STACK #193 Nov 2020

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LAMP LOVERS It may not be the freshest of references, but Anchorman ’s Brick Tamland loves lamp and we reckon

there’s a good chance you’ll fall in love with a lamp projector. If you’re looking for a more permanent projector in your home but aren’t looking to splash out on laser, lamp-based projectors are the logical next step. As you might expect, this type of projector uses a

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big ol’ bulb to project images (ideally) onto a screen, meaning they’re a lot closer to what you’re used to experiencing in a cinema. Lamp projectors tend to be a cheaper entry into a fixed projector setup in the home. While projector bulb life used to be measured in hundreds of hours, it’s in triple-zero territory these days. FULL-BLOWN FIDELITY Compared to their portable pals over the page, this is where fidelity starts to ramp up. BenQ is considered to be a market leader for projectors, and it’s absolutely worth considering

streaming 4K content. To make streaming

Fully lit Modern projectors don’t need you to dim the lights for them to wow you with great images. The minimum lumens number you’re looking for is 2,500, so anything above that rating is a win for those

entertainment a bit easier, the TK850i is a Google-certified Android TV, which means it has Google Play Store support so you can download your favourite streaming apps and other supported visual entertainment apps (there are more than 5,000 of them) to take full advantage of this projector. This is as easy to use as any Android TV. BENQ BROTHERS The BenQ W2700i is also a worthy alternative. If your movie night needs to feel like you’re actually at the movies, you can

Nitty- gritty lumens

A lumen is unit of measurement for bulb brightness. The bigger the lumens number, the brighter the bulb. While lumens measure brightness in terms of time, nits are a similar measurement of light as it relates to space. You can multiply nits by 3.426 to determine lumens (or divide lumens by the same value to get nits).

hoping to use their projector day and night.

bring the popcorn and mid-flick smartphone interruptions, and the W2700i delivers a colour-accurate experience via BenQ’s CinematicColor tech that’s like a visit to the cinema. Both the TK850i and W2700i BenQ 4K-capable projectors can deliver a great 100-inch picture with just 2.5 metres of space, but this can stretch up to a 200-inch screen if you have more projector runway. The W2700i also boasts chambered stereo audio. They’re both built to use on a tabletop, so no fancy mounting is required, while lens shift allows for surface flexibility, and the same is true of the BenQ TH685i. This BenQ projector is built with gamers in mind, including an inbuilt 5-watt speaker with audio-accentuating Game Sound Mode. The TH685i has 4K compatibility and is viable as a competitive screen thanks to a 120Hz refresh rate and 8.3 millisecond low-input latency. Couple

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the power of the TK850i. This 4K-capable projector offers gorgeous results via 8.3 million pixels and an impressive 3000lm high brightness for lit-room viewing, with support for HDR Pro. Expect killer on-screen results from the TK850i, plus a 10-watt chambered speaker means it’s ready to entertain out of the box. The TK850i delivers great results whether you’re watching disc-based Blu-rays or 4K UHDs via the projector’s HDMI ports, or

this with an incredibly bright 3,500 lumens rating and it means gamers can dominate online as well as enjoy big-screen gaming offline day or night.

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