BenQ GP1 Special Features Posted on September 28, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. BenQ GP1 Joybee LED Projector Review - BenQ Joybee GP1 LED Projector Highlights - BenQ Joybee GP1 LED Projector - Overview2. BenQ GP1 Special Features - Projector LED Light Source Life - Wall Color - iPhone iPod adaptor3. Optoma Pico Projector – Physical Tour - GP1 Appearance - BenQ GP1 Control Panel - BenQ GP1 Inputs (and outputs)4. GP1 Menus - BenQ Joybee GP1 Remote Control - BenQ GP1 Lens Throw - GP1 Lens Shift5. BenQ Joybee – Image Quality - BenQ Joybee GP1 Projector - Picture Quality - Flesh Tones - BenQ Joybee Black Levels & Shadow Detail - BenQ Joybee - Overall Color & Picture Quality - BenQ Joybee Projector: Performance, HDTV, TV and Sports, Video Clips6. BenQ GP1 – Performance - BenQ Joybee GP1 Brightness7. BenQ GP1 Sharpness - BenQ GP1 Sharpness - BenQ GP1 Joybee Projector - Projector Screens - BenQ Joybee GP1 LED Projector - Warranty8. BenQ Joybee GP1 – Review Summary - BenQ Joybee: Bottom Line - BenQ Joybee Projector: Pros - BenQ Joybee Projector: Cons - BenQ Joybee GP1 Projector: Typical Capabilities (for this type of projector)9. BenQ Joybee GP1 Projector Specifications Projector LED Light Source LifeBenQ swears they are being very conservative, in rating the LED light source at 20,000+ hours. Considering that I’ve seen ratings of up to 50,000 hours on other LED light sources for the smaller pico sized projectors, they are probably right. More to the point, though, 20,000 hours works out to about 40 hours a week for a decade! Somehow I have to believe that 10 years is longer than anyone plans to use a product like this, if for no other reason that it is pretty much a first generation product, and who knows what the specs will be on a “similar” projector, that hits the market, in say, just five years! And, since we are on the subject of the 3LED lightsource, it has other advantages besides a more dynamic image. It’s greener – no mercury (which is used in the traditional lamps), and there should be no significant dimming over the light sources full life. (Typical UHP lamps lose about 50% of their brightness over their claimed life.) Wall Color BenQ figures that a fair number of people will not have a formal screen to use with the GP1. Those using it at home, for example, might simply shine it on the wall. (The same might be true doing a 1 on 1 presentation in someone’s office). With the Wall Color feature, the BenQ does its best to correct for the color of your walls. It has settings for five wall colors: light yellow, pink, light green, blue (also light), and blackboard mode. I used the light yellow setting on the wall in my testing room which happens to be a medium brown. It definitely helped more than a little, but in reality, my wall is a lot darker than what you would want to project on. Unless your wall color matches pretty closely the colors mentioned, it will only partially help. Let’s just say if good color is your thing – find a white wall or use a screen. Wall ColorBenQ figures that a fair number of people will not have a formal screen to use with the GP1. Those using it at home, for example, might simply shine it on the wall. (The same might be true doing a 1 on 1 presentation in someone’s office). With the Wall Color feature, the BenQ does its best to correct for the color of your walls. It has settings for five wall colors: light yellow, pink, light green, blue (also light), and blackboard mode. I used the light yellow setting on the wall in my testing room which happens to be a medium brown. It definitely helped more than a little, but in reality, my wall is a lot darker than what you would want to project on. Unless your wall color matches pretty closely the colors mentioned, it will only partially help. Let’s just say if good color is your thing – find a white wall or use a screen. iPhone iPod adaptorToo bad that their iPhone adapter is optional, and not included with the Joybee GP1. But, at least they offer one. Audio Built In and Audio Out Not bad, the BenQ has a small 2 watt speaker. That’s not much different from the typical lightweight but traditional portable projectors. If you want to game, or watch a movie, though, while there’s respectable volume, it’s definitely very thin on bass. The good news is that there’s a stereo audio output, so you can pump the sound back out to a boom box, stereo system, etc., to get some quality sound. And before you ask, “No, the BenQ Joybee GP1 does not support 5.1 surround sound audio.” Which means if you are hooking it up, to say a DVD player, or a cable/satellite box, where there is a 5.1 source, you’ll need to take the audio directly from those devices into your own 5.1 sound system 1. BenQ GP1 Joybee LED Projector Review - BenQ Joybee GP1 LED Projector Highlights - BenQ Joybee GP1 LED Projector - Overview2. BenQ GP1 Special Features - Projector LED Light Source Life - Wall Color - iPhone iPod adaptor3. Optoma Pico Projector – Physical Tour - GP1 Appearance - BenQ GP1 Control Panel - BenQ GP1 Inputs (and outputs)4. GP1 Menus - BenQ Joybee GP1 Remote Control - BenQ GP1 Lens Throw - GP1 Lens Shift5. BenQ Joybee – Image Quality - BenQ Joybee GP1 Projector - Picture Quality - Flesh Tones - BenQ Joybee Black Levels & Shadow Detail - BenQ Joybee - Overall Color & Picture Quality - BenQ Joybee Projector: Performance, HDTV, TV and Sports, Video Clips6. BenQ GP1 – Performance - BenQ Joybee GP1 Brightness7. BenQ GP1 Sharpness - BenQ GP1 Sharpness - BenQ GP1 Joybee Projector - Projector Screens - BenQ Joybee GP1 LED Projector - Warranty8. BenQ Joybee GP1 – Review Summary - BenQ Joybee: Bottom Line - BenQ Joybee Projector: Pros - BenQ Joybee Projector: Cons - BenQ Joybee GP1 Projector: Typical Capabilities (for this type of projector)9. BenQ Joybee GP1 Projector Specifications BenQ GP1 Joybee LED Projector Review Optoma Pico Projector – Physical Tour