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BenQ - TH585 1080p DLP Projector - White
Average customer rating
4.2
(5 Reviews)
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80%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for BenQ - TH585 1080p DLP Projector - White
Customer Rating
5
Very quickly impressed
on July 28, 2020
Posted by: Dan
from Alliston
This is my third projector, having two previous Optomas. This TH585 replaced my 8-year-old Optoma HD20 and blew it away immediately. A lot can happen in technology in 8 years.
I shopped for the Epson C2100 and Optoma HD27 before being attracted to the BenQ price quite frankly. After looking at the specs and reviews, it looked like I gave nothing up in the sub-$800 cost of the TH585 vs the $1000 for the Epson.
Now, I'm sure the others have some great things going for them, but I'll never need to find out as I'm perfectly content with the BenQ TH585.
Set up was easy. I have it placed behind me for a 108" diagonal picture. The brightness, contrast and vividness vs my old HD20 (mind you, after a couple of bulb changes of dubiuos non-factory quality), went from looking like it was a projector screen to looking like an actual LCD 1080p TV.
Fan noise is much improved over my Optoma.
I teetered on looking for a 4k projector, but then I would have had to change my receiver to pass 4k HMDI through it, and I still am not a fan of the soap-opera look of some 4k programs.
The 1080p of this projector is great even for my PS4 gaming. Super crisp and clear. Switching from the baseball game and it's red-brown dirt and green grass, to a newscast with blue graphics and I felt like all the colours were bang on. Yes, the factory settings from any manufacturer can be a little too vivid, by I really haven't changed a thing on any of the factory picture modes at all. I love them as they are.
As I have a dedicated basement home theatre room with minimal light, I actually felt it was too bright in "normal" light mode and was able to turn it down to ECO mode to save bulb life. When light does come in during the day through the one window that is there, this projector is still plenty bright even in ECO mode. Setting it to full brightness in a windowed room I would think still be a great picture.
BenQ wasn't even on my radar 8 years ago when I got my last Optoma, but with my first major purchase, they've made me a big fan very quickly.
I shopped for the Epson C2100 and Optoma HD27 before being attracted to the BenQ price quite frankly. After looking at the specs and reviews, it looked like I gave nothing up in the sub-$800 cost of the TH585 vs the $1000 for the Epson.
Now, I'm sure the others have some great things going for them, but I'll never need to find out as I'm perfectly content with the BenQ TH585.
Set up was easy. I have it placed behind me for a 108" diagonal picture. The brightness, contrast and vividness vs my old HD20 (mind you, after a couple of bulb changes of dubiuos non-factory quality), went from looking like it was a projector screen to looking like an actual LCD 1080p TV.
Fan noise is much improved over my Optoma.
I teetered on looking for a 4k projector, but then I would have had to change my receiver to pass 4k HMDI through it, and I still am not a fan of the soap-opera look of some 4k programs.
The 1080p of this projector is great even for my PS4 gaming. Super crisp and clear. Switching from the baseball game and it's red-brown dirt and green grass, to a newscast with blue graphics and I felt like all the colours were bang on. Yes, the factory settings from any manufacturer can be a little too vivid, by I really haven't changed a thing on any of the factory picture modes at all. I love them as they are.
As I have a dedicated basement home theatre room with minimal light, I actually felt it was too bright in "normal" light mode and was able to turn it down to ECO mode to save bulb life. When light does come in during the day through the one window that is there, this projector is still plenty bright even in ECO mode. Setting it to full brightness in a windowed room I would think still be a great picture.
BenQ wasn't even on my radar 8 years ago when I got my last Optoma, but with my first major purchase, they've made me a big fan very quickly.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bestbuy-ca
Customer Rating
5
Quiet, bright, awesome!!
on October 26, 2020
Posted by: Alb
from Toronto
This is my 4th projector. I tried, really tried, with those made in china knockoffs, but then I finally bought a good quality projector with the BenQTH585. It's so much more than I expected. The menu options are extensive, more than I'll ever need, but great to have, no doubt. So much flexibility. I use my projector with an external USB device, both the Firestick, and the Chromecast with Google TV. The sound output is too low, but I remedied that with the purchase of a HDMI audio splitter, and a cheap DAC. The output to my external 2.1 speakers is now glorious. I love this projector. And it's going to serve me for a few years.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bestbuy-ca
Customer Rating
2
Disappointing
on April 24, 2021
Posted by: Jen
from Toronto
I just received the projector yesterday and the sound out of the BenQ is out of sync with the image. After numerous attempts the only way we could align the sound was to use a speaker using Bluetooth.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting bestbuy-ca
Customer Rating
5
Perfect projector
on May 31, 2020
Posted by: John
from Toronto ,canada.
Very easy to set it, picture is Very beautiful !but speaker is weakness ,you have to use a sound bar to make home theatre environment .fan noise
Is noticeable but accptable .in a word,it is a good projector ,i love it! I recommend it to you.
Is noticeable but accptable .in a word,it is a good projector ,i love it! I recommend it to you.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bestbuy-ca
Customer Rating
4
Good for the price
on June 2, 2020
Posted by: Spock
from Ottawa
Great picture quality. Unbelievable that you can watch still so clearly with lights on. Great value for the price. Two negatives is that the built in speaker is rather low volume and the auto input detection is annoying. Searches too often when it should know from the initial detection and takes a bit too long a time to lock in on the source.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bestbuy-ca