BenQ PE7700 - DLP projector

• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 reviews
• My rating: 0 stars

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• 3 stars

  Good picture, poor quality

  by dbpack on March 22, 2006

  Pros: Good picture quality when its working

  Cons: poor quality, lamp failures, terrible customer service

  Summary: I have had three PE700 (one purchesed, and two replacements) and of three units have iled for one reason or another. Lamps, connections, etc. The picture quality is nice when ...

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  Summary: I have had three PE700 (one purchesed, and two replacements) and of three units have iled for one reason or another. Lamps, connections, etc. The picture quality is nice when its working but I've not been able to find on that does.
  
  On top of that, my experience with their customer service department was the worst I've experienced. I would strongly suggest looking at another projector and company.

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  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  Spectacular Picture

  by ckammrr on February 2, 2006

  Pros: Picture quality

  Cons: No lens Shift

  Summary: I have had my 7700 since September and absolutley love it. The native 720p res and hdmi input (only one though) really work to produce a spectacular image. The DLP ...

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  Summary: I have had my 7700 since September and absolutley love it. The native 720p res and hdmi input (only one though) really work to produce a spectacular image. The DLP technology doesn't hurt either. I have it projected onto about a ten foot diagonal screen (which my wife thinks is TOO big...imagine).
  
  The only real problems I see with this is the lack of a lens shift.. meaning be carful when mounting it, and only one HDMI cable. I have to run my HD feed in through composite video so that I can run my DVD player in through the HDMI. Both are not of any real issue once everything is up and running. There were initial lamp problems(not with mine... so far), but I believe that was a lamp production problem and not a BenQ issue.
  
  At the (now) sub 2k pricing levels, you should seriously consider this if you have a room that you can control the ambient light levels.

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• 4 stars

  Nice Picture quality, but not the most userfriendly and bad connection options

  by Ades1980 on December 28, 2007

  Pros: Nice Picture for a low price

  Cons: Hard to Operate, no d-sub (analouge VGA) connection

  Summary: We wanted to use it with a notebook, since it can feed it with high resolution content, but the notebook had only the old D-sub output and no DVI or ...

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  Summary: We wanted to use it with a notebook, since it can feed it with high resolution content, but the notebook had only the old D-sub output and no DVI or HDMI. You can connect it, but you will need a special d-sub to BNC cable, you can't just buy at the next electronic store. And once you have one, it is still not easy, since if you just switch it to comp2 input (wich is BNC...) you won't get the picture.. So you have to switch it on RGB HD, but it is not in the manual.. We found this out accidentaly..
  It has RGB, and HDMI input wich is good for future use with HD devices.
  It has a crisp and bright picture, wich is nice to see, infact, it is a but too crisp for me. We have an Epson PT AE100 too, and its more smooth picture is much better to see at. But it is more expensive too.
  It is quiet too, but it's sound is noticable..
  The remote is not the most ergonomical, it has a separate button for every function and bulky too..
  It has no lens shift, wich can be quite handy too (the Epson PT-AE100 has it), but it is not a big problem, if you don't move the projector too much around.
  I can't recommend it unless you can't afford to spend a bit more for a better and more userfrendly one.

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• 10 stars

  Cinema like quality

  by giowillis on June 21, 2006

  Pros: DLP+2 technology 720p ,really silent

  Cons: Not yet 1080p natively

  Summary: I have tried this 720p projector and it is really excellent for viewing movies , it can bring Hi-definition contents in your home for a very reasonable price. Unfortunately it is ...

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  Summary: I have tried this 720p projector and it is really excellent for viewing movies , it can bring Hi-definition contents in your home for a very reasonable price. Unfortunately it is not 1080p but one can see the real difference between a DVD projected in SD and one in HD. The colors ,details and depth of image are really stunning. Brightness, luma and color simply amazing. It is very similar to film even though it is not 1080p native the results will suprise you. It is a competitor to definitely more expensive projectors. Here you take the advantage of DLP2+ (not available in SOny projectors) combined with 720p.

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• 9 stars

  Great picture at a great price

  by irish1cool on October 21, 2005

  Pros: Great HD picture for the price, good remote.

  Cons: Picture a bit dark, non HD picture depends on source,some channels not as clear.

  Summary: For the money this projector is a great home theater unit. I cant imagine paying 3 or 4 times more.

  Summary: For the money this projector is a great home theater unit. I cant imagine paying 3 or 4 times more.

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