LG says its new 4K laser projector is a ‘stylish art object’
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The new CineBeam Qube is a tiny thing with a handle.

LG says its new 4K projector is a ‘stylish art object’::LG’s new CineBeam Qube is a small, boxy, minimalist 4K laser projector with a handle and HDMI eARC support.

  • hydrashok@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    37·
    11 months ago

    Saw the ads for this one and then saw it’s only 500 lumens. Hope you like watching your crazy expensive projector in a perfectly dark room where no one else will see its “style”.

  • Sume@reddthat.comEnglish
    24·
    11 months ago

    Okay, but can we get a “LG says its new phone is an ‘epic comeback’”?

      • Death_Equity@lemmy.worldEnglish
        101·
        11 months ago

        Those are Chinese medical cum harvesters. Incidentally, how’s your mom’s job hunt going?

          • Death_Equity@lemmy.worldEnglish
            61·
            11 months ago

            Hard to converse with a ball gag in my mouth and she charges by the minute. I can’t afford the luxury of a sentence more than the 2 minutes I need of her company.

            • JackFrostNCola@lemmy.worldEnglish
              31·
              11 months ago

              Ill tell her to think of bringing in a loyalty card system so you get a freebie occasionally, probably everly 13th free, a traditional wankers dozen.

  • eleitl@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    11 months ago

    And it’s a useless toy compared to my 1 k$ ceiling mounted white Epson.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    8·
    11 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    LG announced the CineBeam Qube (model HU710PB) laser projector yesterday: It’s got a minimalist look and stature, weighing 3.28 pounds and measuring 135mm square on one side and just 80mm wide at the front.

    It also has an unspecified number of HDMI eARC and USB-C ports, and a 3W built-in mono speaker.

    Impressively, LG says it can project an up-to-120-inch image at full 4K resolution with a pretty standard 1.2 throw ratio.

    The Qube uses the company’s webOS, which is fine taken on its own as an OS, but lacks the diversity of Google TV or Apple’s tvOS.

    It looks a little like a cross between the Binomes from the 90s CGI cartoon ReBoot and the hand-cranked Bell & Howell 8mm camera that floated around my house growing up.

    And while I usually recoil at companies describing their devices with terms like “stylish interior accessory,” I have to admit the Qube calls to me, as a person who is willing to forgive the flaws of quirky, boxy tech that has a handle — like the GameCube, for instance.

    The original article contains 335 words, the summary contains 178 words. Saved 47%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

  • egeres@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    11 months ago
    • “Show the movie LG”
    • “I’m sorry dave, I cannot play ‘Harry.Potter.and.the.Deathly.Hallows.Part.2.2011.2160p.MAX.WEB-D.mkv’”
    • “Dammit LG, show the movie!”
    • “I think this conversation has no other purpose, good bye dave”
  • Wanderer@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    11 months ago

    When I was in uni I bought a projector for my room. Best thing I ever bought.

    Just put it on my bedside table and used it to watch movies on the white wall either alone or with the FB. Even took it downstairs and on the old console played split screen COD with the housemates. It was awesome.

    But that was 10 years ago now and TV tech has moved on. Most people have a huge TV that gives pretty much the same size as what screen I was protecting but much clearer, and they also don’t live in a shitty uni room with no space for a TV stand and no walls mounts.

    The projector had its short window of being the right solution but I think a lot of people missed it and now a TV is almost always the right option.