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The BenQ W2700 AV projector is the company’s third generation of projectors with Ultra-HD (4K in its domestic context) resolution. The first generation was the BenQ W11000 and X12000, BenQ’s original projectors to sport Ultra HD, using an 0.66-inch 4.15-megapixel Digital Micromirror Device with XPR pixel shifting to create something like 3840 × 2160 on-screen pixels. Then came the BenQ W1700 model at a much more affordable $2499. This used an 0.47-inch DMD of 1920 × 1080 resolution but with four-times XPR pixel-shifting to create Ultra-HD output. And this W2700 is clearly intended to be a successor to the W1700.
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It is also a physical successor to BenQ’s earlier full-HD projectors, the W1070 and W1070+ (and others). These were successful models from six years ago in the case of the W1070, and BenQ reasons that those still using them might be ripe for an upgrade to 4K. So the W2700 has been designed to let them keep their mounts and their screens, and simply swap in the
