“I purchased this for my golf simulator. I run it at 4k using my high-end gaming pc. I looked at so many options but only a handful had the specs I was wanting, which was 4k, over 3,000 lumens, short throw, and a reasonable price point which in my mind was under $3k. This projector met all of those needs plus being a laser instead of a bulb. I thought about the outgoing 700sti but for not much more money it made sense to get this slightly brighter, laser, and brand new version. It displays my golf simulator super well in 4k at just under 14 feet wide. It’s exactly what I was hoping for.”
“I got this for a golf simulator. It is very impressive and there really is nothing negative I could say at the moment. I wish it looked just as good in broad daylight as in the dark, but no projector has the lumens to accomplish that.”
“This projector isn't all it's cracked up to be.
The zoom and focus wheels are too small and tend to "stick" while trying to adjust them. The end result is that adjusting the focus is a pain in the rear. The tiny focus wheel makes it hard to do fine adjustments, while the fact that the assembly sticks means you can't do it smoothly and your focus ends up jumping around while you're trying to dial it in. Furthermore, the image tends to be blurry in some areas, but not others, which is a headache to deal with especially when there is text on the screen and using the projector as a computer monitor. Some areas are perfectly readable, while others are not. This is generally not as noticable with regards to images, but becomes REALLY obvious with text. It's motly noticable in the top center of the screen, vs the bottom corners. This is most likely caused by a flaw in the lens design or manufacture. Distance from screen to center of the lense and all.. A proper lense would have accounted for this. As it is, expect to develop a headache wile reading text that isn't in the center of the screen and properly focused.
The projector is unable to be installed on a shelf behind and above the seating area as advertised, it must be ceiling mounted and upside down. Perhaps this will be fixed in a firmware update, but as of now, I have found no setting that allows me to install this projector on a shelf like my old one. Evenutally, if this can not be corrected and I can't get the focus issues sorted, I will most likely return this and buy a different projector as this one does not function as advertised.
The projector comes with a module that you have to install yourself. Every time it turns on, if you haven't got the module installed, it gives you an annoying popup with no obvious way to turn it off permanantly and will tell you to install the module. I don't want it, I don't want to deal with it, but I finally caved and took the projector apart and put the dumb thing in. Why am I the one doing final assemby on a $2K projector? Install the module yourselves or let me shut the notification off... For good.
Aside from these two main issues, the projector lights up fairly quickly, is extremely quiet, and is very compact. It has very good light output, the 4k looks good, and it doesn't have a bunch of ghosting in fast paced videogames... I really wanted to like this projector a lot more than I do, but as it is? I'll probably never buy another BenQ product again. Overpromised, underdelivered...”
Hello Tyler,
Thank you for your feedback on the TK710STi. We’re sorry to hear that you’ve encountered some issues with the focus adjustment and the setup process. Your comments are important to us, and we’d love to assist you in resolving these concerns. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at benqsupport.us@benq.com or 866-600-2367 for further assistance.
Best regards,
BenQ Customer Experience Team
“Edit: Love the projector, don't love them sending me emails saying they'll send me an amazon gift card in exchange for taking the time to leave a review and taking a survey that they don't following through with. I did both (review and survey) and they seem to have forgotten the amazon gift card in both cases. No way to get a hold of them to ask about it.
The short throw on this projector is amazing. I'm currently on a 120" screen about 7 feet away but could easily go to a 150" screen just by moving it back a tiny bit furhter. Since it's a laser projector, it boots right up at full brightness so you aren't waiting for the bulb to warm up like on the DLPs. I play games more often than watch movies and the picture quality and brightness are great. There are even pre-made settings for different type of game mods (FPS, RPG, etc.) from a button on the remote. The extra corner adjustments on this model made the picture fit exactly within the screen frame I have, which was not possible with my previous projector.”
“This is my first BenQ projector. I researched heavily before buying and decided this was the one. I waited and ordered it the first day it was released. It is EXCELLENT!!!! I have a 135inch 1.1 gain motorized screen and this projector is bright enough that I can use it for gaming during the daytime with windows open and my fan lights on. Supposedly I am way over the recommended screen size with the seating distance at only 9.5 feet back, but I absolutely love it and would not want to go any smaller. It is definitely comes to life with the lights off as all projectors do, but I still use it 100% instead of my TV which is right behind the roll down screen in my setup.
I use this projector for both gaming and movies. The lag time is very noticeably better than the TV for gaming. Lightning fast response times. This thing makes split screen multiplayer big enough that 4 people can actually see the screen. For movies, this thing makes the theater obsolete. Seriously, there is no seat in an empty theater where you can see as well as you can from my couch with the TK710 STi. The colors are bright, accurate, and vibrant. It looks better than I ever imagined.
It has 640 hours as of writing this review and I have had no issues or noticeable dimming whatsoever. It is mounted to my ceiling right above my couch. It is very quiet. You can only hear it if there is dead silence in the room and you are right next to it. I like that this projector is fairly low profile and not bulky. To me it is impessive that the kids can walk in front of the screen and there is no shadow because of its short throw coming from the ceiling. Even if an adult walks in front of the screen, there will barely be a shadow. The only improvements I can think of to make with this projector are those which are not yet technologically available at this point like 4k@240hz. I only gave 5 stars because I could not give 10!”
