Quality 1080P DLP just got affordable!

Over the years DLP projectors have been regarded as 'the projector' with the superior image, 
and for good reason. It's LCD that must rely on the accuracy of it's panels. DLP has not and does 
not suffer those innacuracies. 

The BenQ W5000 is a stunning projector, rest assured right there. The first things that hit you are
the amazing colour fidelity, picture depth, sharpness and shadow detail. In other words, all the 
important stuff.

It does take a bit of tweaking to get it looking great. Happy to share my settings, just ask, they
should be seen as a good starting point.

Not only does the W5000 have a quality Japanese made glass lens, it has the famous Texas 
Instruments Dark Chip technology inside and to top that off it also possesses the HQV Reon upscaler
inside so now your standard definition DVDS look even better! Yes it does upscale better than the
Epson and Sanyo!

For many years DLP was very expensive, far more so than LCD projectors. Not anymore. 
The W5000 from BenQ is the answer to the Epson TW2000 and the rest of the 5K LCD machines. 
The good news is this model is actually cheaper than most of the LCD machines out there! An RRP
of $4,499 has got to be met with smiles allround! 

Feast your eyes on these screen shots below. This is the reason DLP has been regarded as the best
technology. I myself was an LCD guy, the Epson came along and WOW! a great machine, then BenQ
do this to us, I'm happy they did! I just didn't think they could at that price point. 

Motorised vertical lens shift. Bring it on! No horizontal lens shift, but placement should not be an 
issue without it. 

Picture noise is an issue and has been talked about on forums all over the place. Leave dynamic 
colour off and you won't be bothered by the small amount of noise. In fact what you're seeing is noise 
that comes from high ISO film stock used to film the movie. In most scenes there is no noise at all.
In other scenes, such as on Transformers HD DVD version you will see some dark scenes where the 
ISO camera settings have been turned up to bring out more detail in darker areas. It's good know
that you're getting a great transfer from film to DVD and the projector being able to display what
is really on the DVD. There are not too many projectors that can do this. The reason we see noise
in some scenes is because the BenQ W5000 is much sharper than it's rivals. The clarity will leave
you gob smacked!

Image Depth: Something lacking on LCD projectors is image depth. LCD has always been and always
will appear somewhat flat compared to DLP projectors. The BenQ is a fine example of why DLP has been 
and is regarded as the better technology. The image appears to be very 3 dimensional, and colour.. did I 
mention colour? What I have found when comparing the BenQ to the Epson and Sanyo is it's ability
to seperate blues and greens. Ocean and sky shots look superbly accurate with rich deep colours
that are simply glorious to look at. While LCD must rely on the accuracy of the LCD panels.
They are just not there yet, perhaps in a couple of years LCD will be at the DLP level, but right now 
it's DLP all the way.

Sharp as a tack! The Epson I thought was very sharp, the BenQ is sharper again, some reviewers 
have said it's marginal, but they are also relying on memory. We have both machines in our showroom
side by side and you can rest assured it's sharper. No doubt thanks to the Japanese made glass lens. 

Visit www.projectorreviews.com for a full comprehensive review of this machine. Thanks Art for the 
great review, you saved me some time! 

 

Here are some new shots taken by us when testing the new Aussiemorphic MK3 Anamorphic lens. These images are stunning thanks to this new CA correct lens. Check out new website www.anamorphiclens.com.au for more info on this amazing new lens. Coming soon! Here is 3 images from Projector Reviews. These images are used with permission. Please visit www.projectorreviews.com for a full comprehensive review on the W5000 and many other home theatre projectors. Some more new shots we have taken below. These shots are all 107 inch in size. A thing to note here is skin tones, and to help the skin tones is our premium fabric Evolution3D! This shot is from an SD dvd! Note these images are unaltered, straight off a Canon Powershot S50 digital camera. All we have done is use Corel Draw to line them up and crop the outside edges and export them as JPEGS (somewhat compressd to reduce image size) In this first shot, it's a close up of a boat in Casino Royale. The left boat is from the W5000, the right one from the TW2000. Note the greater amount of detail from the BenQ, one can make out the name of the boat more easily, the water has more detail as does the green barge type vessell in the background. A good win for the BenQ. Visibly sharper allround.

In these next 4 shots you will see what I mean by sharpness and detail. This top image is from the Epson TW2000 and the one below is the W5000. Things to note besides the obvious sharpness the BenQ has over the Epson. Bonds black shirt, the blacks on his collar are crushed, you cannot make out where the collar starts or finishes. Not a problem for the BenQ. Take a look at Bond's left eye, the Epson can barely pull it out where the BenQ shows in finer detail. Allround the BenQ is clearly sharper. Here is side by side shot of Judy Dench: Left shot is the W5000, right shot the TW2000. Another fine example: Agreed, the Epson's overall blacks are slightly blacker....but the W5000 has higher ANSI Contrast, which means darker areas will display brighter highlights.

This image below is also from Casino Royale. What you will note here is the W5000 (top image) and blue colour of the sky. It just appears to be more 'real' (Don't get me wrong, the Epson is a corker of an LCD projector and both machines could still have some tweaking done but it gets to the point where you just want to enjoy them and forget about what's not so perfect for under 5 grand!) or perhaps the word I'm looking for is 'easier' to watch.

My settings at present: Room environment. 6 X 6 metre room. Projector lens is 5.3 metres from a 135 inch Majestic Scope screen. Navy carpet on floor. Matte black walls and 3 X 6 metre black velour on ceiling at front of room where screen is located. Back 3 metres of room ceiling is white... at present. These settings will vary from room to room and screen to screen but should be a good starting point for most. Go into menu, system setup and down to 'Input source' select HDMI 2 which is the outside HDMI input (at the edge of the machine- they have these back the front for some reason) This way your projector will detect the DVD at HDMI 2 and wont cycle thru the inputs looking each time, or you can use HDMI 1 it makes no difference. Brightness 48 Contrast 48 Colour 44 Tint 0 - this is an NTSC video thing and should be left alone. Sharpness - I have mine set at 4 out of 8   Pic advanced; black level 0 IRE   Clarity control; leave everything set to zero. Detail enhancement 0 Luma and chroma transmission I have mine set at 0 but play around with them to see what you think   Colour temp User 1 fine tuning All set back to 50 at this point.   Gamma selection 2.2 Brilliant colour: off   Colour management; RED: range 21, saturation 28 Yellow 46 and 30 Green 36 and 28 Cyan 73 and 43 blue 52 and 39 Magenta 29 and 41   Lamp settings : normal.   Dynamic black on Iris 7