BenQ W1070 : DLP Full HD, 3D Ready with lens-shift for 1000$ - Page 15

As some one from the U.S. who has been following the sub $3000 thread closely for some time now, I would say that if you like everything you are seeing regarding the w1070, it may be worth the very short wait for it to be available in the U.S. Otherwise you could do what I did, and many others, and order from Canada.

Hi Everyone,

I am quite a newbie, but I like this projector a lot (especially performance/price ratio is great).
My living room has 2.7m ceiling, projection area is 5.2m far away from mounting point (ceiling mounting point with cables already prepared).
I am able to pull down external el. window blinds (there will not be complete dark though).
As this is quite a shortish projector (as mentioned before), I would like to ask if anyone would recommend this one for the conditions/environment.
I have checked Benq projector calculator, calculator pro also and projection screen calculator as well.
I've found it will be at the edge (especially projector distance from projection screen) and screen size will be approx. 150inches diagonal (with min zoom).
My seating position could be 4-5m far from the screen, or would anyone recommend anything else for 150'' screen? There is a lot of room anyway.

Could anybody write down the environment he is using the projector in (I mean distance from the screen, screen diagonal size, ceiling mount length etc.)?
Thank you for any info regarding this.

BR.

Marek.


P.S.: Sorry for my bad English.
P.S.2: This will be my first projector.
Edited by celkom - 12/5/12 at 5:56am

I called BenQ US today and they told me, for what it's worth, the US release should be at the end of this month!

Sure hope it is, as am looking forward to some more reviews from current users but it sure looks very promising.

Rew

Per BenQ, when speaking with them prior to CEDIA - not this year. However, BenQ, like Optoma, often introduces a projector or two late spring or summer. That likely would be the soonest. And if they will have something then, I expect they will tell us at CES in a month. Still don't hold your breath. Most home theater projectors these days get two year life cycles, or like Epson and Panasonic, they often get "refreshed - same basic projector, but with some additional improvements and refinements. -art

I can't speak on when the BenQ W1070 will hit the US shelves, but I can tell you that last Thursday I received a W1070 for review.

I'm looking forward to reviewing it. Shows promise.
So, you ask: Timeline?

Right now I'm finishing up my review of the Optoma HD23 - a direct competitor. I also have a JVC DLA-35 here which is next. As a result, I had Mike measure and calibrate the W1070, and I shipped it to Pete (who as some of you know, is one of our gaming / projector bloggers on our site. He'll be starting on it over the weekend. I'll have it back in less than 2 weeks and review immediately.

I know everyone hates a delay, so I'll be doing one of my "first look" blogs on the BenQ W1070, including sharing the brightness measurements, and how well it calibrates, sometime in the next week. Stay tuned.

Sorry for OT, but this should be fixed as misleading.

http://www.projectorreviews.com/mitsubishi/hc7900dw/index.php
HC8000D is not HC9000D replacement, HC8000D is DLP, not LCoS.
Edited by Ilya Volk - 12/5/12 at 3:17pm

What do you mean, a "direct competitor" to what? To W1070? HD23 is not 3D, so there are not much competition here.

This is an exciting video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOWE4j0W9JU

If it's anything like the Canadian pricing it should be like $1,200 here then right?

Since the W1070 can only play 3D side by side in 1080/60i,

anyone know how to force a 1080/24p 3D SBS mkv movie to run in 1080/60i in XBMC to be able to play it ?

Just wondering if anyone can confirm for sure or not if the RBE effect on these are better than the HC4000's? This is pretty much the only reason I didn't get one(hc4000). I'll likely jump on this one if it is for sure bettter in this department.

The BenQ glasses are comfortable over my prescription glasses.

Received my benq (new model) but still waiting for the projector. I find them terrible, they seem extra wide but the frame ends up pushing quite a bit near the ears. Not impressed at all, hopefully 3D will be great. I may try the ZD201 that I received too but since they don't do 144Hz I'm thinking of simply selling them as "new"

Are 3D glasses usually not so wide? If these weren't as wide as they are I'd have trouble getting em over my prescription glasses. I guess I do have kind of a big head though. :P

I really don't get it,what is the difference between w1070 and w1080,w7000 and w7000+,am I missing something?

The nice thing about the glasses being so wide is that I think that both of my kids can fit behind a single pair..

The w7000 has other features like frame interpolation, horizontal and vertical lens shift, dynamic iris, etc. I think the 1080 is the short throw version of the 1070? The 1070 and 1080 seem more of a no frills projector that supports 3d but happen to have the new DC3 chip from TI.

I got it, finally! gonna hook it up tonight. I'll take pics too if you guys want.

-Burnside

Yes please

thanks
for the w1070 vs w1080st ,only the throw ratio
but for w7000 vs 7000+ ,I didn't see anything different as per benq site,they even have the same user manual,with no indications to any slight technical difference.
the question is,anything worth the upgrade?

from what benq have told me there is no difference between the 7000 and 7000+ other than finalized firmware and supposedly a "fixed" iris. They were unclear what that meant but people with new w7000's (the w7000+) seem to be saying the iris is quiet whereas before there were complaints of a high pitched whine when the iris was working on earlier models. Again, they were unclear whether that has truly been fixed or not.

