BenQ W1080ST Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports, including 3D

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Art Feierman

BenQ W1080ST Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports, including 3D

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The W1080ST is definitely solid for HDTV. Of course HDTV quality isn't quite up to Blu-ray disc, but this projector is just dandy for sports, music videos, CNBC, Discovery HD, and for that matter, 3D content off of satellite.

There's a lot of good looking imagery on HDTV, starting with this screen image from this year's Victoria Secret Fashion Show, featuring "the Biebs": The W1080ST, like the W1070 projector lacks CFI - Creative Frame Interpolation - often referred to as smooth motion. Few projectors under $2000 offer this feature, and I think only one in the W1080ST's price range. As I've said, too many times, I consider CFI to be a nice feature to have, but one I, and most, can live without. That said, if a projector has it, I do use it for sports, and on some occasions, other HDTV (never for movies).

BenQ W1080ST Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV Sports, and also 3D HDTV content

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Beautiful, especially considering the price of the projector. If you do something silly, like not focus the projector properly, you'll get some soft images as I did on HDTV, but, in reality, this is a sharp projector, and it's pretty good at holding sharpness from center to edge - better than a lot of the competition.

Music anyone? Glastonbury Music Festival, and The Flaming Lips and from "Howl's Moving Castle" recorded off of DirecTV