BenQ W1070 1080P 3D Home Theater Projector
Go Big, Stay Home
Enjoy 1080p Full-HD image projection up to 200 inches in the comfort of your living room with the W1070 Home Entertainment Projector. You'll be captivated by brilliant image performance featuring the native 1080p DarkChip3 DLP Technology by Texas Instrument, 10,000:1 contrast ratio and a 2000 lumen brightness. Built-in speakers and easy set-up seal the deal on this user-friendly experience.
Full HD 1080p and 3D Support
Showcase Full-HD content in sharp, 1080p definition and enjoy Blu-ray, video games and HD broadcasting in beautiful, high-contrast quality without downscaling or compression. The W1070 supports multiple forms of 3D--including HDMI, Blu-Ray, 3D broadcasting, video games and NVIDIA 3DTV PC connectivity--in 1080p Full-HD for maximum enjoyment. You'll appreciate uninterrupted viewing with no crosstalk thanks to DLP technology and new glasses designed for comfort and peak image quality. Play from many devices with HDMI x 2 and multiple connectivity options.
World-Leading SmartEco Technology, Green Up Your Living Room
Offering lower maintenance cost and optimized projection through dynamic power saving, uncompromised brightness, exquisite picture quality and optimized lamp life--BenQ's SmartEco technology has perfected what a DLP projector can do in home entertainment. With this special innovation, you are able to save up to 70% of lamp power consumption and lower maintenance costs through dynamic power saving features while bringing ultra-vivid picture quality in every living room. The SmartEco Mode cleverly adjusts the lamp power to maximize power saving, by delivering the best contrast and brightness performance using only as much light as needed. And the Eco Blank mode dims the lamp power automatically, lowering the total power consumption by 70%. All you need to do is press the "Eco Blank Mode" button on the keypad or the "Blank" button on the remote control.
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| Full-HD content in sharp, 1080p definition from many devices with HDMI x 2 and multiple connectivity |
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| SmartEco lamp saving technology offers great energy savings and delivers amazing quality. |
No Source Detected Mode
The projector will automatically switch to Eco Blank Mode after the projector is turned on for over three minutes without a display source, eliminating unnecessary energy waste and prolonging the life of the projector lamp.
The BenQ Benefit
- Accurate. Over 1 billion colors--compared to 16.7 million from many LCD projectors
- Crisp. Bright, high contrast picture--3x more contrast than similar top-selling LCD models
- Long-Lasting. Consistent quality--image is the same now and years from now
- Projector with Full-HD 1080p
- 3D support for Blu-ray, video games, and more
- 2 HDMI inputs
- Built-in speakers
- SmartEco technology prolongs lamp life
- Optimized color performance in Day and Night modes
Colorific Technology Delivers Lifelike Color, Year After Year
For radiant, life-like color, trust BenQ to deliver. From business presentations and educational venues to spectacular events and home entertainment, Colorific from BenQ is the only way to experience your projected images. BenQ projectors' DLP technology display more than one billion stunning colors, compared to only 16.7 million from many LCD projectors in the same class. Combining up to 6 different colors to create vibrant, true to life images versus traditional 3-color LCD architecture, projectors equipped with Colorific technology can deliver up to 3x more contrast than similar top-selling LCD models. Enjoy richer blacks and more luminous whites for easy to read images, with a consistent quality image--no light burn or reduction in color quality over time. Colorific images are the same now, and years from now.
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| W1070 Projector with Colorific Technology |
Technical Details -
- Screen Size compatibility: 40 - 235.
- HD Compatible.
- 3D Compatiblity.
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1) One of the best 1080p 3D projectors out there, period. - The BenQ W1070 is an amazing little box. All of the features and performance are in this little box that projector enthusiasts have had to (and still do!) pay thousands of dollars in other projectors. To get the features and performance that this projector provides at this price point is a regular joe's dream. And the best part is that a nit picky videophile like myself will not feel like he has compromised performance for price. Folks are trading in their $3,000 plus projectors for the W1070 based on performance alone.
To back-peddle a bit this was the situation I was in.... I have a big air duct/bulk head going right through the middle of my theater room which has given me problems of what projector I could use. I was forced to use a short throw 720p projector (GT750) that had 3D. It was great for what it was and it served me VERY well for about a year but it was only 720p + no zoom + no len shift +... you get the idea. Placement flexibility was VERY limited and 720p wasn't that bad but you could definitely notice especially when there was text on the screen. And there is text on my screen all the time with how much sports I watch.
