BenQ - AK700ST

AK700ST - very good projector for $2500. Not sure how many ch you are looking to spend.

AK700ST. Beautiful picture. A dream to setup.

I've had one since March. Not impressed with it. https://preview.redd.it/g7vyt7jvuyue1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=014f45e278b926ac14ee6bee7edb586d9b4798e5

Buy the 936, better brightness. The AK isn't nearly as good of a picture.

Honestly this is a tough question to ask because everyone has different degrees on what’s acceptable and what looks good. I tried several cheaper projectors from Amazon including one that is talked about here and I thought they were all 💩. I ended up buying a BenQ AK700ST and the difference is substantial. In the picture below my side door is open, allowing sunlight to fill the room and hit the screen. I run GS Pro at 4k Ultra with all setting maxed. If you don’t plan to use 4k, that makes things a lot cheaper. There are only a handful of projectors that really work for a golf sim, if you want there to be ambient light in the space. https://preview.redd.it/7t75gp47im4f1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45e644cf71b2cf38332f9962bac0947481c166c9

Dang they still haven’t shipped?? I have one but I was a tester. That’s nuts. Even mine was delayed 4 weeks

Looks like one of the Benq golf simulator short throws. Probably 5000-7000 lumen. They have to handle floor to ceiling screens with a relatively short throw distance for the screen size and throw lots of light because no one wants to practice golf in a light controlled room.

Literally my journey. Cheap Amazon projector as an emergency display while on the road. Lasted us a year and change at home. When the filter burned through upgraded to a BenQ 4K setup. No way my wife would have been interested in the cost for the system without testing a cheap version first.

Looks great. Got a mate with benq 4K projector and The feeling playing at 130 inch screen is amazing. This nebula projector looks even better. Enjoy!

I would go projector without a question. I have a BenQ 4k model and 120" screen and the movie watching is so much better.

Yes, still have the TV behind the drop down screen. Don't know why, barely use it since the projector has been in. Hard to go back from full immersive experience. BenQ 4K (few years old now, get many hours of each globe).