BenQ DLP HD 1080p Projector (W1070) - 3D Home Theater Projector with Lens Shift Technology and RGBRGB Color Wheel

JUST BUY IT ALREADY. For the price , you really can't go wrong and seriously you are not compromising on any video quality. Let me start of saying that, this is my first projector and picture quality was mind blowing. Its as good as watching in a real theater. Let me not get into, how good this projector is or the black level that everyone had talked about. I shall focus on things for which I could not find answers online. I was convinced to get Optoma HD-25LV, but I end up getting this for couple of specific reasons. I am glad I did that (and I saved $300 as well :-) . In my opinion $884 is a steal for this projector. My Theater room has a low ceiling height of 7'5" H * 13.5" W X 22' Length and my top of the screen is about 5" - 6" from the ceiling. HD-25 requires atleast a 8" for the center of the lens to be higher than. Ben Q doesn't require a specific clearance from the ceiling, you could go flush if you want. I used the mount (refer below) approximately 5" drop from the ceiling. NO keystone Or Lens Shift or Zoom was used in my case. Don't relay on the distance calculator its quite off in my opinion. Simple Technique is, Enable the Test Pattern and set the background to blue. Built a simple stand using empty cardboard boxes. Select the Projector position to "Front Ceiling", put the projector upside down on top of the cardboard boxes. I moved slowly back until I can align the edges of the test pattern with my screen. Once close enough, I basically put the mount (not attached) and made it snug using some of my kids book (At this point, it was slightly off and I was worried that I may need to use Keystone Correction). Hung it using the mount and adjusted (both horizontally & vertically), Voila a perfect square. A Simple one man job. Certainly its a short throw compared with Epson or Optoma. I used NATGEO (National Geographic HD Channel from Dish and Blu Ray DVD) to compare between this projector and an 50" Pioneer Elite TV. Honestly, I didn't find any difference at all. In fact, I was able to see for the first time minor details of the image just because of the sheer size of the image. I "hated" non HD channels from Dish on this projector, but it looked nice on the TV, I believe its the size. My theater room is completely dark and this projector illuminates the whole room. Its quite bright. I tried with lights on, its still good. I know I read "Rainbow effects" in lot of places, but I don't know what that is and I didn't see anything other than the movie, I didn't do any setting modifications yet, but right out of the box its pretty good. I have a link from AVS forum for calibration, that I shall post once I had a chance to play around with. Here are the things that I bought Universal Projector Ceiling Mount for DLP / LCD video projectors (Heavy Duty Steel, White, adjustable height 16.9-Inch - 25.6-Inch, built-in cable management, easy installation) - Excellent mount. If you need a height between 6" - 16" drop don't buy it. However this projector has vertical lens shift that could potentially compensate. Elite Screens ER100DH2 Sable Fixed Frame Projection Screen - Amazing screen for this projector. I also bout True Depth 3D glasses, but yet to test 3D or the glass. I also used high speed HDMI cables with Redmere Technology from Mono price, which are by far the cheapest and best quality especially if you want to run 35' in wall

This is a great sub $1k projector in every sense of the word. I had an epson 720p LCD for the last few years and have gotten used to the idea of having a projector integrated into my daily home theater experience. It was ceiling mounted and pointed at a pull down favi screen. The original setup cost $500 thanks to Craigslist. Decided to treat myself and buy something new and more modern. I based my decision on a few factors. The projector had to be 1080p and had to support 3d. A month was spent evaluating the options. In the end I went with the BenQ W1070 based on the reviews here and amazon as well as the projector and home theater sites on the inter webs. All of that background said lets talk about the projector. It puts out a beautiful picture. That FAVI screen (bought here for $100) is starting to sag and has a few ripples. It doesn't matter, this thing puts off such a strong picture that its not noticeable. A few others have noted how bright the initial image is and they're right. Fortunately you get a lot of options for tweaking the colors. It actually is one of the few projectors that is certified (don't ask me the organization) and offers options that are normally only offered by much higher dollar projectors and televisions. So the 2D performance is perfect. I use this with a HTPC, XBOX360, and blue ray player all running through a receiver. It just works well right out of the box and once you tweak those colors it's even better. Now of course what about 3D? This thing single handedly sold me on the concept of 3d in the home. It uses active DLP IR glasses which essentially means they have an IR receiver and pick up the signal reflected off the screen from the projector. No pairing required just turn them on. Went with the sainsonic 144hz. The 3d image is sharp, clear, colorful, bright, and I could see no rainbow effect. Tried it with movies as well as PC games (Skyrim especially looks great!) If you go 3d do yourself a service and set up surround sound. The immersive experience is more than words can describe. 3d is definitely not a gimmick. Last night we watched Pirhana 3DD (don't judge) and my GF actually spilled her drink freaking out when the spiny little death machine of a fish jumped out of the screen at her. So a couple of tips for you would be buyers: 1. This is a HDMI 1.4a projector. Pay attention to the 3d modes and respective resolutions. I spent days figuring out how to set it up correctly with the PC. For movies 1080p 24hz (Frame packing) or 1080i 60hz (SBS). For games 1080i (SBS) or 720p (Frame Packing) Get the appropriate 3d driver for your video card and let it fly. 2. This has a lot of options for tweaking out the color and setting up multiple user modes for different applications. Google it and see what other folks have already done to save yourself time 3. The projector is really quiet just mount it correctly 4. Said it before saying it again. Set up surround sound. It'll cost you $500 or less for a decent setup between the receiver, speakers, and subwoofer. It's worth it. Enjoy!

