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| Topic: | Thoughts on Benq since Snaps brought them in This thread has 11 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Friday March 10, 2017 at 09:19 |
andrewinboulder Select Member |
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How are these projectors in general, and what about discrete power commands??
I'm not sure if they are great projectors, or everyone else said "no" to being on the website.....ha
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| Post 2 made on Friday March 10, 2017 at 10:03 |
Mario Loyal Member |
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ADI carried them for years and used them in their conference/training/meeting rooms.
I never installed any and it's hard for me to say from seeing it in training room environment to tell if they were any good.
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| Post 3 made on Friday March 10, 2017 at 12:23 |
highfigh Loyal Member |
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I installed one last year- it was OK, for the price. The brightness and contrast weren't amazing, but they aren't video nerds, anyway.
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| Post 4 made on Friday March 10, 2017 at 12:55 |
3PedalMINI Loyal Member |
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i thought BenQ was long out of business. was like whaaaaaa they still exist when i got the email...
Epson or Sony for me. No reason to look elsewhere
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The Bitterness of Poor Quality is Remembered Long after the Sweetness of Price is Forgotten! - Benjamin Franklin |
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| Post 5 made on Friday March 10, 2017 at 13:06 |
kgossen Super Member |
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On March 10, 2017 at 12:55, 3PedalMINI said...
i thought BenQ was long out of business. was like whaaaaaa they still exist when i got the email... Right on the pulse as usual..... For what they are, they're decent projector. Are they for home theaters, NO, but commercial they're great. I have one up in an ice rink for the past 2.5 years working perfectly in a below freezing environment. When it's not playing videos, it becomes a scoreboard for the rink.
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| Post 6 made on Friday March 10, 2017 at 13:08 |
Fred Harding Super Member |
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BenQ does a good job for certain applications. My recollection is they are the first or second largest supplier of dlp projectors in the country.
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| Post 7 made on Friday March 10, 2017 at 13:34 |
benjh1028 Long Time Member |
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Not bad projectors for budget installs. They typically have discrete on/off. I've had several running for years with no issues. They have a new 4k unit that looks interesting on paper (but I don't want to be the guinea pig).
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| Post 8 made on Friday March 10, 2017 at 13:45 |
Mr. Brad Advanced Member |
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Had a demo unit in our showroom for a few years. It failed, we sent it back for out of warranty repair. They couldn't fix it due to a lack of parts. We threw it in the trash.
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| Post 9 made on Friday March 10, 2017 at 16:16 |
Don Heany Senior Member |
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Had to replace one a few months back and it had a bizarre throw ratio, only options were a couple hoopties or a major modification, opted for the latter.
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| Post 10 made on Friday March 10, 2017 at 16:27 |
2nd rick Super Member |
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Before I share my feelings, would uptime or reliability be high on your list of concerns when you are choosing a projector? :)
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| Post 11 made on Friday March 10, 2017 at 16:41 |
MNTommyBoy Senior Member |
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I have one in my basement from a swap about a year ago. In the first year it started overheating. They fixed it under warranty for no charge. Will I sell it being 1/1 on repair? Probably not. I will say they are bright though, if nothing else.
My input to the Sn@p dealer survey was they needed a piece in the 1999 to 2499 area. The jump from 1399 retail to 3799 with no lens is a joke, missing a great value sweet spot.
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| Post 12 made on Saturday March 11, 2017 at 08:46 |
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On March 10, 2017 at 13:45, Mr. Brad said...
Had a demo unit in our showroom for a few years. It failed, we sent it back for out of warranty repair. They couldn't fix it due to a lack of parts. We threw it in the trash. Sold several 1080P 8 years ago. Most of them failed after 2-4 years. Could not get them repaired, as they didn't have the parts for repair. BenQ service suggested I replace them and they had a discount on a newer model (to offset the "pain"), but was really not a discount at all vs. buying an new Epson 1080p at DC. We replaced them, but not with BenQ. Have not sold another since then, so not sure how good they are now. The ones I sold in the day had quirky behavior.
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