BenQ 4100i Review: Bringing the Cinema to Your Living Room

In Predator: Badlands, the main character’s alien skin rendered fine on the W4100i, but the image wasn’t as convincing or detailed as on the Epson Pro Cinema LS9000, which remains my reference point for this scene, thanks to its exceptional texture and lifelike detail. Where the W4100i shines is with contrast, as details in darker and dimly lit areas o scenes from Awake and The Creator were still clear and visible, thanks to BenQ’s screen tech. BenQ’s rendering matched what I’ve seen in movie theaters.

I was also impressed by the W4100i’s color reproduction in The Boroughs. A red muscle car popped with rich colors, while expansive blue skies looked vivid. However, a scene in Jack Ryan: Ghost War was a bit too grayed out, and Avatar: Fire and Ash didn’t look quite as sunning as on the Epson LS9000. While the W4100i falls short of the very best projectors on the market, you really can’t go wrong with BenQ’s offering for watching theatrical movies.

Using AirPlay to watch The Bride using the HBO Max app on my iPhone, the audio synced perfectly with no buffering. An NBA playoff game streamed on YouTube TV looked absolutely stunning with vivid colors. The tense drama If I Had Legs I’d Kick You looked cinematic, vivid, and pristine in filmmaker mode played on an Xbox Series X using a 4K UHD Blu-Ray disc.

My favorite feature on the BenQ W4100i is the 24 frames-per-second playback, which gives movies a more cinematic appearance. You can enable this movie mode in settings, and it pushed my overall opinion higher. All movies and shows had a movielike feel that justified BenQ’s price.

Immersive Gaming Experience

Gaming on the W4100i is extremely immersive. With 007: First Light, which I tested on an Alienware 16X Aurora (2026) gaming laptop, the James Bond action game looks just like a movie. An ocean-side scene with rocky cliffs is strikingly realistic and immediately pulled me into the action.