BenQ made a surprisingly inexpensive 4K HDR projector
Projectors are actually pretty good these days — just ask former Verge editor Chris Plante — but if you want 4K, you’re probably looking at price tags that are around 10 times what a 4K TV costs.
BenQ’s latest projector, the W1700, offers a cheaper alternative, with 4K and HDR support for a comparatively cheap £1,599 (roughly $2,105). Now, that’s not going to meet anyone’s definition of truly affordable just yet — you can buy a high-end, 55-inch OLED TV for that price — but it’s far cheaper than most of the other 4K projector options around right now.
BenQ isn’t giving a lot of information about the spec side of things, but we do know that the W1700 will support HDR10, auto...