BenQ W5000 DLP 1080P Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-7 Posted on October 30, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. BenQ W5000 DLP 1080p Home Theater Projector Review - Overview - BenQ W5000 Projector Highlights:2. BenQ W5000 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour3. BenQ W5000 DLP 1080P Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality - Home Theater Projector: Skin Tones - W5000 Projector: Black Levels and Shadow Detail - W5000 Black Levels4. BenQ W5000 DLP 1080P Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-2 - W5000 vs. Epson Home Cinema 1080 UB - BenQ W5000 Shadow Details - LOTR_gondornight_large5. BenQ W5000 DLP 1080P Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-36. BenQ W5000 DLP 1080P Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-47. BenQ W5000 DLP 1080P Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-58. 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BenQ W5000 Home Theater Projector Review – General Performance-2 - W5000 Projector - Light Leakage - W5000 Audible Noise Levels - W5000 Projector Screen Recommendations - W5000 Projector Measurements and Calibration15. BenQ W5000 Home Theater Projector Review – General Performance-3 - W5000 Projector Measurements and Calibration-2 - Gain R50, G49, B45, Bias, R48, G48, B46 - W5000 Image Noise16. BenQ W5000 DLP Home Theatre Projector Warranty17. Home Theater Projectors: Review of the BenQ W5000 DLP Projector: Summary, Pros, Cons - BenQ W5000 vs. Epson Home Cinema 1080 UB - BenQ W5000 vs. Sony VW40 - BenQ W5000 Projector: Pros18. BenQ W5000 Projector: Cons - BenQ W5000 Projector: Typical Capabilities - BenQ W5000 Summary: The Bottom Line19. BenQ W5000 Projector Specifications Projector Overall Picture QualityW5000 Brilliant Color Performance and IssuesFor the best picture quality, Brilliant Color must be turned off. Unlike some other DLP projectors with Brilliant Color from TI, the W5000 offers only one setting. That setting increases overall brightness significantly, and not evenly. It also seems to affect saturation, and other aspects of the image. The point is, sometimes it is over the top, where the picture quality suffers enough to be noticeable to most. Also some detail is lost. Here are several sets of images with Brilliant Color Off, then the same image (adjusting the camera, as best I can to get the same overall brightness), with Brilliant Color On. W5000_BC_off_daggers_captainW5000_BC_on_daggers_captainPreviousNext Talk about over the top. Look what happens to the yellow above, with Brilliant Color On. It really didn’t look as bad as it appears on the photo. That the area is extremely bright, combined with the camera setting, did exaggerate it a bit. Remember, in normal use, Brilliant Color is much brighter overall, than without. W5000_BC_off_daggers_snowW5000_BC_on_daggers_snowPreviousNext In this image from Pirates, above, look to the clouds. The difference is rather significant, and the smaller clouds on his right seem flattened in terms of color palette and the pink cast is very flat at points. 1. BenQ W5000 DLP 1080p Home Theater Projector Review - Overview - BenQ W5000 Projector Highlights:2. BenQ W5000 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour3. BenQ W5000 DLP 1080P Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality - Home Theater Projector: Skin Tones - W5000 Projector: Black Levels and Shadow Detail - W5000 Black Levels4. BenQ W5000 DLP 1080P Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-2 - W5000 vs. Epson Home Cinema 1080 UB - BenQ W5000 Shadow Details - LOTR_gondornight_large5. BenQ W5000 DLP 1080P Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-36. BenQ W5000 DLP 1080P Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-47. BenQ W5000 DLP 1080P Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-58. 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