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Cinema mode offers the best color accuracy and does the best job holding the subtle gradations that give closeups of rounded objects a sense of three-dimensionality. But the slightly brighter Living Room mode is not far behind, and Game mode is close behind that, albeit with slightly less saturated color.
Auto-aligned vertical keystone | The BenQ TH575 is pretty good at detecting its tilt and target projection and aligning the vertical keystone to result in the expected square picture shape. NOTE: this is vertical, meaning you can tilt the projector or move it up or down, but it’s not as great in correcting horizontally. That means you’ll ideally be able to place it centred in front of your screen, and not project the image at an angle. The Chesto on the other hand allows for much better manual keystone fixing in all directions + it also has a digital zoom. BenQ projectors are generally known as being gamer-friendly, and the TH575 is no exception. It has a measured input lag under 20ms, paired with a 60Hz frame refresh rate. While you can find projectors that are more responsive, it won’t be by much, and that lag is low enough even competitive players of reflex-based games shouldn’t notice any issues while they’re playing.Maximize available space with a range of throw distances for big-screen entertainment in limited spaces. Auto Aligned Vertical Keystone The rated 3,500 lumens is bright enough, according to Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) recommendations, for a 270-inch-diagonal, 16:9 image using a 1.0-gain screen in a dark room, or for a 150-inch image in moderately bright ambient light. As with almost any projector, however, the modes you'll actually want to use have significantly lower brightness. Low input lag | The BenQ TH575 is designed specifically for gaming and thus has a very low input lag compared to most projectors. The TH575 brings 16ms response time (when playing in 180P/60Hz) for smooth gameplay. I even tested some rhythm games on it like Hi-Fi Rush and Rhythm Sprout and couldn’t notice any delay. The Chesto beamer had some noticeably lag and also used an annoying motion smoothing.
As with the BenQ HT2150ST, the TH585 offers only one 3D picture mode and works with DLP-link glasses only. I saw no crosstalk in my tests and only minor 3D-related motion artifacts. The white segment, meanwhile, lets the TH585 deliver a brighter image than you would get from an otherwise identical projector without one, contributing a lot to the projector's rating of 3,500 ANSI lumens. However, note that this inclusion affects color accuracy, which is why color wheels in projectors meant for traditional home theater in a dark room—take the BenQ HT2150ST, for example—don't include white panels. More disappointing is the built-in sound system. Although the onboard, mono 10-watt speaker delivers decent-enough quality, the peak volume is underwhelming. It's suitable for a small family room, but if you want a truly immersive game-playing experience, plan on connecting an external sound system. For my formal tests, I used Cinema mode, with Brilliant Color set to 0, to give the best color accuracy while still being easily bright enough to fill a 90-inch screen in a dark room. In informal tests in a family room with lots of windows, Cinema mode was still bright enough to light up an 80-inch 1.0 gain white screen for nighttime viewing with lights on. Living Room mode was a little brighter, and my preferred choice for daytime viewing. Screw holes | There are three M5-sized screw holes on the bottom, so you can attach it to the ceiling- or wall mount which is exactly the solution we needed. The screws aren’t delivered alongside the projector, but if you buy a ceiling mount, it should come with different-sized screws to be compatible with various types of beamers. Both beamers I tested had the option to be mounted upside down. One important note: the BenQ TH575’s weight balance does not match its visual center. Depending on your ceiling mount solution, you may have to play around with where you connect it. I used a Vogel’s ceiling mount and had to disconnect it ~5 times to readjust the centre, so it wouldn’t tilt the screen because of its weight not being evenly divided.The Bright mode is the exception. As with most projectors, this mode exhibits a noticeable green bias. That said, the bias on the TH585 is less obvious than on many projectors, and most people will consider it usable on an occasional basis, if needed, on a particularly bright day. Power-hungry | On the default (and recommended brightness) it has a consumption of 240W, which is on the high end and if this is your main method of watching TV or playing games throughout the day, you’ll feel it on your electricity bill at the end of the year. The Chesto comes in at around 85W, but it’s probably the high brightness of the BenQ that takes so much juice, and you really do want a projector to output as much Lumen as possible. One such product is the BenQ TH575 projector. This strikes new ground in the entry-level market for gamers by offering Full 1080p resolution with a dedicated Game Mode and a low input lag of 16ms at 60Hz. As TV innovations relentlessly march onwards, it’s fair to say that projectors live somewhat in their shadow. Though fantastic for achieving a huge image for relatively little outlay, they can be compromised when it comes to some other specs, in comparison to TVs. There’s nothing quite like that big-screen experience you get from a projector, however, so it’s great to see an updated model come out. We’re not blessed with a games console in the shop (we’d never get anything done!), but bringing an Xbox Series X from home allows us to test out the Game Mode with a bit of Apex Legends. The enhanced contrast makes for a great view when you first drop into the map, and sneaking around inside the darker corners of buildings has an added feeling of depth that we wouldn’t normally expect from an entry-level projector. Obviously, the TH575 isn’t able to give you the pin-sharpness of 4K resolution running at 120Hz, but the Game Mode is certainly a feather in its cap.
For a visually immersive experience in any lighting environment, the TH575 is equipped with 3800 ANSI ultra-bright lumens and high-quality color performance. The lamp will last up to 15,000 hours in LampSave mode, which adjusts the power automatically based on the brightness of the content to elongate the lamp's life.Built-in speakers | I was VERY happy to discover the BenQ TH575 has built-in speakers, as I hadn’t quite figured out yet how I would be able to output audio from my console to an extra set of speakers or from the projector to the speakers. The quality isn’t all that amazing though, but in our small bedroom/office set-up it was sufficient to play games or watch our favourite series. The direction of the audio seems to throw it to the left side when hanging upside down however, making it sound like the audio isn’t coming from straight above or behind us, but slightly from the left. Additionally, you can’t expect the audio to reach high levels, so don’t go throwing a party with this as your only audio output, people chatting will come out louder. The Chesto on the other hand has surprisingly amazing sound quality for such a small device and the audio seems to have a lot more volume thanks to the Dolby speakers (though you somehow only hear it from 50% volume and upwards?) Still, it takes the cake.
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