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A 4K HDR projector with Google TV on board and a stated 3,000 ANSI lumens — the built-in system is the reason to choose it, and the reason to check licensing before buying.
In brief
The self-contained 4K option: bright enough to be stated in ANSI, complete enough to need nothing else plugged into it, and dependent on a software layer whose future is a licensing question. Key figures: 4K HDR · 3,000 ANSI lumens · Google TV built in. Amazon.com had an offer at $1,399 on October 25, 2026. Our score: 8.4/10, specification-checked.
A 4K projector with HDR support and Google TV built in, rated at 3,000 ANSI lumens. It is a complete source and display in one chassis.
A projector with an operating system is bought as an appliance. That removes a box, a cable and a remote — and it makes the machine’s usefulness partly a licensing question. Which services are available, and at what resolution, is decided by agreements between the manufacturer and the platforms, and it changes with firmware. Check the services you actually subscribe to, by name, on the maker’s own page.
3,000 ANSI lumens. ANSI is measured to a defined procedure, which is what makes one figure comparable to another. On this shelf, machines quoting unqualified “lumens” cannot be compared to this one at all — there is no conversion between the two, because one of them is not a measurement.
A native contrast ratio, and a throw ratio. The second is the one to chase down before buying: throw ratio multiplied by image width gives the distance the machine needs, and that arithmetic decides whether it fits your room long before any picture specification does.
BenQ splits home theater and gaming explicitly rather than badging one machine as both. A model tuned for input lag and refresh rate is a different product from one tuned for contrast and color, and knowing which you are looking at is half of choosing well here.
Amazon.com lists this model (ASIN B0FKCW9GXX) and had an offer at $1,399 on October 25, 2026. The price box on this page is refreshed live and takes precedence over that figure.
| Resolution | 4K — stated |
|---|---|
| Brightness | 3,000 ANSI lumens — stated in a measured unit |
| HDR | HDR supported — stated |
| Operating system | Google TV, built in — stated |
| Amazon reference | B0FPQDW1P1 |
| EAN | 4718755096327 |
Not for most services, and it is worth checking the specific ones you subscribe to on the maker's own page. Built-in systems are governed by licensing rather than by hardware, and a service that runs at full resolution on one model can be capped on another with the same processor.
No, and the distinction matters more on a projector than on a television. Accepting an HDR signal is one claim; having the brightness and contrast to show what HDR encodes is another. A projector tone-maps the range into what it can produce, and how well it does that is not on any specification sheet.
8.4/ 10
The self-contained 4K option: bright enough to be stated in ANSI, complete enough to need nothing else plugged into it, and dependent on a software layer whose future is a licensing question.
Someone who wants one object rather than a projector plus a streaming stick, in a room where the light can be controlled.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
4K PRO-UHD · 3,000 lumens white AND color brightness · 40,000:1 stated contrast · 3LCD · optional Wi-Fi
A 3LCD projector that publishes white and color brightness as the same figure — a distinction single-chip machines rarely make, and one that decides how a saturated image actually looks.
Best for: A viewer who notices color rather than pixel count, and anyone bothered by the rainbow effect single-chip projectors can produce.
≈ $1,600
4K UHD 3,840 × 2,160 · 4,000 ANSI lumens · 10,000:1 stated contrast · keystone · 3 W speaker
A 4K UHD DLP projector that states its brightness in ANSI lumens at a price where most of the shelf stops doing so — and a specification sheet that reads like a data table rather than a sales page.
Best for: A first 4K projector in a room where the light can be controlled and the machine can sit where the throw ratio wants it.
No Amazon.com offer on Oct 25, 2026
103 inch 16:9 edge-free fixed frame CineGrey 3D CLR and ALR projector screen with a 50.5 by 89.75 inch viewing area, 1.2 gain, a 90 degree viewing angle and up to 65 percent ambient light rejection, for standard long throw projectors only, with a black velvet-wrapped aluminum frame, a spring tension system, ISF and GREENGUARD GOLD UL 2818 certification, NFPA 701 flame retardance and sliding wall mount brackets for wood stud walls
A 103 inch CineGrey 3D ALR screen with 65 percent rejection and a spring tension system.
Best for: A long-throw projector and a careful installation — it tells you what wall to fix it to
≈ $330
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