Hoping to see Arts review soon, maybe just the gaming review. I was wondering if anyone else had some time to do some more indpeth review, would be nice if someone had access to an HD33, H9500db or even the w7000 to compare too...

I'll finally be setting mine up tomorrow and will probably watch 3d movies all weekend using the D3s, but I don't think I'll be doing any sort of review. :P

Any one in U.S who ordered from Canada got their projectors yet? My projector is stuck at U.S customs in Seattle since Monday and still not released. UPS told me they don't know why.
They didn't even ask UPS any documents or anything but not releasing it.

This thing is SICK!!!! omg. I love the pic on my plasma tv, with the colours and contrast, and thought to myself, hmmm, maybe do I really need to upgrade? Yes, yes I did. I am blown away by this 120" screen. I can hear it a little (noise isn't bad, on normal non-eco mode) as it's on a suspended customized metal mount that's actually a kickboxing rig, like 4 feet above my head sitting down on the couch here, but I am definitely impressed.

It is so big and awesome. It took me a while to get my ATI video card with HDMI out and 3 dvi outs to handshake with the 7.1 audio through my receiver (well, my TV's input is connected to the receiver out, and my second display output is connected via a DVI-> HDMI thingy directly to the projector, which doesn't need no extra lag or audio). Only sucky thing about that setup is when I want to switch to PS3 to play blurays, I gotta plug the projector to the receiver. Not sure why my setup didn't work the other way, i.e. TV hooked up to the DVI->HDMI, and PJ -> HDMI out on receiver, so I can switch HDMI inputs on the receiver from PS3 to my PC's HDMI out including audio....sometimes when I turn off the TV, I lose audio entirely even though it's upstream, other times the receiver will stutter for a sec but then I get audio again. Stupid hdmi handshaking issues. Why can't I tell it to use the HDMI even if it's just the audio and the upstream display is off...it's a hit or miss proposition now.

Anyway, off to enjoy more vids. I LOVE this thing!!! No 3D glasses yet but I'll order a pair tomorrow probably. And yeah, I'll post some pics of my setup. It's very amateurish but tbh I might be leaving this place so it's temporary anyway. It really helps having a huge amount of space. a ten food wide image, that's quite bright and good blacks too. sick sick sick

ps I can't see any type of rainbow stuff, thank god
Edited by RLBURNSIDE - 12/6/12 at 7:24pm

Took a bunch of pics of the Avengers at 1080p. Incredible. I also have this wmv of 1080p/60hz IMAX footage from this old film called "Speed", that is Sooooo smooth on this. The constrast isn't as good as my plasma, but it's not bad, not bad at all. I'm sure with a SILVER screen instead of just straight on my white wall it'll be even better. But straight out of the box it's really nice.

I can't believe I own this for the price I paid. 850, jeez, it costs half of what I paid my 46 inch plasma back in 2008. I definitely enjoy having both though, for casual viewing of 16:9 tv shows I'll probably still use my plasma a lot, to preserve lamp hours. I have a big weekend of gaming ahead of me. The motion at 1080p/60hz video is sweeeet. Count me in for higher refresh movies. I'm a techno freak and say bring it on. Higher fps = better in my book. Now while I'll probably never get to see 48hz/3d The Hobbit on this due to the 3d limit of 24p, I can for sure at least watch it in 2D at the higher refresh rate.

I'll post some choice pics tomorrow, somehow. Time for bed! This projector : SMASH. I honestly can't tell a single thing wrong with it. Maybe in 5 years I'll upgrade to something with better contrast, but this is way good enough. Especially for the price. I don't know how I could possibly justify paying any more than the absolute steal I got it for. Now if only there were 144hz 3d glasses that are good and super cheap so I can have a lot of guests over watching 3d at the same time. I'm ordering the BenQ glasses tomorrow.

Same thing here, stuck since Tuesday. I was hoping it was only tracking issue.

Got mine yesterday and tested it. On a 120" (electric mustang from costco), wow! So much better than my old NEC LT240K. It's day and night. I then managed to get 3D working and I have to say that it is quite underwhelming. The 3D doesn't look too bad but I found the eye strain to be annoying and am not sure that I could watch a whole movie.This was for SBS MKV's displayed in 1080i using xbmc and the new BenQ 3D glasses. I may try the ZD201 before returning them (since they don't do 144Hz) in case they are much better but honestly, so far, I'm thinking of returning the BenQ as well and simply sticking with the ebay cheapo glasses since I don't see myself using 3D often. The 2D however, wow. I'm really pleased. Fan noise isn't bad. Present, but not bad and I'm sitting right under. Didn't care (or notice) the light leaking from the enclosure. At the price I paid, I don't see how it could be better.