BenQ - HT3550
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Last updated: Dec 16, 2025 Scoring
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"I found the live beam 3's on sale on Amazon for 129! ... For the price, I don't think I'd find better."
"An S8 would be great for vacuuming your rugs and carpets ... For $350, my two S8s are very hard to beat! ... Almost all of the ones I thought vacuumed, very, very well have been discontinued except for the S8. ... If a Mova V50 can do 80% as well as our cheap S8s I would be pleased!"
"Overall I think these are super impressive especially for the price. ... These could be bargain of the year.. I'm very happy so far with them"
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"the 3LCD technology is completely free of the rainbow effect (as it turned out, I'm super sensitive to RBE: I got a headache after watching a show on the Hisense C1...)"
"But for actual viewing movies, gaming, sims. Epson’s image quality often just looks better overall."
"Everything looks spectacular in 4K Dolby Vision/3D 110 inch screen"
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"The C2 Ultra has better color due to triple laser ... triple laser is as close you’ll get to OLED like color quality. ... Color gamut coverage, contrast level, it’s beating every BenQ product to be honest."
"The image itself literally made my jaw drop. ... But, the second the image popped on screen, it was like I hadn't experienced color before. Imagine Dorothy walking out of her black and white house into the Technicolor land of Oz. Seriously, the colors were so deep and pure, I couldn't look away and all I was staring at was the menu. :) ... I rushed to turn on Planet Earth in 4K Dolby Vision and was completely blown away."
"It looks incredible. ... And I would have guessed true 4k if I hadn’t read about it. ... Picture quality is nuts."
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"The feeling playing at 130 inch screen is amazing."
"But for actual viewing movies, gaming, sims. Epson’s image quality often just looks better overall."
"Hard to go back from full immersive experience."
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"But for actual viewing movies, gaming, sims. Epson’s image quality often just looks better overall."
"I've had fun with some casual halo, star wars Squadrons, Morrowind and Skyrim on mine."
"My son and I play on a BenQ 3550 which is not a low-lag gaming projector. I’m a casual gamer and my son is very competitive with his friends and it’s not noticeable."
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"Very reliably unreliable ... having two pairs replaced under warranty and still failed on the third."
"the build quality is shit ... iv had the momentum in ear tw (original) and the right bud died after about a year"
"Initially a loud screech blowing my eardrum. ... Then a crackling like you have a car window open going 80mph. ... Then the headphone completely fails; no sound. ... this song and dance will continue until "oops, you're outside the warranty period, thanks for the $270"."
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"the delay wasn't worth it (8-12ms)"
"I kinda feels like my M1W is having input delays."
"Not GREAT for gaming but as long as it's not a FPS it's good."
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"The benq isn’t really bright enough to do that and looks really washed out with the lights on."
"Contrast is not good compared to a TV if any lights are on. ... it’s quite washed out but if I need to see something I’m doing I just deal with it. ... If she has the eyes to comment on contrast I don’t think anyone would look at a projector setup with lights on and not see obvious washing out."
"The Epson is a lot less bright than a full sized projector, and won't compete with ambient light very well at all."
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"I have had a HT3550 for a few years and every year something fails on it. ... Dead pixels, fan burn out, etc. ... Never the expected lamp burnout."
"Yep same issue with my Benq"
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"I can move the image like entire feet instead of inches."
https://preview.redd.it/amtmqhvpem3f1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b534be9f005f227cff6fa7512db2d7b6dda14b52 We have a similar room with not much length to work with so I got a used benq ht3550 and a 100 inch screen. Works perfectly even with the window. I usually black out the window with a curtain, eventually I'll have something more permanent up there, but even without the curtain as long as it's not middle of the day it's fine. (This picture was taken around noon so not the ideal lighting)
r/projectors • For less than $5500 what projector would you use for this 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.
r/projectors • PSA for anyone thinking of buying a $100 Chinese projector off Amazon… ->yes and no , it uses pixel shifting tech to "scale" to 4k , you are correct in saying its not native 4k , thanks for adding this
r/projectors • Which 4K Projector should I get? ->You're not wrong on the technical details ,Epson's sub-LS11000 models use 2x pixel shifting and don't hit the full 8.3 million pixels on screen like 4x-shift DLP projectors do. But calling it "only software upscaling" oversimplifies it. Epson’s pixel-shifting is still hardware-based and does provide a visible bump over native 1080p, even if it’s not full 4K.
r/projectors • Which 4K Projector should I get? ->Yeah, 8.3 million physical pixels sounds great on paper, but it’s not the whole story. Epson’s 3LCD projectors, even with 2x pixel shift, still hold their own with better color accuracy, brightness, and no rainbow effect. A lot of the cheaper 4K DLPs use that 0.47" chip with 4x wobble, which technically gets all the pixels on screen, but can come with motion artifacts and washed out blacks. So yeah, if you’re staring at paused 4K content up close, DLP might look sharper. But for actual viewing movies, gaming, sims. Epson’s image quality often just looks better overall. It’s not all about the pixel count.
r/projectors • Which 4K Projector should I get? ->I have an HT1075 (1080p). Upgraded to a HT3550 and ended up returning it, not enough difference to justify the cost. If you’re primarily streaming there’s even less of a difference
r/projectors • 4k vs 1080p ->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!
r/Switch • Switch 2 looks amazing in 4K ->The 2060 is very similar to the 2050 but doesn’t need bumbs and has hdr and will accept 4k input (I believe). Both are very good. The 3550 has 4k pixels. It’s not as bright so only good to 120” in a dim room. All three are solid options
r/projectors • Another person asking for projector recommendations ->I have a benQ 3550 that currently has some issues. (screen starts as dark some times when booting up, light bleed during AVR menu, and the colors just "seem" off). Instead of reparing or buying a new lamp I'm ready to upgrade. Is the 2720i a significant upgrade over the 3550?
r/projectors • I've just ordered a BenQ W2720i... ->I've had the HT3550 for 3 years and it has been a great protector for the price. I've been considering an upgrade to the Epson 5050ub, but don't know that the increase in performance will be worth spending ~$2500. Looking forward to hearing more about your comparison
r/projectors • Bought an expensive and a cheap projector. Time to see which one I keep ->I agree 100% about this sub and I also have a PJ40. I pledged on Kickstarter almost a year ago for the Valerion Max and my (lamp based) BENQ HT3550 developed multiple issues so I got the PJ40 just to get me through and I have to say for the price the image quality is impressive, it is brighter than my BenQ was (even with a new lamp) it starts up within a few seconds vs about a minute and the color is good, not great but if you had nothing to compare it to you wouldn’t really have anything to complain about. The main issue with this and other lower priced PJs is how long it will last. Once the LCD gets burned out it’s pretty much e waste at that point and Reddit is littered with people saying how theirs didn’t last very long. That said if you aren’t planning on using it everyday for years and years it’s awesome gaming or watching movies on a huge screen. If you’re not ready to repair it in the next year or possibly two I’d go with a TV.
r/projectors • Any good projectors in the $50-$200 range ->I got my 3550 for $700. I'm sad now.
r/projectors • Bought an expensive and a cheap projector. Time to see which one I keep ->I'm not actually sad. I still see it as a steal. It was a joke.
r/projectors • Bought an expensive and a cheap projector. Time to see which one I keep ->I just got a BenQ 3550. A lot of people say it's not good for daytime, but honestly it's quite good. I got it manufacturer refurbed on Ebay for $750.
r/projectors • Best ~$1000 Projector ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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