With ever extra life-like graphics driving an ever-greater curiosity in big-screen gaming, BenQ has provide you with a trio of latest house leisure projectors particularly designed to ship a king-sized and immersive sport expertise. So game-friendly are the brand new X3100i, X500i and X300G projectors, in truth, that BenQ selected to unveil them on the latest 2023 Tokyo Sport Present.
Now, although, the model has revealed full particulars about them forward of a mooted mid-October launch – and in the event that they’re pretty much as good as BenQ’s 2022 X3000i gaming projector was, there may very well be a lot to get excited out.
The BenQ X3100i
Photograph: BenQ
All three DLP fashions debut BenQ’s new ‘element refinement engine’: A mixture of applied sciences supposed to carry out extra element and realism from sport graphics. These applied sciences embody: ‘True’ (in accordance with the CTA’s evaluation of the know-how, anyway) 4K HDR decision; BenQ’s projector-optimized HDR-Professional know-how, with its SSI Dynamic Black and HDR tone mapping techniques for enhancing distinction and particulars in darkish areas; and BenQ’s CinematicColour know-how, the place a 4LED lighting system (3LED on the X300G) delivers excessive brightness and color volumes by projector requirements. In truth, the X3100i is claimed to be able to delivering 100% of the DCI-P3 color spectrum extensively used within the HDR content material world.
Quick response occasions are, in fact, vastly necessary for a convincing, responsive gaming expertise, and right here BenQ claims to have delivered the world’s quickest projection enter lag determine of simply 4.16ms – although the precise arrange required to attain this remarkably low determine isn’t clear from the knowledge BenQ has launched to date.
BenQ additionally factors to the brand new projectors’ ‘CinematicSound’ audio techniques as additional proof of their gaming skills. These use BenQ TreVolo speaker techniques to create a digital 3D spatial audio sound stage, in a bid to make you are feeling as in the event you’re immersed within the coronary heart of the encompass sound audio mixes video games carry lately. The speaker techniques within the projectors – particularly the 8W arrange within the cube-shaped X300G – are additionally claimed to ship extra dynamic vary than the puny sound techniques squeezed inside most projectors, with a wider mid-range and deeper bass. The surprisingly good sound of 2022’s X3000i means that these audio guarantees for BenQ’s new projectors may really be greater than advertising hype.
The BenQ X500i.
Photograph: BenQ
BenQ has additionally outfitted its new gaming projector trio with devoted role-playing, FPS Shooter, sports activities and (within the X3100i’s case) racing sport image presets, in addition to an Auto Sport Mode that may detect incoming sport sources and optimises enter lag and film settings for every console you personal.
There’s even a SettingXChange characteristic that permits for on-the-fly switching of preset color settings for particular gaming titles, in addition to the choice to superimpose a crosshair over the projector’s pictures for extra correct focusing on.
Whereas BenQ’s new projector trio clearly go additional than most to cater for players, they’ll additionally, in fact, be used for watching TV exhibits and flicks. In truth, all of them carry Google Certificated Android TV sensible techniques with built-in Netflix, common HDMI video help (and eARC HDMI audio passthrough), in addition to video-based image presets alongside the gaming choices.
The BenQ X300G.
Photograph: BenQ
As with final 12 months’s X3000i, BenQ’s new game-focused projectors characteristic placing “futuristic” (in accordance with BenQ’s wording) styling, and are designed to be straightforward to arrange in recognition of the truth that they’ll probably solely be introduced out when wanted moderately than left completely put in. There’s 1.3x zoom on the X3100i and 1.2x zoom on the opposite two fashions, vertical lens shift on the X3100i, 2D keystone correction on all three fashions, and a motorized zoom system on the X300G.
Wanting lastly at different variations between the three fashions, the X3100i is rated to ship 3300 ANSI Lumens of brightness, the X500i is rated to 2,200 ANSI Lumens, and the X300G is rated to 2000 ANSI Lumens. Additionally, whereas the X3100i is the one mannequin claimed to cowl the entire DCI-P3 spectrum, the X500i and X300G each cowl 84%.
The X3100i helps a throw ratio of 1.15-1.5 (100-inch picture from 2.5m), whereas the opposite two fashions do 0.69-0.83 (95-inch pictures from 1.44m). Lastly, as you’ll be able to inform from their pictures on this article, apart from the unifying black entrance edge with orange trim design characteristic, every mannequin enjoys an total very distinct design.
The X3100i is about to value $2,399/£2,099, the X500i $1,699/£1,499, and the X300g – which is able to solely be accessible in choose areas not, it appears, together with the UK – $1,799.
—
Associated studying
BenQ Unveils 4 New 4K Dwelling Projectors – Together with Laser And LED Fashions
Optoma Launches New Extremely-Moveable Triple Laser Dwelling Leisure Projectors
Dolby Imaginative and prescient Projection Beneficial properties Floor With New UST Laser Fashions From AWOL Imaginative and prescient
Comply with me on Twitter or LinkedIn. Try my web site.