For quite some time I had hoped that a 1080p 3D projector would come out that fit my space needs. The W1070 was a godsend! Even if I didn't have the tight mounting space I would still get this projector.
I ceiling mounted the projector with an Atdec ceiling mount found here on Amazon and fine tuned the picture position using the Test Pattern buried in the W1070's menu. For the novice mounter, you want to make sure that your measurements in relation to len and screen position are precise before you mount the projector. For the price, the Atdec ceiling mount did a great job allowing me to fine tune angles and picture position. The wiring was simple since when I finished my basement I ran the HDMI and power right over where I had planned to mount the W1070.
For those of you with lens shift/offset questions. My setup includes the following. The top of my screen is 15" from the ceiling. The center of the W1070 lens is about 8" from the ceiling. I have the lens 8'4" away from a 100" screen. I needed the top of the projected image to be 7" below the center of the lens at 8'4" away. I set the lens shift all the way "Up" on the W1070 (which is "Down" if ceiling mounting") and that got me the EXACT offset I needed for the image to sit square. Very happy and relieved that my previous calcuations were correct and didn't have to resport to image distorting digital keystone and zoom. Keep in mind that this projector has an offset so the image will be projected UP if table mounted and DOWN if ceiling mounted. for a 100" screen at 8'4" away the range of offset places the bottom/top of the image approximately 2.5" - 7.5" inches above/below the lens depending on how you mount it. This is crucial to know how it will affect your placement options.
In classic Pro/Con fashion after about a month with the projector here are my impressesions.
PROs
-Colors are AMAZING on this projector. There is a reason it is ISF certified. The colors are fantastic out of the box but are even better when calibrated. I have mine setup on Cinema mode with Brilliant Color set to ON in EcoSmart mode and the Gamma set to 2.2. That is the best combination of brightness/color/ and contrast for my setup.
-Sharpness and clarity are amazing. with 1080p Blu Ray content I was blown away with the clarity and depth of this projector. I also have a Darbee Darblet to help enhance depth and sharpness (highly recommended) but even without the Darblet the clarity and sharpness blew my old projector away.
-Brightness is GREAT! This is a bonafide light cannon. With Brilliant Color and Smart Eco on with the Gamma set to 2.2 I can watch pretty much anything I want with pretty good contrast with the lights and lamps on in the room.
-Black levels are above average. This projector will not get inky blacks like $10k projectors will but this holds its own. I was very impressed with the contrast and black levels on dark scenes and equally impressed with how much shadow detail was preserved in dark scenes. Huge improvement over previous projectors I have owned.
-3D on this projector will blow you away. Not only is 2D content bright and clear but the 3D on this projector utilizes new 144hz technology to make it extremely smooth. With gamma controls to control brightness and contrast I found a 1.8 Gamma setting to be just right. I watched Avatar and Tron in 3D on this projector and was blown away by the strain-free viewing experience. I got the Sainsonic 144hz DLP-Link glasses for cheap on eBay and they work very well. Just make sure the L/R sync is correct otherwise it will cause eye-strain.
I don't care for...
-I wouldn't consider audible fan noise a con on this projector... its just not SUPER quiet like on larger beasts of projectors. I wasn't expecting this on this projector so I wasn't disappointed. In complete silence you can hear it... I've never noticed it while watching content so that is what matters.
-For the first week or so there is a faint smell from the fan that is basically from the bulb burning off manufacturing residue. Its not strong and not a bad smell. Just an electric metal type of smell. Its gone now and I expect this from any new projector.
-Light leakage isn't great. This would be my only official gripe on the projector. With it being so small there are less chambers and places for the light to go in the projector. This results in a fair amount of light leaking from the fan exhaust. This is emitted to the right of the image when table mounting and to the left if ceiling mounting. The good news is that there is nothing leaking on the image but on a dark scene it is noticeable and I have placed a small piece of paper to block it. (See pics) There is also a halo of light on the ceiling from my ceiling mounted W1070 - this is from the lens assembly and I suppose you could resolve this by fixing a lens hood to the lens. I don't notice the halo when watching content and my ceiling is White White so it is more noticeable because of that. I'm fine with the halo but the fan light leakage had to be taken care of.
I really do love this projector and the small gripe with the light leakage I have with it was not enough to have me not give it 6/5 starts if I could... especially for the price.
By Scott G. on January 31, 2013
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