Consumer electronics company BenQ has launched a new AI-enhanced projector for use in home entertainment.
The W2720i, a 4K UHD projector with Delta measurements of E<3 colour and E<2 grayscale, offers an AI Cinema Mode that adapts brightness output to changing ambient light.
BenQ’s CinematicColour technology aims to eliminate the need for colour calibration menus, promising "out-of-the-box colour accuracy” with eleven levels of colour temperature tuning and additional support for HDR10+ content.
The unit comes with BenQ's HDR-PRO tone mapping and dynamic iris technology, covering 90% of the DCI-P3 gamut and 98% for Rec.709.
Like the company’s GP520 home projector launched earlier this month, the W2720i is built around a 4LED light source that produces 2,500 ANSI lumens operating for up to 30,000 hours. The DLP projection engine throws out 4K UHD visuals at up to 120 diagonal inches when positioned around 8.7 ft away.
A range of features are in place to streamline setup: 1.3x zoom, auto vertical keystone plus manual horizontal, vertical lens shift, 8-point corner adjustment and auto-fit to screen.
The projector, complete with two 5-W speakers, encloses three HDMI 2.1 ports for cabling to entertainment hubs and includes eARC for setting up 7.1-channel sound on external audio.
Input lag at 4K/60Hz is reported to be 17.9 milliseconds, but 1080p/240Hz reduces this to 8.7 ms suitable for gamers. The projector’s built-in Android TV includes Netflix along with Disney+, Prime Video and YouTube, with access to the Play Store for entertainment apps.
