BenQ W1200 Projector – Physical Tour-3

Anamorphic Lens - Cinemascope

This goes back to comments above about a benefit of the 1.5:1 aspect ratio zoom lens.

I have the home theater projector set on a table, that allows it to fill the full width of the 124 inch screen, with a 2.35:1 movie, the actual letterbox above and below is off the screen, invisible on my dark walls. When I want to watch HDTV (or “dare I say it, 4:3), I get out of my chair, and walk to the projector and adjust the zoom, for a smaller image. Basically, I’m doing manually, what projectors like the Panasonic PT-AE4000 do with their Lens Memory feature. It works. Of course that would be a pain if the projector was ceiling mounted. The point is, if movies really are your thing, and you are going tabletop, this gives you the option of considering a Cinemascope shaped screen.

This home theater projector is so nice and bright, it had no problem at all, filling that screen, so I definitely took advantage of it when watching movies. That leaves me a size of about 97″ diagonal when I zoom out to watch HDTV, so brighter still.