BenQ W1070 : DLP Full HD, 3D Ready with lens-shift for 1000$ - Page 23

Any know where a fella can order a ceiling mount for one of these?

Monoprice #6528

Big thx man

$35.00 shipping for a $15.00 mount? Anyone have any other options?

I had been playing with my w1070 for 2 days and have few questions. (It's my first projector also 3D in my life so I don't know where to start)

1. smart eco mode
Is this suppose to be most power saving mode? I see there's economic, normal, smart eco.
Economic seems most dim in brightness but I don't see any differance between normal and smart eco mode. Does it save more power & lamp life than economic? I also remember people saying noise about smart eco but noise level seems all the same in all 3 modes. It's seems quiet, doesn't bother at all.

2.color and tint
I can't make any changes for both when I go to option menu and also nothing happens when I press them on the remote.

3. ISF and baud rate & quick cooling What are they???
isf needs password and baud rate, I didn't see any differance changing it and quick cooling? Right front side of projector gets really hot. Do I need quick cooling on?

4. Sceen
I didn't buy a screen yet because I wanted 150" 16:9 so I had to make sure it will be possible or not so I had been testing it on my table in front of sofa and I was able to get 120-130" so If I set the projector behind sofa I'l be able to get 150" without any problem. Picture quality seems pretty good shooting on the wall, is there night & day differance between wall vs screen? My loft has concrete walls & ceilings so It seems kinda hard to install(drilling etc) since I'm not a handy guy so I'm thinking "Do I really need it?" Ofcourse I'll get the screen for sure if there is a huge differance in image quality. If so, does any one can recommend me a screen installer in down town Los Angeles area?

5.Calibration
Is there any particular calibration tool for this projector?( never done any calibration in my life) or anyone can share me how their best settings are?

6. watching tv on w1070
Everything is connected to my onkyo receiver (xbox,ps3,wii etc). I only watch tv for news in the morning before I go to work & evening when I'm back so I have basic cable service instead of digital cable. I used to connect coax cable to my tv directly but my onkyo can't do that. What do I need to watch live basic cable tv with this projector for my situation? Analog to digital converter box will work?

I have bunch of more questions (3d etc)but I think that's all I need to know for now. Sorry for that I'm only asking questions instead of reviewing. I'm a completely newbie to projectors so I'm not able to make any prediction about how w1070 performs but I'm loving it so far over my 52" LG lcd TV. Hope every one is enjoying theirs too.
Edited by JiMmY912 - 12/15/12 at 2:11am

Can you tell me what kind of filter you got? I'm considering an ND2 but have no idea what size/type to get.


Just had a family screening tonight everyone loved the projector. Glasses were comfortable for everyone and no eye strain or crosstalk.
3D effects were quite good, picture was excellent. After I found the home theatre mode on the BD player black levels were quite good in 3d normal lamp.
(room was completely dark but walls are white)

I found the fan noise about the same or less than my old optoma hd70 but high altitude mode is extremely loud.
We're only 4000 feet but my old projector would overheat sometimes so I would leave it on but will have to chance it off with this one.
Very happy with my purchase!

Ordered!

You could build your own, the projector is very light. You can make it out of wood.

Another option. And probably a better mount for about the same price once you have the monoprice one shipped.

http://www.costco.ca/Mustang-Universal-Projector-Mount.product.10321204.html

Anyone can tell me what is the ISF menu password?

Thank you!

Anyone can tell me what is the ISF menu password?

Thank you!

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Received my BenQ W1070 yesterday, and got it mounted today. Also my motorized 90" screen was put up. This will be a good weekend

As this is my first full hd projector, I have nothing to compare, but wauw it´s impressive!!! Have 4 movies I´m starting to watch now, but I start took a couple of pictures and a video with my iPhone 5. Don´t mind the flicker that sometimes appear. That´s the camera on the iPhone that does that....framerate I guess.







Sigourney Weaver from Alien Resurrection



BBC - Planet Earth



iPhone recorded video from the viewing position - setting is "Standard" and no calibration have been performed. Video quality doesn´t serve the BenQ very well. Looks awesome IRL


Edited by Jesper L - 12/16/12 at 3:39am

1. I also didn't initially see much diff between smart Eco when it was on vs normal, but then I read the review, apparently it's a performance-boosting feature, not only a power savings one. I.e. you should always be using it. Read the review posted a couple posts back. I disagree with it about turning off vibrant colour or whatever it's called, I like that one. But the Smart Eco will keep your bright scenes bright and dark scenes darker, so your overall experience will be better.

4. My loft is big too, but I'm okay with a 16:9, 10-foot wide image (137" diagonal) projected on a white wall for now. I plan on going DIY in the new year, if I stay here, and building a constant height (5'7", i.e. same height as now, but 25% wider) 'Scope image with refurbished anamorphic lens on some type of rail + custom enclosure. But, before I build anything, I will just try different inexpensive paints on my existing wall. First I wanna see how bright it is in 3D with my current screen size, to determine if I want a high gain or low gain (better contrast?), silver, white, grey, some combination thereof. Also, in a big loft I find getting pitch black blinds is very important. I'm typing on it right now but the image is pretty washed out.

