Official BenQ W7000 Owners Thread - Page 4

Awesome! Looking forward to it!

Do the 3D glasses make a difference to the brightness of the image? Are the Benq glasses "brighter" than other 3D DLP-Link glasses? Are they tinted differently with the projector calibrated for that tint? Bottom line -- any reason to buy the Benq glasses over other glasses?

Yes I'm looking forward to that too. I want to know how good the CMS is in the W7000

Will view them tonight on Zombie's 12 ft wide HP. I gotta pack all the stuff up and my tooth brush and get driving 2.5 hours to Zombie's. He is at work this afternoon so that's why no reports until later tonight. I hope this old geezer can drive that far. Happy Holidays all.

Please post 2D impressions as well. Maybe you can even do some split screen viewing? I remember my W5000 had a manual iris as well as dynamic. You guys are sure you can't engage manual iris?

142" is diagonal (see zombie's response near the bottom of page 2).

70" high by 124.5" wide, according to zombie's helpful graphic borrowed from the High Power thread:

I'm hoping someone can look into an answer to this question I posted above (no response yet):

I just read the owners manual (again) and don't see a picture mode of "3D" so I'm confused by Art's comment at ProjectorReviews.com:

Back to 3D and brightness. I’m hoping this will change, but the single 3D mode that exists isn’t near as bright on the screen as the brightest 2D mode, and that’s before you put on the glasses. This may well change.

The owners manual says the preset mode cannot be changed while in 3D mode but doesn't indicate what preset it is set to. The preset modes the manual shows include: Cinema, Dynamic, Standard, User 1/User 2/User 3 (no mention of a 3D mode). So what preset mode is the projector in when displaying 3D? and who can explain Art's comment of 'the single 3D mode that exists isn’t near as bright on the screen as the brightest 2D mode'? I'm confused...

I'm also curious if anyone has other DLP-Link glasses to compare to the BenQ DLP-Link glasses so I know if I should order a few BenQ glasses when I order the projector or order some other model DLP-Link glasses.

Thanks Zombie. So you can put the Picture Preset Mode to Dynamic while watching 3D content? If so then I'm really confused why people are saying the image isn't very bright in 3D considering the projector has 2000 lumens and Dynamic usually really pumps out the lumens. Perhaps the problem is the DLP-Link glasses are eating up way more lumens than 3D glasses do on some other projectors? Trying to get my hands around this because with 2000 lumens I thought we'd finally have 3D bright enough for fairly large screens (without having to resort to extreme high gain screens which will result in less than ideal 2D images).

I read the owners manual and no mention of 2D to 3D conversion that I read...

If it does, I have yet to find it.

Isn't it about time you sold the Acer and some of your other projectors, lol you have all these high-end units now :P

I have had a few hours with the W7000 now and I am very impressed! The black level seems on par with my W5000, which isn't great, but it's more than acceptable to me.

I purchased a monoprice grey adjustable ratio screen a couple weeks ago, which I love, and this projector is plenty bright even with the grey screen from 16ft. It is considerably brighter than the W5000 and the image is sharp and pops even more than the W5000. I am using cimema mode for 2d but I have not calibrated anything yet. The image looks fantastic. The noise level is less than my W5000 , which surprised me. I set about 3 ft away and I can barely hear a low hum, from the fans with the sound off. With the sound, I can't hear it at all, which is a nice change.

In 3d, I don't see any dimming of the image, as some have said, it appears a little brighter to me when viewing 3d. It is plenty bright on my 106" grey screen.

As said before by others, this is the best 3d I have ever seen. Breath taking is how I would describe it. I have the Acer 5360 and there is no comparison. The image is very stable, no crosstalk, just beautiful. I really wasn't expecting this much of an improvement, but it is very obvious when compared side by side.

My only complaint is the time it takes to switch from 2d to 3d. Very slow. Hopefluy this will be addressed in a firmware update soon.

I am using the optima glasses that came with my 3D-XL and they work great. I just ordered 3 more pair from Amazon. I can't detect any tiniting or flickering from the glasses.

To my untrained eyes, this is the projector to have for 3d. I am also very happy with the 2d but I have had dlp for three years now so I am used to the less than perfect black levels of the jvc, but to me, dlp is the only way to go. The pop and depth just can't be matched.

As you can tell, I am a very happy camper with this projector so far!

So you are keeping the Benq?

So you have an LED projector, the Acer DLP, a Benq w7000, a Sony hw30, the Sony portable thing (forgot model), and an RS-55 on the way.

That must be a pain to mount all those in one room, geeze.
You should try one of those Panasonic 100"+ Plasmas next.

Hey Guys

i'm french and sorry for my english
I'm very interesting by this Projector
I'd like to know if w7000 has dc3 or dc2 ?
The dynamic black is invisible or not ?
I've w1200 for the moment and the image is razor sharp but the Frame interpolation is too video effect for me
The w7000 frame interpolation is good ? without artefact ? more natural ?

thanks you for your answers

Jason,

How much better is the 3D on the W7000 compared to the Sony? We know the ghosting is less, and you mentioned the brightness was a little better with the w7000, but how about sharpness, clarity, color (through the glasses) and motion?

I mainly use the HMZ HMD for 3D now, but when people come over I wouldn't mind a decent 3D projector.

All things considered and having 2D a main priority, and 3D that is functional. Would you choose something like the Sony or Benq w7000, if you only wanted to run one projector. I'm looking at the vw95, but the 3D should be the same between that and the 30.

What is the throw ratio of this projector?

I really hate the "pencil sketch" ghosting of my RS45, but other than that, it's hard for me to imagine a much better looking 3D display - mainly because of the great black level, and even more so because of the deep, rich native contrast. Those may be harder things to quantify (and certainly much more difficult things to take pictures of) than ghosting, but to me they're every bit as important. So, if you can, please try to address the relative strengths of the projectors in these areas. I'm not trying to influence the evaluation. I just don't know what the scope of your tests will be.

LOL. That is about all I can say about that. Man's gotta have his priorities. Made my night.

I thought this was a single chip DLP. Chromatic aberration, perhaps, but not a convergence problem.

Who is going to be the Last Man Standing? Or does everybody die?

If what you state is true then consider downgrading for better 2D black level:
"So, the bottom line - Acer really performs with the top of its class when it comes to blacks and shadow detail. These are key strengths of the Acer H9500!"

So it sounds like this projector is a cheap plastic, more expensive version of an Acer. very interesting. The plastic will probably start melting soon...

Not sure what is going on here but it is not convergence. You may need to play with that unit, try a different test, or return it. I am not yet prepared to say the Acer is on the same level and doubt it ever will be due to componenets. There may be a few things Benq needs to sort out. Remember Acer was set to release the H5360BD a long time ago and that never happened here in the US. Probably just went right into 1080 with that plan and hence the H9500BD.

Hopefully there will be better reviews of the unit soon. If they are bad, then it is what it is.