There was a lot of hesitation to buy a DLP projector - my experiences with them in the past usually had the famous rainbow artifacts, but so far this W1070 has been perfectly fine, even in quick black/white motion. The 1080 resolution is fantastic, the colours are decent to good out of the box and you really only get chromatic aberration in the corners when you start projecting into the 150"+ range (and it's really not noticeable or terrible in most cases). The brightness is fine in medium-dark rooms but sort of strained in lighter areas. Now, I don't have a DVD or Bluray player so I can't really comment there; these next comments will be pretty PC-specific. The digital keystone is rough. I don't know if other projectors are better or not, but if you're wanting pixel-crisp straight lines you definitely want to set it up in such a way that allows ±0 keystone. Fortunately, if you're ceiling mounting it, that should be fairly workable. There is a minor vertical optical adjustment, which is handy for fine tuning. Doesn't appear to be left-right adjustment or compensation, so make sure your room works for head-on projection. The 3D is neat, and I bought the SainSonic shutter glasses. Honestly, if you're looking at this for 3D gaming, I wouldn't. You can only drive the full 1080 resolution at 24 hz which is basically unplayable. There's 720 at 60hz, but then you have to play everything in lower resolution - not the end of the world, but sort of disappointing. Also note that the 3D thing from Nvidia is another $40 after the 14 day free trial. Console gaming is sort of inherently tragic because the Xbox 360 barely pushes 720 with 2x AA so stretching it to massive physical size is only going to show the flaws but, that isn't this projector's fault. There's a speaker, but it's pretty lame. Not even sure why it's there. HDMI can contain both video and audio which the projector actually recognizes. That's cool for office / data projector needs, I guess. For the price (which I noticed is $70 cheaper only a few weeks after I bought it :/ ) it seems hard to go wrong. You get great native resolution and a solid picture. I'd buy it again

Uno de los mejores proyectores que he tenido, colores vibrantes y muy buena luminosidad. Contraste adecuado y es muy silencioso

Very quick response to queries regarding the delivery and product delivered as promised. Excellent quality product and no problems at all with it at all.

El paquete llego el dia acordado, el proyector en excelente estado, la calidad de la imagem de igual forma la esperada, por ultimo las personas de amazon siempre resolvieron mis dudas.

And I love it. I don't even have the right place to project (wall painting is still in progress), however, the screen looks so nice! It is very bright, I run it mostly in economy mode and brilliant colors off in the night, and during the day it is usable even if there is quite of lot of light from outside. I used it currently with PS3 and the 3D feature is also working really great. (Whipeout HD tested as 3D game). The sound speaker is ... well, I didn't bought it for the sound speaker. It is an emergency speaker :-). So, be sure to have other audio in place if you want to use at home. For conferences it should be enough. Really easy to operate and set-up. With 2 HDMI ports and HDMI-CEC (will turn ps3 off when you turn it off), it works great. The noise is fair. It has to be very silent move to annoy you (Solaris?). Waiting for the Antra PSM-01 to mount it on a ceiling and after painting I will try to calibrate it using some how-tos out there on internet. It should be also fine with the PS3 Move games if you set it up correctly, so that you don't create a shadow when playing. My current screen width is around 86'', looking from 135'' away it looks great. I would recommend it to any gamer :-)