HT2050A

I was looking forward to a larger picture than most HDTVs for a new family room in the basement but had no idea how fantastic this light-weight, quiet-running, crystal clear powerhouse would be.I bought an In-Focus 15 years ago for my training travels for $2500. It served me well but needed a dark room and was loud when running. We used it occasionally for movie nights at home but it had a traditional format and needed better speakers hooked up to it.This unit at only $799 gives us a huge picture and vibrant colors even with a few room lights on. The sound is so good that I've been debating whether to even go out and get any fancy sound system. The great thing too is that because of having two HDMI inputs we can have our cable television hooked up to one HDMI port and Apple TV hooked up to the other HDMI port for all the download streaming we need.The manual suggests putting it in smart eco-mode to save the life of the bulb at up to 70%. When we made this change we did not notice any real difference in the picture and expect now to get up to 6000 hours from the bulb. Online we see that the bulbs right now can be purchased for around $250 but those will most likely come down. My bulbs for my old in-focus used to cost me $400.We had some in our group debating about getting a really large HDTV like 70 or 80 inches but with those costing over $2000 now everyone was silenced the first time we turned this HT2050 on and had probably a 150 inch vivid bright picture on the white wall without a real screen.When I bought a 55 inch HDTV for our living room I was not real pleased with the color and had to calibrate it from the Internet with different people suggestions which I finally did get. But when turning this BENQ on I feel no need to calibrate anything. it is perfect right out of the box. There are four picture selection such as vivid normal cinema sports and I am pleased with anyone of them.I also had researched online about home theater projectors for two days before deciding on this particular model. So save yourself some time and don't be disappointed with this great product that is priced right and delivers more than expected. Their ceiling mount is also worth purchasing since it's made specifically for their units and also looks a lot cleaner and less clunkier than a lot of the standard ceiling mounts.

I bought this projector for my new basement theater. I did a lot of shopping around. Originally I had my eye on an Epson. The throw ratio wasn't working out for where I needed to hang the projector. Then I found this one. And it was less than half the price. So, for the first couple months I was watching it on a grey flat painted wall. My screen hadn't arrived yet. I have it projecting at 130" diagonal from about 11'. I am pretty much maxed on the zoom out. I was concerned that this would compromise picture quality but it doesn't at all. In fact, the picture looked so good and so bright even on the dark grey drywall, I almost cancelled my plans for getting a screen. Got the screen anyway. Slight improvement on brightness.As my first projector, I really can't compare it to anything else, but man, the picture is crystal clear. HD looks amazing on it. The functions are simple, but that's all I need. It has this grid which you can turn on that projects the limits of the image onto the wall so you can align everything and make sure it's square. This was very useful. I don't think it has any keystone adjustment. If it does I didn't see it in the menu. Wouldn't need it anyway. Just make sure you center the lens where you want to project the screen. I don't really mess with any of the settings. Hooked up an HDMI cable I ran to the location before I hung the drywall. Plugged it in, centered it, and never really had to mess with anything after that.Wish it was black so it blended in with the dark ceiling but not that big of a deal. I don't ever notice the fan noise. It's hanging from an 8' ceiling just above my sofa. I hung it using one of the $50 mounts I found here on Amazon. Worked great. Low profile.I really can't think of anything negative to say about it right now. I use it almost daily. Everything from 8-bit Nintendo to PS4 games. Everything looks good. Didn't notice any latency in the game controls.

Long time Benq Projector owner. Never thought they could improve on the HT2050a for 1080p projectors and held off making the switch to the HT2060 fearing it's LED light source wouldn't measure up to the HT2050a's brightness and sharpness. What a pleasant surprise! The image is even brighter than my HT2050a and as sharp if not sharper, and the Colors are even slightly better. Right out of the box the Living Room Setting looked extremely good, maybe just a bit cool but I think I'm going to leave it as is for a while. It fills my 200" screen in my light controlled room with plenty of brightness and even when I turn on lights in the room it's still not washed out, same as I experienced with my HT2050a. Just hoping the LED Light Engine keeps it's brightness for close to the 20000 hours it rated for as there is no replacing the lamp to renew the brightness and I was quite expert at replacing my own lamps for the past 14 years and saving costs by only using bare lamps with the original lamp housing. The only very slight issue noticed so far are Signal Lock issues but mainly only when enabling HDR and interacting between my Home Theater PC and it's Media Player. All considering I'm still pleased enough that I'm very likely going to pick up another HT2060 very shortly as I've been quite impressed. Just wished they were a bit cheaper or would go on sale.