One of our favorite projectors of the past year has been the BenQ HT2060. It offers excellent performance for the money, but on the downside it’s not as bright as some projectors, and it’s “only” 1080p. Enter the BenQ TK860i, which seems to be the result of someone asking “Yes, but what if more?”
8.3
BenQ TK860i
Like
Excellent detail
Bright
Lens shift (sort of)
Don’t like
Contrast ratio is average
Pricey
Color is only OK
The specs list certainly reads like a beefed-up version of the HT2060. It sports 3,300 claimed lumens, a nearly 50% increase from the HT2060, as well as 4K resolution. Like the HT2060, and unlike many similar projectors, the product does include a lens shift (though not a lot). The projector also has built-in streaming, which in this case is a bundled Android TV dongle.
Not surprisingly, it’s also more expensive. List price is 80% more expensive than the HT2060, at $1,800. After testing and comparing, the TK860i definitely offers enhanced detail over the HT2060, and is a great-looking projector. It’s not “80%” better, but if the extra money doesn’t hurt your wallet, this is a worthy step up.
Starting with specs
- Resolution: 3,840×2,160 pixels
- HDR-compatible: Yes
- 4K-compatible: Yes
- 3D-compatible: Yes
- Lumens spec: 3,300
- Zoom: 1.3x
- Lens shift: +10% (vertical)
- Lamp life (Normal mode): 4,000 hrs
The TK860i is a 4K, HDR-compatible projector. While no projector can fully take advantage of HDR or wide color gamut, it doesn’t have any notable issues playing back HDR content. BenQ claims a brightness of 3,300 lumens. I measured an impressive 1,942 in Bright mode, and 918 in the more accurate Cinema mode. (To put that in perspective, the brightest projector we’ve ever tested put out only slightly more lumens, at 2,098.) The contrast ratio was…
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