My biggest config issue is actually getting uniform focus across the entire area. I think I may have the PJ set up too high or angled wrong.
Edited by RLBURNSIDE - 12/15/12 at 10:51am

Benq W1070 review here:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/benq-w1070_Projector_review

I've owned an epson 1080ub, panasonic 900, optoma 720gt, acer 5360, viewsonic pro8200 and maybe I'm not remebering well enough, but I could swear none of those had tint controls. Got my fingers crossed that this could be the 3d projector I can go to this year, after all the flawed ones that were released this past year.

Pete's Review:
http://www.projectorreviews.com/game-projector-blog/review-benq-w1070.html

Just waiting on Art's review now

I was hoping they could curb the RBE(rainbows) with the 6 segment color wheel but I guess a chip change can't cure it.
I hope they come out with an LED based DLP with no color wheel soon.
Just like banding, macroblocking and edge ringing, once you've been shown how to look for rainbows, you can no longer ignore them no matter how great the PQ.

Do you guys think the RBE on these are at least better than the HC3800/4000's?

If it's really 6x speed wheel, there won't be rainbows to most people if you are watching it at a normal brightness. The problem is people watch it at 20+ fL and say they see rainbows, well that is not a good test. You need an ND filter to get the RBE down. I still have my doubts that a projector at this price has a 6-speed color wheel, but anything is possible I suppose. There have been many misleading posts by reviewers about color wheel speeds later to find out it wasn't really 6x. If it is 6x speed, it certainly should produce much less rainbows than the Mits hc3800/hc4000.

Also, if it is anything like the w7000, then the color wheel will only be 6x-speed in dynamic mode, so perhaps try dynamic mode and see if it has fewer rainbows.

thx man I will do that. The HC3800 RBE wasn't super bothersome to me but I could notice it. Even a slight improvement would be good for me so hopefully this is it.

I found this UK spec. sheet which states 6x color wheel. It might be similar to the W7000 which is only 6x in Dynamic mode.

http://static1.projectorpoint.co.uk/imagelibrary/projectors/benq/w1070/benq_w1070-brochure.pdf

I've had EIGHT people, two of which with film degrees, who not only could not see any RBE, but positively loved the image and thought it was insane that it costed me less than half of what their TV cost to get 4 times the diagonal screen size they paid for their HDTVs. Of course I'd never recommend using this during the day or all the time, obviously, but I'd say having a 27 inch computer monitor + this in conjunction at the same time is the best combo. My 46 inch plasma is going into my other loft area and I'm gonna set up an incredible sized permanent setup ultrawidescreen setup with this in my main section.

My old high school buddies were over tonight and we watched parts of Return of the King and all of Brave on Bluray and we were ALL blown away. Didn't hurt that I tweaked the 7.1 audio setup too. Brave had the most incredible audio surround panning in 7.1. can't wait to set up 2 more for height channels on my marantz for next time.

my girl's gonna spend all xmas week with me enjoying this PJ. gonna catch up on some serious 3D gaming and R&R, thank you BenQ, I am a very happy camper. Hope y'all out there can get this too. don't hesitate, buy it when it goes on special (i.e.now), and never look back. this cheap is too stupid to pass up on this. gonna spray paint some silver in 6 coats and try that out and I'll take some pics. I took some b4 but my garbagey cheap camera did not do it justice because it takes terrible pics in low light situations so it's not a fair summary of its performance. I'd highly recommend not looking into too much of iphone's camera ISO capabilities. I program games for iphone and ipad games and they are not designed for low-light grabs.
Edited by RLBURNSIDE - 12/16/12 at 12:12am

I've just bought one of these after having an Infocus in76 for 6 years and (obviously) the difference in image is fantastic. The picture is very (but not too) bright at approx 10 feet which, at its smallest, produces a 120" image. It is very easy to set up and I am just going to leave it on smart eco for a while to see what happens. It is quieter than the infocus too. I'm sure that other projectors have a better this or that but for me this is brilliant. And I work in TV production so I know a bit about images.

Analog tv on a 150" screen?

Hey all, My PTAE900 died on me after 6 years and am thinking of picking up one of these next Saturday. Been researching over the last few days and finally found something at a good price with all the features i'm after besides horizontal shift, but for under a grand you cant have everything. I havn't been looking at projectors much over the last 6 years because i've been happy with mine. But will this better, I'd imagine so, I hope so to my old PTAE900?

I'm sure that you won't regret it. I didn't!

Art posted a brief preview of the W1070 in his blog.
http://www.projectorreviews.com/blog/2012/12/14/benq-w1070-a-first-look-projector-review/#more-1899