BenQ W1070 : DLP Full HD, 3D Ready with lens-shift for 1000$ - Page 72

That's impressive Elbows..enjoy!

I just received mine - ordered from Amazon 2 days ago. Firmware version 1.04.

Hey elbows, was that BF3 taken from a console or pc. Looks great my friend and glad your loving it

That was taken from my Xbox 360.

Nice GB Packers blanket! I can't wait for mine to show up on Tuesday.

And one more thing I should note. I could not sense a single bit of input lag! Seems to be a great pj for gaming as well.

Right on! Go Pack!

I just threw the test pattern on a wall and walked over to check it out up close.

Anyone else seeing green to the left of the vertical white lines and purple to the right? Green to the top of the horizontal white lines and purple to the bottom?

Since this is a DLP, it's not a convergence issue. So, I'm presuming this is due to the lens/optics (chromatic aberration, et al.?)

It's really not a big deal. You have to be right on top of it to notice. I have DSLR lenses that cost more than this projector and do worse. I was just wondering if my unit was consistent with everyone else's.

Ill look when I get home today and let you know.

Man...have one on order since 7/1 and again got a message it is delayed (europe).
New date is 28/2. :'(

This will be my first projector and am eager to see the result. Already installed an electric 1,2 gain 86" screen since I had time on hand (not much space left for a larger one)

Small question though...with no lens shift it is already diplaying the image 10% above the projector (table mount), and you can shift it another 10% higher (height of the image) right?
That is how I understood it at least?

Good thing that when it arrives it will already include a couple of 3D glasses (ordered at the same time).

Andy

Dang this projector and for this price is really tempting me. I had been holding out on getting a projector but with the good reviews people have been mentioning are getting me to close to pulling the trigger.


The one plus side is the screen size that you can get with a short throw length is very helpful. I am looking at a 110' screen and would like to ceiling mount this projector. My room is 15' long and 17' wide with 9' ceiling height.

Also those are some nice pics. Hopefully I will join the club.

Yep, that's pretty consistent with other people's (and my) reports. I put it down to chromatic aberration in the lens, which should be expected at this price point. It's not enough to affect my enjoyment, since at the distance that's necessary to perceive it you'd be seeing other artifacts (e.g., individual pixels) anyway.

Got my from fedex via visual apex, the projector is too cold to turn on. No double boxing with these guys as they sent just the benq box

Edit: Sainsonic glasses just got here, man these things are not very comfortable like the epson glasses but better than the sony playstation ones
Edited by dbox1080p - 2/7/13 at 2:00pm

Thanks for the reply PerryH, that's certainly good news.

Received mine from VA - ordered on 2/4. Haven't had a chance to turn it on to verify firmware yet, but they guaranteed 1.04.

Anybody have a recommendation for 3d glasses that work with this pj that will fit over normal (prescription) glasses?

I finished my first tinker session with it. For the price there is definitely nothing to complain about. It seems the primary worthwhile advantage to paying more is getting deeper blacks.

My only (tiny) gripe is that I wish it had horizontal keystone correction. I knew it didn't have that when I bought it, but it just seems like that's a relatively easy to implement software function. I certainly wouldn't use keystone correction in a permanent/theater install, but this thing is so small/light that I may start taking it with me on road trips. Being able to shoot on a wall diagonally would make it much more versatile in that role.

The vertical lens shift doesn't get you much. I would say it is best reserved for fine tuning accidental offsets between the screen and mounted projector heights.

This is my first DLP, and I could force myself to see the infamous rainbows, but I really had to try hard to make that happen. E.g., I put up the brightness calibration pattern from the WOW Blu-ray, focused on the left white bar on the black background and then dropped my gaze down to focus on something below the screen. I could very briefly see red, green, and blue ghosts of the bar in my peripheral vision as my eyes were moving. That was very minor and I didn't notice anything at all playing actual video.

I just bought a load of these and got them today, they do fit over my prescription glasses nicely http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0085JBI6S/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00

There's a good thread here, http://www.avsforum.com/forum/newestpost/1448720 , about glasses. Not sure about fitting over your glasses though.

Awesome !

Thx man, very appreciated.

