Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a very capable entry level projector. It offers a bright high resolution (1080p) image on the cheap. While there's no 3d, advanced keystone features, or 24p it still offers a solid image at a good starting price. I would recommend this for anyone looking to dip their toe in the home theater waters. Untested: but they claim the bulb last 4k+ hrs...this is a huge plus!! Bulbs can be an unplanned expense in the HT world. Lastly, for those who keep knocking the projector on it's sound quality need to reevaluate their expectations. No tiny speaker in a project is going to be worth a darn.

Good projector for anyone looking to start home theater and on a budget. This projector has the basic features you need to start enjoying movies on the big screen. If you can stretch your budget, you might be able to really step up the quality and spec sheet with another projector, but this will do just fine. It’s really important to note this BenQ is very much for simple or stepping stone set-ups. This projector has good picture quality and brightness when used in a very dark room. Aside from very high-end projectors, even minimal ambient lighting will ruin the picture. Setup: Mounting takes a while since you need to coordinate the alignment with your screen. If you are using a table-top setup, you will have much more flexibility. It is very important to align the center of the lens to the center of the screen. This will take some time. The projector has built in keystone and alignment settings to perfect the image on the screen. All in all, after mounting and setup it only takes about 30 minutes to get everything going, much less if you aren’t a perfectionist. I was impressed with the minimal distance required to project and 100” image without being in the “short throw” projector class. This is great since many users might be working with small spaces or even apartment set-ups. Big plus. The projector manual also comes will a nice guide on screen sizes to projector placement. It lists up to 300” diagonal. Wow! Connections: Two HDMI ports, VGA, and old fashioned analog video. More than enough for most users since you will likely be running your connections through an A/V receiver. I was able to link this up with an All-in-one remote with little issue. The IR remote does not have the best range and flexibility as one needs for a home theater projector. An IR blaster with universal remote would be very useful here. Picture Quality: I was quite happy with the quality and brightness of this projector since it is an entry-level projector. Full HD showed nice detail of a wide array of colors. Blacks and greys were not terribly mute, but could be much better especially for a projector. There was not any noticeable motion blur during fast scenes or sports, which is a plus. Detail and clarity are impressive at this price point. The image is also bright, which can be a huge problem in some projectors. There are basic and advanced settings for all types of users to hone in on their perfect settings. Overall, the image quality is just about as good as my high-end Full HD LED TV from 2015. There is no 3D capability on this projector. This is a big miss for some and in general an important feature to have. However, the quality of picture might make-up for the lack of 3D. Similar projectors in this price-level tend to sacrifice image quality and/or brightness for 3D capability. A hard to find feature on most projectors and impossible at this level in 2.35 Cinemascope capability. This is for true home theater junkies and I did not down this projector for missing this feature, but important to mention. Overall, I would recommend taking a look at this projector for a new home theater or those with a tight budget and/or tight space.

I got this item imagining the great outdoor viewing parties we could have as a nice change of pace. It works well for that purpose as well as indoors of course. We’ve only tested it out twice since getting it (once outside and once inside) and we were not disappointed. Of course this doesn’t take the place of an amazing tv screen but the clarity is great. For those that are very technical they may be able to nitpick at specs and capabilities but for those that just want a great product that works well and does as you expect you can’t go wrong.

The BenQ - HT1070A 1080p DLP Projector provides a pleasing home movie theater experience it provides up to 2200 lumens (depending on energy settings) to deliver up to a 15,000:1 contrast ratio even in moderately bright rooms when used with a good reflective screen, and projects a 1920 x 1080 HD image to capture and display every detail in the majority of today's video. This BenQ projector has dual HDMI ports, so you can connect multiple HD devices. The setup was simple and fast. The on-screen menus are well thought out. The noise level is very acceptable for relatively small spaces. The wide-angle lens is great for 100" wide display. The projector itself is reasonably small and light weight.

Really like the BenQ - HT1070A 1080p DLP Projector. The set-up was easy and picture quality is great. We will use it for our in-home theater and for outdoor use in the summertime for movie night. It easily hooks up to the Blu Ray player and our sound bar. The picture looked really nice on our screen. So far, so good!

The color and the ease of setup. The color even in day light is so Great

The video quality is really good. Audi quality is very bad but I guess nobody would want to use projector's inbuilt speaker anyways. Noise and heat are comparable with others in this range or even better ones.