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The BenQ W1800 can do up to 15,000 hours in its lamp save mode, but only 8,000 in the most balanced Smart Eco mode and just 4,000 when it’s set to normal. After that, you’re looking at a pricey lamp replacement.
SDR Viewing. I decided to watch Skyfall in 1080p and the presentation was good. In the scene where Bond meets Q in the Museum the flesh tones looked mostly right—not the best that I've seen, but very good. All the detail I was expecting to see was there as well, such as those in the design on the wallpaper behind them, the stripes in Q's white shirt, etc. Everything resolved perfectly. The only thing that was a little off was the color and flesh tones. It wasn't bad, but it was missing just a tad bit of saturation that I know should be there in Q's face. The projector also has a relatively short throw of 1.3:1 with the zoom control at full, giving you a 100in picture at a distance of only 2.5m. The only worrying spec is a maximum brightness of just 2,000 ANSI lumens. BenQ W1800 review: Price and competition
Regardless of your preferred mode for movies and video, Game mode is the obvious choice for gaming, both for the better shadow detail—the faster you can see what's happening in the shadows, the faster you can react to it—and for its state-of-the-art short lag times for projectors. My Bodnar meter timed the input lag for 4K 60Hz input at 17.0 milliseconds (ms). For 1080p, the lag was 16.9ms at 60Hz, 8.5ms at 120Hz, and 4.3ms at 240Hz. Featuring 4K resolution, the TK700 maximises the graphic content from the latest games. Unlike other projectors, the signal is native, not upsampled. This means you get to see the colours, texture and depth of the game – just as the game creator intended. HDR takes the picture to the next level, with crystal-clear detail – even within the darkest areas of the screen. Initial impressions of the out of the box (OOTB) performance pre-calibration were that Bright and User would be very suitable for Bright Room viewing with a fair amount of ambient light. If you wanted a little more accuracy in that setting, the Living Room picture mode would be the ideal go-to. Dark room viewing would be best to utilize Cinema picture mode. With any of these picture modes using either Native or Normal color temperatures would come down to preference. The HDR modes are a little simpler due to both modes performing roughly the same. None of the picture modes were dead on accurate OOTB however, and that was very visible in all of the colors.
For viewing 1080p SDR movies and video, Game mode delivered nicely saturated color and acceptable color accuracy. When viewing in a dark room, it delivered good contrast and a sense of three-dimensionality in both dark scenes and more brightly lit scenes, along with almost all of the detail I know to look for in the shadows. It also maintained the dramatic visual impact that the dark scenes were designed to deliver. Rivals have the W1800 beaten when it comes to HDR, brightness and contrast, then, but you’ll struggle to find another 4K projector at this price that delivers a more natural, cinematic image.The second is that the high brightness levels make the TK700 usable in daytime. Sure, you lose some contrast, making it hard to make much out in the murkier dungeons of Elden Ring, but otherwise all is fine. What’s more, the projector is still usable in the Smart Eco setting, which doubles the Normal lamp life of 4,000 hours without reducing the brightness levels to a daft extent. Calibrated image settings from any third-party do not account for the significant potential for sample-to-sample variation, nor the different screen sizes and materials, lighting, lamp usage, or other environmental factors that can affect image quality. Projectors should always be calibrated in the user's own space and tuned for the expected viewing conditions. However, the settings provided here may be a helpful starting point for some. Always record your current settings before making adjustments so you can return to them as desired. Refer to the Performance section for some context for each calibration. SDR It can’t be stressed enough, though, that these response times on a projector are very novel indeed, and given this is a projector with native 4K you’re not going to find better than this performance at the moment. All but a small number of inveterate competitive gamers (or dyed in the wool pedants) are going to notice any input lag. Basically, you’re probably not going to get better performance than this.
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