BenQ W20000 Home Cinema Projector Review: General Performance-2 Posted on October 7, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. BenQ W20000 1080p, DLP, Home Theater Projector Review - BenQ W20000 1080p, DLP, Home Theater Projector Overview - Key W20000 highlights - BenQ W20000: First Comments2. BenQ W20000 Projector: Physical Tour3. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector Review: Image Quality - BenQ W20000: Image Quality Sections - BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector: Out of the Box Picture Quality - W20000 Skin Tone Handling4. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector Review: Image Quality-2 - Black Level and Shadow Detail - Black Level Performance5. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector Review: Image Quality-3 - comparision - comparision6. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector Review: Image Quality-4 - comparision - comparision7. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector Review: Image Quality-5 - comparision8. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector Review: Image Quality-6 - comparision9. 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BenQ W20000 Projector: Cons - BenQ W20000 Projector: Typical Capabilities - BenQ W20000 Projector: Competitive Aspects - BenQ W20000 vs. InFocus IN83 - BenQ W20000 vs. Epson Home Cinema 1080 UB19. BenQ W20000 Projector: Cons2 - BenQ W20000 vs. JVC DLA-RS1 - BenQ W20000 vs. Panasonic PT-AE2000U, with some thoughts on new PT-AE3000U - BenQ W20000 vs. Optoma HD8000/HD80 and HD81-LV20. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector: Summary - comparision - BenQ W20000 Projector: Bottom Line21. BenQ W20000 Projector Specifications W20000 Projector Measurements and Calibration Header Content White (100 IRE) 6926K Light gray (80 IRE) 6941K Medium gray (50 IRE) 6902K Low gray (30 IRE) 6908K color temp Header Content Gain R=52 G=48 B=45 Offset R=50 G=50 B=49 Contrast was adjusted to 49 Brightness 51 Color (saturation 46 Tint -15 Note, based on Mike’s measurements and calibration, he came up with a Tint setting of -19, using filters. After much watching, and most of the photo shoot, I came to feel that skin tones were just a tiny bit too pink for my taste. I played around and found that to my eye, the tint setting was better in the 13-16 range. I settled on a recommendation of -15. A change of 1 number is barely perceptable to the eye, and even the full range from 0 to -20 is not a major shift in the tint of the image. This is definitely a fine-tuning control. The end result proved to be an improved set of numbers, and corresponding color accuracy for movie watching. The only real problem is that while the grays adjust easily, Header Content White (100 IRE) 6942K Light gray (80 IRE) 6525K Medium gray (50 IRE 6442K Low gray (30 IRE) 6514K The result is pure whites and near whites remain just a touch too cool (blue). Still a deviation of 400 odd lumens, only at the top of the range, is very minor. It is, enough though, that, for example, I’ll definitely give the InFocus IN83 a slight advantage in overall color accuracy, by comparison. In the low ranges, below 20 IRE, the opposite occurs, with a small shift to warm (red). Again, these have only slight impact on the overall color balance. Most projectors tend to shift color balance a bit in the low registers (20 IRE and under), although we are working with the extremely dark grays, and there are limits to our equipment’s accuracy down there. (That’s one reason why I cut off our measurements at 30 IRE, and don’t show numbers below that. Gamma defaults to the normal 2.2 setting. Based on Mike’s measurements he’s recommending 2.4. I viewed content with both 2.2 and 2.4 settings. With 2.2 setting the W20000 had the best black levels I’ve seen on any recent projector, including the IN83. I did not find the 2.2 setting to be noticeably off, in any way, but no doubt, the 2.4 setting is a little closer to technical perfection, since it measured out to just over 2.2. Using the setting of 2.2, the average gamma was about 2.05. Bottom line: Not the absolute best color accuracy after calibration, and in a side by side with the IN83, you can see the slight difference, but without a side by side, let’s just say that any “error” on the part of the W20000, is notably less than the normal variation in color (based on the director’s intent, and the colorist’s implementation on the disc), from one movie to the next. In other words, it looked great. Not quite as perfect as it could be, but it should be close enough to please most of the serious enthusiasts. W20000 Image Noise Click to Enlarge. So close Wow, I was concerned that the W20000 would share their lower priced W5000’s rather noisier than most, image noise problem, but, that’s not the case. The standard background noise is there, but at very normal (acceptable) levels. The BenQ passed the HQV jaggies and motion tests without any real trouble, as you can see from the US flag image below (flags waving are great ways to spot jaggie problems) For the vast majority noise at this level is not an issue in any way. Such things can always be improved on, but compared to so many more important things, performance at this quality level should not be of concern. Click Image to Enlarge 1. BenQ W20000 1080p, DLP, Home Theater Projector Review - BenQ W20000 1080p, DLP, Home Theater Projector Overview - Key W20000 highlights - BenQ W20000: First Comments2. BenQ W20000 Projector: Physical Tour3. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector Review: Image Quality - BenQ W20000: Image Quality Sections - BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector: Out of the Box Picture Quality - W20000 Skin Tone Handling4. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector Review: Image Quality-2 - Black Level and Shadow Detail - Black Level Performance5. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector Review: Image Quality-3 - comparision - comparision6. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector Review: Image Quality-4 - comparision - comparision7. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector Review: Image Quality-5 - comparision8. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector Review: Image Quality-6 - comparision9. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector Review: Image Quality-7 - comparision10. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector Review: Image Quality-8 - BenQ W20000 Performance: HDTV and Sports - Overall Image Quality - Overall Picture Quality: Bottom Line11. BenQ W20000 Home Cinema Projector Review: General Performance - W20000 Menus - W20000 User Memory Settings12. W20000 Projector – Remote Control - W20000 Lens Throw and Lens Shift13. W20000 SDE and Rainbow Effect, Pixel Visibility - W20000 Projector Brightness14. W20000 Projector Brightness - W20000 Projector - Light Leakage - W20000 Audible Noise Levels - W20000 Projector Screen Recommendations15. BenQ W20000 Home Cinema Projector Review: General Performance-2 - W20000 Projector Measurements and Calibration - color temp - W20000 Image Noise 16. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector Warranty17. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Pros and Cons - BenQ W20000 Projector, Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - BenQ W20000 Projector: Pros18. BenQ W20000 Projector: Cons - BenQ W20000 Projector: Typical Capabilities - BenQ W20000 Projector: Competitive Aspects - BenQ W20000 vs. InFocus IN83 - BenQ W20000 vs. Epson Home Cinema 1080 UB19. BenQ W20000 Projector: Cons2 - BenQ W20000 vs. JVC DLA-RS1 - BenQ W20000 vs. Panasonic PT-AE2000U, with some thoughts on new PT-AE3000U - BenQ W20000 vs. Optoma HD8000/HD80 and HD81-LV20. BenQ W20000 Home Theater Projector: Summary - comparision - BenQ W20000 Projector: Bottom Line21. 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