Regarding the CF181D Iris - LG CF181D RGB Settings16. LG CF181D – Projector Screens - LG CF181D Projector Screen Recommendations17. LG CF181D – Competitors - CF181D vs. Epson Home Cinema 8500UB - LG CF181D vs. BenQ W600018. LG CF181D vs. Panasonic PT-AE4000 - LG CF181D vs. Panasonic PT-AE4000 - LG CF181D vs. Sony VPL-HW15 - CF181D vs. JVC DLA-RS1519. LG CF181D Projector – Warranty20. LG CF181D – Review Summary - LG CF181D Projector - The Bottom Line - CF181D Brightness - LG CF181D Color Performance21. LG CF181D – Review Summary – 2 - Sharpness22. LG CF181D – Review Summary – 3 - The very bottom line23. LG CF181D Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - LG CF181D Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - LG CF181D Projector: Pros - LG CF181D Projector: Cons - LG CF181D Projector: Typical Capabilities24. LG CF181D Projector Specifications LG CF181D Projector Screen RecommendationsSince the LG CF181D‘s black level performance is pretty good, but hardly exceptional, I tend to first think of pairing it with a High Contrast gray screen to lower black levels a bit. Certainly there’s no shortage of “best” mode lumens to go around, so most people will still have a plenty bright image. That said, you should consider your room (wall/ceiling/floor color), ambient light issues (day and night), etc. to determine what screen surface will work best for the mix of content you tend to watch. I’m most pleased with the LG filling all of my 128″ Firehawk G3. I can say, that although I favor projectors with still better black levels, the pairing of the LG with my Firehawk works really well. On the other hand, when doing some of my photo shoot, filling about 100 inches of my 106″ diagonal Carada Brilliant white in the testing room, the image was exceptionally bright – which some might find too bright. My own objection was not to the brightness, but how bright the blacks were on the smaller screen which happens to be a 1.4 gain screen. With all those lumens, on the smaller screen, the “blacks” were more of a medium dark gray. On my Firehawk, at the larger size, the blacks are a very dark gray, dark enough that I can live with them, and I’m pretty picky. (That doesn’t mean I’d save the thousands of dollars by buying an LG instead of my JVC RS20, had the choice been there last year. I wouldn’t.) Bottom line – unless you are going with an exceptionally large screen (at least as large as my Firehawk, probably), you’ll be best served with a high contrast gray, like the expensive Firehawk, or any number of less expensive HC gray screens including the Elite HC gray (light gray – a “compromise surface), or the Da-lite HC Da-Mat, to name two. Or even the Da-lite HC Cinemavision, which is a light gray HD screen like the Elite (the HC Da-mat is a darker gray with lower gain). 1. LG CF181D Projector Review - CF181D Projector Highlights - LG CF181D Projector Overview2. CF181D Projector – Special Features - Creative Frame Interpolation: TruMotion - Color Management System (CMS) - LG CF181D Projector: Dynamic and Manual Iris - Overscan Feature, and Edge Masking Issues3. LG CF181D Physical Tour - LG CF181D Physical Appearance - Control Panel - Input/Output4. LG CF181D Menus - LG CF181D Menus - LG CF181D Remote Control5. LG CF181D Lens Throw - LG CF181D Lens Throw - DLA-CF181D Lens Shift - CF181D Anamorphic Lens Support6. LG CF181D Projector – Image Quality - LG CF181D Projector: Out of the Box Picture Quality - Flesh Tones7. LG CF181D Black Levels & Shadow Detail - LG CF181D Black Levels & Shadow Detail - The over large image from 5thelement starship in LG_CF181D8. LG CF181D Shadow Detail Performance - Shadow Detail Performance9. LG CF181D Shadow Detail Performance – 2 - Bottom line LG CF181D Blacks and Shadow detail10. LG CF181D Overall Color & Picture Quality - Overall Color & Picture Quality - LG CF181D Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports11. LG CF181D – Performance - LG CF181D Brightness - LG CF181D Projector - Uncalibrated12. LG CF181D: Sharpness - Sharpness13. LG CF181D: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - LG CF181D Image Noise - LG CF181D Audible Noise14. LG CF181D Projector Calibration and Settings - LG CF181D Projector Calibration and Settings - LG CF181D Color Temperature - Color Temp over IRE Range (Best Mode, Pre calibration) - LG CF181D Basic Settings15. LG CF181D Post Calibration Grayscale - LG CF181D Post Calibration Grayscale - Gamma settings - Regarding the CF181D Iris - LG CF181D RGB Settings16. LG CF181D – Projector Screens - LG CF181D Projector Screen Recommendations17. LG CF181D – Competitors - CF181D vs. Epson Home Cinema 8500UB - LG CF181D vs. BenQ W600018. LG CF181D vs. Panasonic PT-AE4000 - LG CF181D vs. Panasonic PT-AE4000 - LG CF181D vs. Sony VPL-HW15 - CF181D vs. JVC DLA-RS1519. LG CF181D Projector – Warranty20. LG CF181D – Review Summary - LG CF181D Projector - The Bottom Line - CF181D Brightness - LG CF181D Color Performance21. LG CF181D – Review Summary – 2 - Sharpness22. LG CF181D – Review Summary – 3 - The very bottom line23. LG CF181D Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - LG CF181D Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - LG CF181D Projector: Pros - LG CF181D Projector: Cons - LG CF181D Projector: Typical Capabilities24. LG CF181D Projector Specifications LG CF181D Post Calibration Grayscale LG CF181D – Competitors