Hi guys. I've had the projector a week or so and initially my mount set it 5" from the ceiling. My screen is about 6-8" down, and about a foot off the ground. I am getting a bad focus, say, windows desktop...the clock on the bottom right will be clear and the top left/center is a bit blurry. I though maybe it wasn't mounted low enough, so I received an extension to put it 10" down. I was thinking at 5" the keystone was at -3, the 10" would help bring that down. It did nothing. Still have to have it -3... Do I need to un mount it from the ceiling and move it left/right? I have tried and tried to put my dimensions into the benq calculator, but everytime I set one area and go to set another, it throws something into negative red. Do I need a drastic drop from the ceiling to almost put it to the center of the screen to get the keystone to 0? I also tried lenshift all the way up, bend the pj up/down, lenshift all the way down...nothing works...keystone has to be at -3 no matter what.

3dtv corp glasses came today, I could see a bit of flicker in the corners but the picture looked sexy watching Hugo and Prometheus, I also fired up Assassins Creed and Dead Space 2 over 3dtv play, very happy, worked fine with rear projection. I should have D3 to compare soon ...I will try the SBS 1080i60 again with them tomorrow, had plans tonight... saw almost no crosstalk, which made me happy

Woohoo! My replacement came in today -- hardware revision 1.03, firmware 1.04. Fan runs like it should, and the HDMI cable seats a lot better. Only trouble so far is minor -- the cover to the lens-shift is quite loose, and doesn't "click" when closed, so it will slide back when the projector is tilted. No biggie, certainly not enough to send the projector back. The picture is AMAZING for the price. Glad I pulled the trigger on this one.

Since this PJ only comes with one year warranty, what do you suggest , getting a 3 year extension from benq, or square trades or BB. Or not getting any extended coverage?

Just got done watching resident evil in 3D and as an epson 5010 owner I can say that the benq was way better. The epson 5010 and my jvc x30 has a punchy contrast but the benq has a smoother frame rate thats flicker free. Out of the box settings with the epson make the 3D more accurate. I hope I can find a way to dial in color in 3d on the benq as it really needs it. Pop out effect in Under the sea bluray was so solid and sharp with amazing clarity because of the zreo ghosting

I am having a problem with a remote conflict with this PJ and my monoprice HDMI switcher. Whenever I hit the menu button on my PJ remote, it changes the input on my monoprice switch. Any idea how I can combat this? I have tried a harmony remote, and it does the same thing.

I am new here and to projector stuff.
I've been following this thread since the beginning and finally took the plunge and ordered this.

I was considering a shelf mount, but I realized the projector has to be inverted if it is to be placed above the projector screen.
So I was wondering if the projector will stay steady and straight or it will be tilted to a side when placed on a shelf.
Would it be a better idea to wall mount this? If so, could you suggest some wall mounts that would work with this
Ceiling mount is not possible in my room with the false ceiling and some other reasons.

Appreciate any help, thanks.

That sounds amazing! Could you please provide a link to that purchase? I can only find the short throw version and at $899 I really want to scoop that deal up! Are you in the USA?
Thanks!

EDIT: Sorry false alarm here it is! It is strange that the w1070 doesn't show up normally in the amazon search.
http://www.amazon.com/BenQ-W1070-Theater-Projector-Silver/dp/B00A2T6X0K
Edited by ambiguousphoton - 2/8/13 at 6:03am

Had the same thing happen last night on a 4X2 matrix switcher i got from Monoprice. What's weird is that I've had the projector and matrix for a week and last night was the first time it happened.

People will have differing opinions on this, but I've seen too much info on this that would suggest that extended warranties are almost never worth it.

If something goes wrong with a device, it is usually within the first year of it's life. If it makes it past that, it's almost always fine.

All you need to know is that people that sell extended warranties make a killing on them, because the over, over, overwhelming majority of things that people buy extended warranties on, never need servicing. Big box stores care more about selling you a warranty than just about anything else.

I don't buy them, and have only actually been in need of it once in my life. You might say that makes the case for them, but I've owned an s-load of gear in my time, and all the money I saved by never buying an extended warranty dwarfs the one time I needed it by epic proportions. I think that would be most people's experience unless they are mistreating their electronics in some way.

My $0.02.
Edited by Stuntman_Mike - 2/8/13 at 7:55am

Put it on an AmEx or Discover card, and you'll automatically get an additional 1 year warranty.

I never purchase extended warranty myself. Not on electronics, not on appliances. If something is to break, it's likely going break within the year, or even the first month or so of usage.