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So far BenQ’s UltraHD projector offerings have been at either end of the sales spectrum. There have been the premium models, up near the $10,000 price point, and the budget models, down somewhere near a quarter of that price. Now BenQ is plugging that gap with the BenQ W5700 at $3999, and in several ways is a marked upgrade over the latest budget model, the W2700.

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This projector clearly looks like a home theatre projector, not just a tarted-up business or education model. It’s wide. It’s black. It’s reasonably heavy (6.5kg). Not imposing, but certainly substantial.

It is based around DLP technology, of course, this being BenQ. It uses the 0.47-inch Digital Micromirror Device with XPR. This is a 1080p panel which delivers four flashes per frame, shifted to very slightly different positions, allowing it to build up four times the native resolution of the panel.

Unlike some other pixel-shifting projectors, this one is locked into this