As I've been considering various projector possibilities, I came across the BENQ W500 last week. In my budget and in my room I am restricted to LCD projectors because I absolutely require vertical and horizontal lens shift (unknown on DLPs under 3000$ US). If I were stateside, my short list would be the Sanyo Z5, the Sony AW15 and the Epson 400, and now, the BENQ W500 (each of which is available under 1500$). In Canada, only the Z5 and W500 fit that list.
The W500 accepts 1080p/24 signals (even via its component inputs--though I don't know if anyone can actually use that--perhaps it's useful in Europe?) and it has Silicon Optics HQV video processing--for a Canadian street price of under 1200$ (about 300$ less than the Z5--which I already considered a good deal at around 1500$ CDN).
I think the W500 is now at the top of my (admittedly very short) list.
Thoughts?
The W500 accepts 1080p/24 signals (even via its component inputs--though I don't know if anyone can actually use that--perhaps it's useful in Europe?) and it has Silicon Optics HQV video processing--for a Canadian street price of under 1200$ (about 300$ less than the Z5--which I already considered a good deal at around 1500$ CDN).
I think the W500 is now at the top of my (admittedly very short) list.
Thoughts?
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