BenQ W500 Reviews

It's a fairly hefty little machine, and I'd be nervous transporting it without a high quality carrying case.

This is a fantastic projector, folks. I've had it for a few months, and have probably clocked around 8 movies on it. My housemates and I absolutely love it. The image is high-quality and bright, and we project it on a white wall, getting a good 9ft wide p...

Without curtaining, direct sunlight obliterates the image. If you have somewhat thick curtains (or in my case, a giant dark bedsheet pinned over windows), it becomes reasonably good for watching. If you're a daytime watcher, you might have some qualms.

I did my research before buying this and I confidently say it was the best A/V investment I made in a while. I regularly have friends over every weekend for the past two months who tell me I've spoiled them for life with the projector's visual quality. I'...

Works great hooked up to a computer -- takes all sorts of resolutions and refresh rates that you throw at it. Impressive picture size even with a short throw distance. Excellent for movies, games (Crysis included), browsing the internet -- I've even had f...

Will wash out during the day in sunlight, although this is to expected for this class of projector. Dynamic iris feature is annoying when surfing the internet, but you can easily turn it off via the menus. Don't even consider the eco-mode, it's far too di...

I was torn between this projector and another similarly priced model of a different brand on here. This one is 3LCD and the other is DLP. (I apparently can't say which one it is, so hopefully if you are deciding between the same two you will realize). Any...

Great picture, LCD > DLP projectors, Looks great even on a white wall that has texturing, Economic mode looks very close to Normal mode, It actually accepts 1080p signals and does not downgrade them - I confirmed this through the menu on the projector - I...

It's white and not black.