BenQ has at present taken the wraps off a minimum of 4 new dwelling leisure and residential cinema projectors. Ranging in worth from $1,699 to $3,499, every of the brand new fashions options 4K decision and excessive dynamic vary assist, and every is focused at a distinct particular consumer base, starting from purpose-built darkish dwelling cinemas to brilliant residing rooms.
The most costly mannequin is the V5000i. Designed in accordance with BenQ for daylight lounge use, the V5000i’s single most necessary options are its mixture of an RGB laser lighting system, an extremely quick throw (UST) lens and a 100-inch, Fresnel-based Ambient Gentle Rejecting (ALR) display screen that’s included within the worth.
The V5000i’s laser lighting system and DLP optics can apparently ship 95% of the BT.2020 colorscape, aided and abetted as they’re by BenQ’s CinematicColor know-how – a course of which incorporates every projector being manufacturing facility calibrated out of the field. The V5000i additionally, together with all the opposite BenQ projectors introduced at present, options the newest evolution of BenQ’s proprietary HDR-Professional know-how.
On all fashions bar the TK860i, HDR-Professional provides assist for the premium HDR10+ format (with its additional scene by scene picture data) alongside the extra frequent HDR10 and HLG HDR programs, whereas on all 4 fashions HDR-Professional seeks to optimise the dynamism of HDR alerts through a newly optimized HDR Tone Mapping system, and a Native Distinction Enhancement characteristic that divides every picture into greater than 1000 zones after which works to optimize the gamma of every zone independently of the others.
The V5000i additionally ships with the Google-certified Android TV platform and Netflix preloaded – augmented by what BenQ describes as ‘complete AV connectivity and wi-fi capabilities’. As you’d anticipate with a lounge projector, too, the V5000i carries a built-in speaker system. The V5000i shall be accessible to order kind BenQ’s US web site in July – barely later than the opposite three fashions.
Yours for $2,999 and accessible to pre-order in the direction of the top of this month is the BenQ HT4550i. That is positioned as essentially the most ‘critical’ dwelling theater projector of BenQ’s new quartet, providing folks with devoted film rooms a 4K decision, a four-LED DLP lighting system able to placing out 3200 ANSI Lumens of brightness, and 100% protection of the DCI-P3 colour spectrum. The ‘i’ on the finish of the HT4550i’s identify signifies, too, that it’s going to be a part of the V5000i in delivery with Android TV smarts and preloaded Netflix.
When you’re on the lookout for a less expensive and extra informal projector that’s nonetheless designed for film nights in a blacked out room, BenQ is introducing the $1,699 HT3560. This mannequin doesn’t carry a built-in good system, however BenQ claims it’s able to overlaying 100% of the Rec. 709 color spectrum and 95% of the DCI-P3 spectrum, powered by 2,200 ANSI Lumens of brightness. The HT3560 shall be accessible to order in the direction of the top of Might.
Rounding out BenQ’s new projector quartet would be the $1,799 TK860i. The return of the ‘i’ on the finish of this mannequin’s identify exhibits that it once more carries Android TV and preloaded Netflix. Since this mannequin is designed to be used in “any brilliant room”, although, it’s the brightest mannequin of the group, claiming an enormous 3,300 ANSI Lumens of sunshine output which is claimed to energy 98% of the Rec 709 colour scape.
BenQ has additionally introduced at present three new fashions for the UK: The W4000i, the W2710i and the TK860i. The specs accessible for these fashions thus far means that they’re basically the identical, at the least internally, because the US’s HT4550i, HT3560i and TK860i fashions, and BenQ has confirmed that they may value £2999, £1,699 and £1,699 (once more) respectively.
The UK will even supply £100 cheaper variations of the W2710 and TK860 that ship with out the Android dongle. The UK’s new BenQ fashions are literally all accessible already – however there’s no phrase but on a possible UK launch for an equal mannequin to the V5000i.
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