BenQ V6050 4K Ultra Short Throw Laser Projector for Living Room with HDR-PRO, DLP, UHD, DCI-P3, 3000 ANSI Lumens, Screenless TV, 3D, Black

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Input Lag. BenQ does not promote the V7050i as a gaming projector, and input lag was a weak spot in its performance. With a Bodnar lag meter I measured the input lag for 1080/60p at 104.6 milliseconds. 2160/60p UHD was better at 69.1 milliseconds, but without a dedicated game mode, that's as good as it gets. It's fine for casual gaming, not so much for games where every millisecond counts. The only other universal adjustment I made was to use a Sharpness setting of 10. I found the default of 15 just a touch too much. The BenQ V6050 4K laser projector covers 98% of the DCI-P3 color space used in digital cinema and 96% of the Rec.709 color space used in HDTV. This guarantees rich, realistic and well nuanced colors. With the 4K Blu-ray of Mad Max: Fury Road, we were able to appreciate the excellent HDR management and color accuracy of the BenQ V6050. Today we reviewed the BenQ V6050 HDR 4K HDR laser video projector, an ultra-short throw focal length model intended to replace a TV in a living room (this type of projector is also known as a laser TV). The BenQ V6050 can project an image between 70″ (177.8cm) and 120″ (304.8cm) in diagonal at a distance between 7.3 and 33cm from the wall or projection screen.

With the convenient integrated screen size measuring tool it is a breeze to set up the ideal screen size for you and your family. Even if the projector is (accidentally) moved from its regular spot. Enhanced Brightness for Your Living Room BenQ is a Taiwanese consumer electronics company that manufactures everything from laptops and monitors to digital cameras and projectors. While the V6050's images are enviably crisp, the forward-facing sound system has a tad less clarity. Unlike Themyscira, it's sometimes rather muddy, and not as convincing as that of Optoma's CinemaX. It comes with a variety of audio modes (Standard, Cinema, Music, Game and Sport), but they all sound largely the same, with the notable exception of Sport, which strips out the bass.

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But when there's some ambient light present in the room, the brighter Rec.709 HDR has more visual impact. It also depends on the content; some films are very colorful, whereby you see the difference the wide color gamut makes in every scene, while others have a subdued pallet. I suggest trying both modes and deciding for yourself. Gangs of Lemur Island, Sky's 4K HDR nature showcase, looks beguiling, its titular cast gloriously depicted roaming around the Berenty Reserve in Madagascar. The fine texture of their coats, bathed in brilliant sunlight, makes for a wonderfully three-dimensional presentation. The DCI-P3 mode for SDR is one to skip unless you have a particular use scenario, like showing photographs in a slideshow from a PC. A wide color gamut is a part of what you get with HDR content. SDR content is typically mastered to the Rec.709 color space, so you'll usually only use DCI-P3 for HDR viewing.

With a projection ratio of 0.25, this BenQ V6000 projector is really very close to the wall. A 100 inch image requires the projector to be barely 22 cm from the wall, for the smallest possible image, 70 inches, it is as little as 7 cm. In the latter case, it may be a bit more difficult to connect the HDMI cables. Initially, I had the projector set to Filmmaker Mode HDR, but I thought to try out HDR10 mode instead, and in the process turned on Wide Color Gamut (it's off by default). The boost in color saturation sold me on that mode right away, despite the noticeable drop in peak brightness. The colors looked lush; vehicle paint jobs had a gloss and glow that gave them a three-dimensional look. Skin tones all looked natural, and skies were true blue; even the shark-jumping space scene with the Pontiac Fiero looked excellent, thanks to the perceptually high contrast this projector achieves. The V6050 supports regular HDR10 and HLG. This gives it an advantage over its principal rival, Optoma's CinemaX P2, which doesn't implement HLG support over HDMI. The BenQ V6050 is sold for €3990, which puts it in direct competition with the Optoma CinemaX UHZ65UST which won the EISA Best Product Award in its category and the Samsung The Premiere LSP7T which we recently tested (see the test of the Samsung LSP7T). Will the BenQ V6050 stand out from its rivals? BenQ V6050: the brand

We have seen these issues before on entry-level laser-based devices, especially when compared with traditional home cinema projectors, but a UST such as this BenQ is about a different use case. So far, we’ve not seen a better example of this type.

SDR Viewing. When using this UST as a TV for sports or shows or the news, you'll probably be watching 1080p SDR, or possibly 1080i or 720p from a set-top box. "Regular" Blu-rays and most anything you stream that's not labeled UHD are typically 1080p. My experience with HD video sources was largely positive, with the caveat that the large screen easily reveals limitations in the source material, whether that's resolution or digital noise and compression artifacts. Regular Blu-rays do very well on this machine, and often it's only a hint of softness that gives away the HD source vs. 4K. Once the BenQ V6050 projector is turned on, automatic keystone correction ensures that vertical lines are “straightened”. Finally, the electric focus makes it very easy to sharpen the image using the remote control. 4K HDR10, DCI-P3, Rec.709

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HDR Picture Modes. HDR on the V7050i has a split personality. It's a matter of choosing between a Rec.709 viewing experience, where brightness is the main HDR ingredient, or DCI-P3 wide color gamut but with a lower peak brightness. The difference between the two HDR options and their relation to viewer preference could easily come down to the environment: In a totally dark room, the wide color gamut looks fantastic, and the projector is more than bright enough.