BenQ W100 Digital Projector Review: Summary, Pros, Cons 1 Posted on October 7, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. BenQ W100 Entry Level Home Theater Digital Projector Review - Overview2. BenQ W100 Entry Level Home Theater Digital Projector Review – Physical Overview3. BenQ W100 Digital Projector Review – Image Quality - Color accuracy4. BenQ W100 Digital Projector Review – Image Quality 1 - Contrast and Black Levels5. BenQ W100 Digital Projector Review – Image Quality 2 - W100 High Definition Performance - Handling Ambient Light6. BenQ W100 Projector Reviews – General Performance - Menus - User Memory Settings - BenQ W100 as a Business Projector7. BenQ W100 Projector Reviews – General Performance 1 - Remote Control - Lens Throw and Lens Shift/Offset8. BenQ W100 Projector Reviews – General Performance 2 - Screen Door Effect and Rainbows9. BenQ W100 Projector Reviews – General Performance 3 - Light Leakage - Audible Noise Levels - Projector Brightness - Lamp Life and Replacement - Projector Screen Recommendations10. BenQ W100 Projector Reviews – General Performance 411. Projector Reviews – General Performance 4 - Calibration - Image Noise12. BenQ W-100 Projector – Warranty13. BenQ W100 Digital Projector Review: Summary, Pros, Cons - Projector Pros - Projector Cons14. BenQ W100 Digital Projector Review: Summary, Pros, Cons 1 - Typical Attributes15. BenQ W100 Projector Specifications Typical Attributes Warranty – 1 year parts/labor Documentation (just guessing here, as I haven’t seen the finished documentation), but BenQ’s has never been that great (and I own one of their projectors) Styling – nothing to write home about – but a clean looking white “box” As you can see, I’m having problems finding things to complain about. From a standpoint of recommending this projector compared to the competition, here are a few thoughts. Up until now my favorite entry level HT projector has been the Optoma H27, which has been around since fall of 2005. While I liked the old BenQ PE5120 (the W100’s predecessor), it became somewhat obsolete because of only a 2X color wheel as competitors moved to 4X to minimize rainbow effect. Of course InFocus has just replaced its popular Screenplay 4805 with the new Play Big (nice name?) IN72. This should be a real contender as well. We received our IN72 review unit yesterday, have already plugged it in briefly, and testing starts on it tomorrow. I would think that those are the three major players around the $1000 price point unless you consider all-in-one units. Of the three, the pricing probably will look like this: The Optoma H27 seems to be commanding right around $1000, while the InFocus close to its $1299 MAP pricing. The BenQ W100, however, is being positioned by BenQ W100 projector to be below $1000, and possibly at $899! I’m going to attempt to get my hands on another Optoma H27 for a few days. After I complete the IN72 projector review, before end of May), and hopefully give the H27 a revisit, I plan to post a comparison review of these three projectors, designed to help you figure out which projector will best fit your specific requirements. There are so many subleties that affect what works best for each installation that no one projector even has a chance of being the best for everyone, and quite often, placement issues and brightness (as examples) can override other advantages. Back to the W100. Summary: Low cost, excellent picture out of the box with no fiddling, easy to hook up, low cost of operation due to long lamp life, a typical warranty, and very quiet! Put all that together and it translates to great price performance. 1. BenQ W100 Entry Level Home Theater Digital Projector Review - Overview2. BenQ W100 Entry Level Home Theater Digital Projector Review – Physical Overview3. BenQ W100 Digital Projector Review – Image Quality - Color accuracy4. BenQ W100 Digital Projector Review – Image Quality 1 - Contrast and Black Levels5. BenQ W100 Digital Projector Review – Image Quality 2 - W100 High Definition Performance - Handling Ambient Light6. BenQ W100 Projector Reviews – General Performance - Menus - User Memory Settings - BenQ W100 as a Business Projector7. BenQ W100 Projector Reviews – General Performance 1 - Remote Control - Lens Throw and Lens Shift/Offset8. BenQ W100 Projector Reviews – General Performance 2 - Screen Door Effect and Rainbows9. BenQ W100 Projector Reviews – General Performance 3 - Light Leakage - Audible Noise Levels - Projector Brightness - Lamp Life and Replacement - Projector Screen Recommendations10. BenQ W100 Projector Reviews – General Performance 411. Projector Reviews – General Performance 4 - Calibration - Image Noise12. BenQ W-100 Projector – Warranty13. BenQ W100 Digital Projector Review: Summary, Pros, Cons - Projector Pros - Projector Cons14. BenQ W100 Digital Projector Review: Summary, Pros, Cons 1 - Typical Attributes15. BenQ W100 Projector Specifications BenQ W100 Digital Projector Review: Summary, Pros, Cons BenQ W100 Projector Specifications