BenQ W1070 : DLP Full HD, 3D Ready with lens-shift for 1000$ - Page 24

This not NOT a 6x DLP projector neither is the W7000. The w1070 is a 6 segment color wheel with speed at 3x and the W7000 is a 6 segment color wheel with 2-3x speed. The reason sellers claim 6x is the 6 segment color wheel claiming a dual factor but unfortunately it does't work like that. For eg in the hidden menu of the W7000 you can find color wheel speeds for some modes as 2X or 3x for dynamic(which by the way is completely not watchable as the color is completely off).).

If any owners of the W1070 that have owned or seen the RBE on W7000 can comment on the RBE it would be very helpful as people will be able to compare.
Edited by elgriego - 12/16/12 at 12:31pm

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Thanks for the clear explanation. I guess that is why they left the speed off on the US spec sheet. The question remains is how bad the RBE is with this projector?

So far it doesnt look like any of the professional reviews have had anything really bad to say, in fact most say for the money it is good projector. Not one owner has they hate it or have too many derogatory things to say about this projector either. So I am fairly well convinced to give this BenQ a try.

My next question is, there are SO many people looking to buy this thing in the states is it possible for a forum sponsor to set up a power buy for a killer price? How do you go about getting them to start one up? Lastly who would you ask, VisualApex? AVS directly? Sorry I am kind of new to posting and reading here just been a member for a long time.

Thanks!

Todd

Hope it's not worse than the HC4000. If it is I made the wrong choice.

Can anyone post their calibration settings for the more recent firmware(the one posted in earlier pages was off). I am having a hard time getting it tuned in...

Hi

Bit concerned about the earlier comment about a dust blob on the panel of the unit - shouldn't there be a sealed light path?l

It should be a sealed path but there was definitely something in it. I would assume that it is very rare. He will be returning his unit for a replacement.

Had this projector for ten days now. Very good picture quality on 150" screen in the family room. it was working great. started making occasional loose wheel or loose fan blade noise (30 hours use) couple of days ago. chatted online with Benq canada support, they said it is not normal. advised to return it back. Called back NCIX canada. returning it back for a replacement. I had to pay for the replacement unit upfront and they said they will refund the unit once they received defective unit and inspect it.

That doesn't sound like very good customer service. Was this an option you chose to get a replacement on its way sooner or is this the way they normally handle exchanges?

Anyone knows the lumens in smart eco mode?

the Rep was talking about holidays and delays. he said that they will wait for the defective unit to come back, inspect and decide if the unit is defective and then they will ship another unit. if they decide that the unit is fine in their eyes, they will charge a 15% restocking fee. initially i did purchase a 30 day shipping insurance (cost 3% of the purchase price) in case product is defective. otherwise i was gonna have to pay for the return shipping too.
after i said that i want to get my replacement shipped right way, he advised that it can only be done if i pay upfront. after i paid for the product then he started pushing me to ship back the unit almost today (high priced product LOL). i said when will you be sending my new unit? he said in a day or two.
i had never purchased from them in the past. lets see how this goes? i have already sent back the defective unit via purolator ground.
i had purchased NCIX 3 years express exchanged with $120.00 when i purchased the unit. i wonder where does that express exchange fits in and what does that mean?
i have recorded the projector faulty noise on my iphone. funny thing is that every time i put record button on, the projector would go silent. LOL but, i did manage to capture some. not sure if that could be uploaded?

Got my unit today. I had BenQ W7000, which I sold immediately because I was not impressed by it, specially with contrast given it size and price.

When I turned my W1070,I was very impressed. The first thing that came to my mind was: Finally I will not miss my Sony 55HX929 TV. colors, contrast and brightness were much higher than my expectations. The throw is short, It gives double the picture size of W7000 from same distance.

3D I think is equal to W7000, but motion is not as smooth. I think judder is worse than normal unfortunately. Contrast was impressive again.

3D glasses I tried:
- 3D CORP : best one, block red flash completely, which made skin tones and colors very neutral.
- Sainsonic : Red flash was easily visible in some scenes, and colors were not very natural.
- 3Active : Does not work as it does not support 144Hz.
- True Depth : they look exactly the same as 3Active, but come in black.
Edited by mishari84 - 12/18/12 at 10:13pm

Is the motion and judder you refer to when using 3D only or in 2D as well?

Does anyone have a clue when you will be able to pick this unit up in stores in the U.S? Here is one of the only US sites I can find that currently has the W1070 in stock (supposedly). It is for a good price though... $979 shipped after you add it to your cart.

http://www.audiogeneral.com/BenQ/widescreen.php?gclid=COjZn6O6orQCFUqoPAod1XAA_A

This is typically normal if you want an advance replacement.
This assures them that you will send back the faulty unit.

Otherwise, you could send back the faulty one to repair and wait for it t be fixed.

Let me get this straight. This is a DLP projector. So my DLP glasses aka DLP* Link 3D Optoma BG-ZD101 DLP Link 3D Glasses should work with my Panasonic Bluray player model 110. CORRECT ? ? I won't be using my pc at all. All this pc gaming is confusing me with my world of MY home theater experience.

That is a good price but judging by the site and only 3 reviews, I don't know if I would trust them. I'm waiting for it to show up on Amazon, hopefully by the end of the month.

