While many of the best TVs have blown me away in terms of picture performance, sound quality, and even smart features, there is a global downfall — size. True, TV manufacturers develop panels to sell the best home theater experience, and the largest TVs you can buy at Best Buy or other retailers range in size from 85 to 88 inches.
Of course, there’s the 97-inch LG G2 OLED TV and Samsung’s massive Micro LED TVs, but both are special order and don’t come cheap. If you’re looking for a 100-inch screen, a projector is the way to go. The monitor even prevented me from buying a TV not too long ago.
But after watching the Hisense L9G 4K Laser TV, I also became convinced of what projectors can do instead of regular TVs. This short range projector is designed to be placed close to a wall, which changes the geometry of the projected image so that the image appears despite its position as a normal rectangle on a wall or projection screen.
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There are quite a few short-throw projectors, but not many branded laser TVs like Hisense. For a projector to be considered a laser TV, it must be able to be viewed during the day as well as at night. The indoor light source should also last for at least 20,000 hours without brightness degradation. That’s about as long as a regular TV lasts, so a laser TV won’t be used as a makeshift replacement for the best OLED TVs or the best QLED TVs – it will be your TV.
I can totally see myself using the Hisense L9G 4K Laser TV in my living room, maximizing wall space to watch shows, movies, and live sports on the largest screen possible. In fact, I shot part of a football match and was impressed with the sharp image quality and it kept its brightness despite watching me in a naturally lit room. The L9G is a brightness of 3000 lumens,
Not only that, the 40W Harman Kardon speakers with Dolby Atmos filled the room with sound. Unlike the way traditional flat panel TV panels have limited audio capabilities, which makes the best sound bar relevant, the L9G’s audio performance is excellent without external speakers.
The price is probably my biggest delay. The 100-inch Hisense L9G 4K Laser TV costs $5499, while it also comes in a 120-inch configuration for $5999. That’s actually more expensive than LG’s short projectors, making the L9G the most unique of all Hisense 2022 TVs (including the Hisense U8H Mini LED TV I’ve featured as well).
But when you think about how the largest configurations of the best Samsung TVs, the best LG TVs, and the best Sony TVs can cost so much, it doesn’t seem so unreasonable for what is essentially a 100-inch TV. The 83-inch LG G2 OLED TV costs $6,499, the 85-inch Samsung 4K Neo QLED TV QN90B costs $5,000, and the Samsung 8K Neo QLED QN900B is $8,500. In other words, a big TV will cost you anyway, so you’re also probably getting the biggest screen possible for the price. As long as it fits in your living room, that is.