About to pull the plug on Benq W1070 - Good Decision?

[MZB]

I understand that there will be no warranty however can I expect after sales service and support for this model in India?

Can anyone answer this?

BenQ has appointed a good number of service dealer . You can call and check with them .

Also I guess BenQ has launched upgraded version as W1500 in US and Europe which seems to be much better than 1070 !! If I am not wrong read somewhere that either w1500 or w1400 has got wireless HDMI feature. Why not 1500 over 1070 ?

 

[navdeep100]

I have bought benq w1070 from ishopinternaitonal. This is cost me 62k include all customs .and I have bought 3d glasses and kdlinks 3d media player from amazon.this is fantastic projector. I have downloaded many 3d hsbs 1080p rips. I Have used on plain wall .picture quality is awesome

 

[muks1224]

I have bought benq w1070 from ishopinternaitonal. This is cost me 62k include all customs .and I have bought 3d glasses and kdlinks 3d media player from amazon.this is fantastic projector. I have downloaded many 3d hsbs 1080p rips. I Have used on plain wall .picture quality is awesome

Which 3D glasses did you pick?

Thanks

 

[John]

I have bought benq w1070 from ishopinternaitonal. This is cost me 62k include all customs .and I have bought 3d glasses and kdlinks 3d media player from amazon.this is fantastic projector. I have downloaded many 3d hsbs 1080p rips. I Have used on plain wall .picture quality is awesome

which site did you get it from?

 

[sam9s]

Hi I recently bought Epson 2030, with Projector mount and samsung 3D glasses. I however had my friend brought it from US. It cost me 1091 USD with 91 as sales tax. Few major reason I did not go for Optoma HD25E or benq w1070.

1. First and foremost :Rainbow effect ::: Even though its said that only 2 out 10 people notice it, I did not want to take the risk, LCD projectors might not have those blacks as a DLP, but over all PQ is at par with DLP, and I can live with a little less black than regretting later IF I do manage to notice rainbow effect. Evey review I have read says, if you do notice it, you can not neglect/ignore it and it can ruin your movie experience.

2. 3D :: 3D was important for me and hence brightness was important, plus 2030 anyhow is said to be better in 3D. Plus 2d to 3d conversion, also better.

3. 3D glasses ::: RF based in comparison to IR based, so works with inexpensive Samsung 3D glasses. No IR emitter needed.

4. Lamp life and cost ::::: This projector, is a huge investment for me, and so I will use it for atleast 5 years, might be more, even if the industry standard reached 10K resolution ..., so lamp life and cost was in to consideration.

apart from these few other advantages of 2030 I could find, over W1070, were ....

1. fast HDMI switching, Benq sometime is said to take as long as 20-30 sec to switch the source. I do want to sit in the dark for that long with my family to wait for a source change and picture to pop up.

2. MHL, yes I will use it and so it for me was an added advantage

3. Bigger picture at a shorter throw distance.

What I DID NOT like about epson 2030 over other projectors were ..

1. Fan noise at dynamic mode ...on eco mode its quite :::: So I have to compromise a bit on this, but I assume with a movie running I should not face much issue

2. No Vertical lense shift ::: W1070 has this feature.

3. No Auto 3D detection.

I can not provide a hands on review as I have not yet opened my projector. This will only be done once my room is constructed, whicj should be completed by the end of this month. So only then I can provide a hands on experience

 

[vkirti]

Available at Amazon for $ 749. Good price, was $ 845 a week ago.

 

[s2nseek]

I echo sam9s view and because of the same reasons I bought Epson 2030 about 3 weeks back and the 3D experience is awesome so far (watched Hobbit - unexpected journey and the visuals are breadth taking even on the projection on the wall). As I am yet to hook it up with my home theater audio system I did not do much of 2D viewing.