BenQ HT2050A review
Benq HT2050A Projector: Best Budget 1080p Projector on the Market
Suppose you want a home-entertainment projector with high-quality 2D and better 3D performance. Look no further because the Benq HT2050A is a great choice that meets your home and office needs. The Q HT2050A Projector has exceptional picture quality and offers top-level contrast, accurate color, brightness, and saturated image. This project has a rare vertical lens shift that guarantees you enjoy realistic colors with perfect contrast.
Setup
One unique setup of the projector is its user-friendly and well-designed menu system. Here you get to select the projector type (ceiling, table, rear, or front) from the list of options and some keystone correction options. Next, choose between the advanced or basic menus and adjust the height for effective display. As soon as you unbox the projector and turn it on for the first time, the HT2050A guides you through a brief setup procedure.
The HT2050A projector comes with independent adjustable 3D slots. Techies like me will choose the advanced menu and get to select the image options that work best for you. In contrast, the basic menu allows you to choose from the four picture modes available. The Cinema mode in this product turns on by default, but the project offers greater accuracy with the setting off.
Features
The Q HT2050A projector sports a sturdy lens with focus and zoom controls — a feature that is unexpected at its price. It features a 10% vertical lens with a zoom range of 1.3x that displays a 100-inch image from over 7.5 feet away. Weighting just about 7 pounds makes this projector portable for watching movies indoors or outdoors. The manufacturers of this solid projector thought it wise to offer a wireless, uncompressed 1080p 60Hz streaming kit. It also features a WiFi dongle connecting the NQ HT2050A projector to mobile devices.
The projector features show it has 2,220 ANSI lumens, yet, our measurement shows it has roughly 1,596, which still produces bright images. The Benq HT2050A delivers a brighter image than its direct competitors. This sturdy projector makes your big screen experience a reality with its 180-inch diagonal sharp images. Gamers can leverage the 16.4 ms input lag and enjoy big-screen gaming and real-time display, especially while gaming with friends and family.
Design
A single-chip DLP powers the HT2050A and employs TI's DarkChip3 DMD device at a resolution of 1920x1080 and REC 709 color. At the top of the project, you will find buttons for power, menu navigation, and source, with three status lights. The IR sensors are installed on the front and top of the projector for easy control. At the back of this home projector is the input panel, which sports two HDMI 1.4a ports, composite jacks, separate components, and a VGA connector.
The control of the NQ HT2050A projector happens through an RS-232 input and a 12v trigger output. A 240-watt UHP lamp illuminates the projector with an acclaimed lifespan of 3500-7000 hours, depending on the mode setting. Light leakage is negligible in this projector, yet you need to close the sliding door protecting the lens once you complete the installation.
Unlike the traditional auto-iris in other projectors, the Benq HT2050A projector boosts brightness through its SmartEco setting design for more excellent contrast. The Benq HT2050A is ventilated through its ample grills in front and on the sides of the projector.
Conclusion
The Benq HT2050A projector is available at a steal price with accurate color, excellent contrast, and 2D or 3D videos. On the other hand, its realistic coloring, high brightness, and SmartEco setting make it an excellent choice for rooms with ambient light. These combinations of design and features make this impressive projector an excellent choice for home theaters.
In spite of the lack of video support for 4K and HDR, the vertical shift lens and the cinema mode make the NQ HT2050A projector a perfect choice for theaters and media rooms. With the ambient light present, the projector offers plenty of output. DLP and lens shift, which are rather basic features, are the main selling points of this BenQ projector.