![]() ![]() It also has a Pro version (two-coat – primer and paint) that has a gain of 1.1 for $215. If you have the right wall and light control, then it could be a low-cost option. It states a gain factor of 1.0 and a viewing angle of 140°. SmarterSurface has it at A$138 to cover about 6m2. The trick here is to ensure the surface is absolutely smooth and ideally applied via spray paint (to avoid mottled roller finish). This paint needs to be latex-based, satin, neutral white (before any pigments). Or you can try projector screen paint (we have not tried this). In other words, if you throw 3500 Lumens, it will reflect 3500 Lumens. This makes quite a difference, although at the expense of colour purity.Ī proper projector screen is satin (between matte and gloss) white to minimise reflections. Hidden under the Display menu is ‘Wall Colour’ and it can change the colour gamut to compensate for wall colours – Off/Light Yellow/Pink/Green/Blue. Pretty good at night Same image – what image? – during the day (forget any boats behind!) You would have to saturate it with a lot of Lumens to get a good daylight image. If you project onto a painted wall, curtains or blinds, you will get an inferior image. A good screen and ambient light control are essential This is a 10,000:1 FOFO and at the best guess it is more like 1,000:1 at the screen which is a little lower than a good 1080p IPS monitor.Īnd that is a perfect segue into a screen. Hint – it does not support FOFO measurements, but it has to use them to remain in the ballpark. I strongly suggest you read BenQ’s take on FOFO and why it must use that measurement here. It is not the same as at the screen where ANSI Contrast takes into the projection optics, average contrast over the image and other things like the screen efficiency into account. Most projector makers (and therefore BenQ) quote Contrast Ratio as FOFO (Full on/Full-Off at the light source). The higher the black level, the lower the contrast. ContrastĬontrast is the difference between 100% black and 100% white. While BenQ would like the projector industry to stop quoting crazy figures, it is fighting a long and lonely battle. Not surprisingly, it agrees with my summation above. In essence, Ti says the 3000/1500 lumens produces a 100/200 nit brightness at 120” diagonal image size.Īnother interesting read is from BenQ here. You can read more from Ti – the makers of DLP projector engines here (it is a PDF). So, this is fine for night use where you can control light but in no way is it a day/office light device. You really need to use it in a darkened room or ramp up the brightness – but that washes out the colours and shortens lamp life. The reality is that this projector cannot defeat ambient office light or greater. You can get 4K HDR a Home Entertainment series projector from $1795 to $2999. The BenQ TH585 is a 1920 x 1080, SDR (standard dynamic range) and costs $1399. ![]() ![]() Simply put it projects an image from a PC, Blu-ray, DVD, set-top-box, smartphone or more as long as these have an HDMI, HDMI/MHL, VGA or a USB drive. What is a Home Entertainment series projector? Warranty: 2-years Australian ACL Warranty and 6mth/750hr lamp life.In the right circumstances – e.g., a dedicated media room – a projector can provide a great viewing experience. Even the top laser 100-120” projectors don’t quite have the same HDR/Dolby Vision image qualities, but they are not far off. And on dollar-per-inch screen size, a projector is hard to beat.īenQ has a buyer’s guide here.Portability means instead of a hulking big heavy TV you want something you can pick up and move around.Ambient light control – you need to have a darkened room – darker the better.Space: You need at least a 3 metre, uninterrupted projection distance (100” screen).It comes down to things like space, ambient light control, and ironically portability (for such a big image). With 55-65” 4K TVs now from well under $1000 and top-of-the-range at <$5000 you would be right to wonder why projectors continue to exist at all. Although as we found the sweet spot for brightness and resolution is somewhere between 100-150”.īecause of the huge range, we will review this as part of an explanation of various projector terms. At the extreme, you can get 300” (7.6m) if you have 10m projection distance. And there is nothing quite like a 100-200” blockbuster movie.įor example, the 16:9 (TV widescreen format) can easily extend up to 200” (5-metres diagonal) if you have a clear 6-metre projection distance. If you have space, it can turn your home into a sports arena, a Pilates studio, gym or even a French countryside for cyclists. Why? Well, it is not just the BenQ TH585 but almost all modelsĪ projectors attraction is a giant screen. ![]()
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