Projector looked interesting until I saw the lens on it. You would have to mount this mid room for it to produce a viable image sized based on viewing distance. That's a no go for me. I guess they cheaped on the optics to save a few bucks.

Looks like I'll be waiting to see what comes out in early 2013 from the dlp camp before buying anything.

Thanks for the first impressions, hopefully motion will be better with my Benq D3 glasses. How does the black levels compare to your old w7000? What about the brightness?
Edited by plasmaowner - 12/17/12 at 4:10pm

Won't work for 1080p 24Hz which requires 144Hz glasses. Will be fine for 720p and 1080p / i at 50 or 60Hz.

Meaning 1080p with 30hz per eye should work in 3d? hmmm, that could be the best setting for this PJ. Just crank up the 3d rendering settings and antialiasing to max out the image quality, and who cares if you only get 30fps per eye? that should be decent nonetheless.

"Projector looked interesting until I saw the lens on it. You would have to mount this mid room for it to produce a viable image sized based on viewing distance. That's a no go for me. I guess they cheaped on the optics to save a few bucks."

Yep. Cheap optics? probably, but who cares, the image quality is awesome for the price.

"- 3D CORP : best one, block red flash completely, which made skin tones and colors very neutral."

Doh, those were the ones I was originally gonna get before I realized they probably wouldn't work due to the 144hz thing.

Several people reported that the "smart eco" mode would be laggy and create very visible pumping effects on fast bright/dark scene changes.....so what's up with that review claiming that black wasn't deep enough until he enabled this mode? Can anyone please confirm how that goes with the current 1.2 firmware?

 

Actually, I would really appreciate some replies if anyone could spare me a few moments please: http://www.avsforum.com/t/1435626/benq-w1070-dlp-full-hd-3d-ready-with-lens-shift-for-1000/300_100#post_22652062

 

I will more than likely pull the trigger on this thing anyway(I'll also fully calibrate it and report back), just seeking excuses to chicken out I guess ^^

This is the first post i think i have read that complain motion smoothness of W1070. 24fps should be fine with this in 3D and 2D...

The motion is really good on this, but I don't think there's any smoothing processing added to interpolate extra frames in 24p, so you'll have to fix the judder upstream in 2D if it bothers you. I prefer as little processing on the projector itself as possible, it gets antiquated too quickly anyway. (I mean stuff like 24p -> 60p artificial smoothing like they have on some TVs).

I ran so many video games on this, it's sick how smooth it is in 60hz.

Just got this unit recently and trying 3D tonight for the first time. Can't get it to work with a desktop running total media theatre. First disk I put in was Sammy, a turtle's tale. I was running 720p 60 Hz as my desktop resolution. I went into 3D menu and it did switch to 3D after I manually selected frame packing but with my Optoma ZD101 glasses the image was crazy. Even lookin without the glasses the frames were not what a typical 3D signal would look like, the two images were widely spaced apart and one over the other, strange, so I switched into frame sequential and it did look better but not really 3D.

I thought all Blu-rays are frame packing so it should work with that or is frame packing only from stand alone players? The "Auto" selection on the 3D menu is grayed out also, I don't know why, even the manual says to put it in "Auto" but I can't.

I then ran Avatar, no matter what I do I can't get 3D. I can't even manually turn on 3D now, even after a restart of the projector. That menu item is skipped when I try to get to it.

So anyone have any suggestions? I think I should be ok running 720p 60Hz. BTW, is total media theater outputting a frame packed signal right from the disk at 24 Hz? From a desktop it must be 60Hz, so is the video card converting it to 720p 60Hz? BTW, the info page is always showing 1920x1080 on the projector even when my desktop is set to 720p, that seems wrong.
Edited by tyee - 12/17/12 at 11:11pm

Anyone tried color and tint, black level setting? I tried everything but I can't access those three menus. Is there a secret way or something?
Also nothing happens when I press auto button.
Edited by JiMmY912 - 12/18/12 at 12:12am

Viable size meaning large enough or small enough? It is almost in the range of short throw as it produces pretty much a 1:1 ratio, at least according to the BenQ calculator on their website. So 10' away would give a 120" image with no zoom. Maybe an owner could confirm this?


Also, does the zoom affect the image quality? Id like to have about a 100" screen with it sitting 10' away, and according to the calculator I would need to set the zoom to about 1.2x to achieve this. I would think if anything it would make the image a bit sharper...

I just found the screen size to be way too large for the throw distance. I guess I just don't have any use for a short throw projector. At my throw distance of over 12.5ft I'm looking at a 120"+ screen and that is just too big for a 9.5ft viewing distance on my front row. I find my 106" screen to be perfect for my 9.5' and 14' rows. So I was just whining about what seems to be a decent cheap projector not having a lot of options when it comes to optical range/zoom. I wish it had a longer throw and higher zoom range...

Anyone tried it on a 0.7 gain gray screen? I am going to be making a screen and all I can find locally is blackout cloth that is a light gray. Figure this might be the best for the 1070 due to the brightness?

Tyee, the 3D support in Totalmedia Theatre sucks. I had issues with it on my old projector and on the W1070 it doesn't work at all. PowerDVD works although I had some configuration issues, and Windvd worked without any issues what-so-ever.