At the end of 2019, BenQ launched two blockbuster laser TVs i960L and i965L in one go, let us see that BenQ is ready to attack the increasingly hot living room large-screen laser TV market, and these two lasers The unusual industrial design style of TV and the color style that emphasizes accuracy have left a deep impression on us. I expected that BenQ will continue to make efforts to bring our long-awaited three-color laser model in 2020, but BenQ upholds the spirit of craftsmanship and keeps improving the details. We will not be able to record in Guangzhou International Audio Recording until the end of May 2021. At the exhibition, we witnessed the true face of BenQ's new generation of three-color laser TV i985L. Then in early July, we also got this laser TV ahead of all our peers, and it also included BenQ’s 100-inch tri-color specially created for i985L. Laser dedicated optical screen. What needs to be mentioned is that the three-color laser TV launched by BenQ this year is not only i985L, but also includes i980L. The difference between the two models is the color difference between black and white, and the difference in light output brightness and picture contrast. The overall performance of this i985L in our hands is a bit stronger. The i985L and i980L both belong to the BenQ three-color laser TV series. Next, we will start from the core picture color part to see if i985L can occupy a place in the current powerful tri-color laser TV market.
About the body design and hardware configuration analysis
When I first saw the hollow aluminum panel used in the front of the i985L that resembled water waves, I quickly understood the BenQ three-color laser TV The connotation of the Feng Sheng Shui series. In addition to the front panel adopts a design concept similar to a sports car-style electric sliding door, the i985L's tough-looking square shape can not only be easily integrated into the stylish and simple decoration style, but also suitable for use in a traditional Chinese-style living room environment, or even directly installed There is no sense of disobedience in the professional audio-visual room environment. It is worth mentioning that the two models of i985L and i980L have won the 2020 G-Mark Design Award in Japan, which shows that BenQ has unique ingenuity in the overall design of laser TVs.In terms of audio system, i985L uses a bi-amp four-channel speaker system tuned by the treVolo professional audio team. Its excellent sound performance is better than the previous generation i965L. In terms of video, i985L uses Texas Instruments' UHD 4K DLP display solution, with an ultra-high-definition screen resolution of 3840×2160, and supports the two mainstream HDR technologies of HDR10 and HLG, and also has the capability of 3D display. . Of course, the focus of i985L in video this time is that the light source part no longer uses the conventional monochromatic fluorescent laser light source, but instead uses the RGB three-color laser light source technology, which not only makes a breakthrough in the color gamut coverage, but also in the picture A significant improvement has been made in brightness.
The hollow aluminum front panel with a flowing corrugated style is used in the front of the i985L fuselage, which exudes a low-key luxury style, and also has a good sound penetration effect. I am also the number one. I saw such a deliberate design on the laser TV
At the upper left of the fuselage, you can find the two major features of i985L in video and audio, which are the color gamut coverage of BT.2020 And Trevolo bi-amp four-channel speaker system
In the vicinity of the ultra-short throw optical lens , a number of different optical sensors were found. I believe this is the same as the LumiExpert smart metering built in i985L. Automatic detection sensor eye protection function related to
Above the metal electric sliding door, you can still see the eye-catching "4K HDR and 8.3 million pixels" gold paint "signboard"
Except for a touch switch button, the fuselage does not have other redundant function buttons, which means that all control functions need to rely on the remote control
peek through the cooling holes on both sides of the fuselage Go in,It can be found that a large-area heat pipe flaky heat dissipation system is used inside the fuselage to ensure that the fuselage can work stably for a long time while maintaining low operating noise.
There are two HDMI ports on the back of the fuselage , It uses screws to fix it to avoid the problem of interface falling off when users use HDMI cables with large connectors. The ruler greatly improves the efficiency of on-site installation
Analysis of main image-related settings
In terms of software system, i985L still uses the Android system solution that we are very familiar with. In addition to watching various film and television programs through the Mango TV system, we can also expand through more audiovisual APP applications. As for the image setting function, as a model that can expand the color gamut to reach the BT.2020 wide color gamut, i985L is specially equipped with a special BT.2020 wide color gamut image preset mode. However, according to the results of our optical test later, even in the HDR10 image mode, the color gamut coverage of the picture can reach the level of BT.2020. In addition, i985L also has a complete gray-scale white balance adjustment and color management system, coupled with a unique automatic color correction function, can analyze the machine's own light source attenuation, overheating and overcooling and other conditions caused by the factory test settings. The color accuracy of the screen is adjusted automatically to ensure that the color accuracy of the screen is consistent.
In terms of software system, i985L uses a new generation of smart Android solutions, and due to internal hardware upgrades, including MStar 6A838 64-bit processor, Mali T820 graphics processor and 3GB+32GB large capacity Storage configuration makes the entire system run quite smoothly
When watching non-HDR programs,We can choose the appropriate image mode according to the different types of content we are watching and the environment in which we are in. The most surprising thing this time is that we finally saw the wide color gamut image mode of BT.2020
If it is to watch For HDR content, such as HDR10 movies, the image mode is fixed in "HDR10" mode, and other types cannot be selected. This setting strategy is the same as most home projectors and laser TVs
The "Movie Master" function can fine-tune the four aspects of color, skin tone, picture accuracy, and dynamic compensation. In fact, in terms of color and skin tone accuracy, the i985L itself is already pretty good by default
If you need to adjust the grayscale and white balance, you can enter the color temperature options to fine-tune
If you need to fine-tune the gamut space, you can also enter the color management system to adjust
i985L also Can support 3D display, support different 3D format settings, including top and bottom format, left and right format
Finally, we can also turn on the automatic color correction function, i985L can automatically adjust the color according to various changes inside the body allow.
About HDR10 image mode color gamut coverage, screen brightness and spectral energy distribution test
Does the performance of i985L in actual color and screen brightness meet our expectations? Through the professional ChromaPure 3 professional test software, 4K HDR video signal generator, spectrometer and colorimeter, we conducted in-depth comprehensive tests of color gamut coverage, brightness of the white center of the screen, and spectral energy distribution.For the screen, we chose the exclusive 100-inch Fresnel anti-light curtain prepared by BenQ. We tested the color gamut coverage of the HDR 10 image mode and found that i985L already has an ultra-high color gamut of more than 100% BT.2020, and the overall color accuracy is quite good, especially in the key blue and red aspects. It can be described with precision. In addition, the center brightness of the i985L, which is close to 500nit, far exceeds the i965L we tested before. It can be said that it surpasses i965L in terms of color and brightness. Regarding which type of three-color laser light source i985L uses, BenQ revealed that it does not use the common RGB-Mix chip (red, green and blue mixed) in the market alone, but two sets of RGB-Mix chips plus two sets. The structure of the G/B-Mix (green-blue hybrid) chip. The red part is packaged separately, because the red energy is relatively high, and the separate package can improve the heat dissipation efficiency and better protect the light source. We found some clues through the actual test of the spectral energy distribution. The RGB three-color laser light source used by i985L is obviously different from the monochromatic fluorescent laser light source that we are familiar with. The energy of the red part is very high, while the blue part is the lowest, which also makes the i985L present a highly saturated red. The colors of the relevant pictures have better expressiveness, such as sports cars, flowers, flames, and the red on the sunset, which is also a highlight of its overall color style.
HDR10 image preset mode has a color gamut coverage of 103.5% BT.2020, in which the saturation of the green part is higher than the BT.2020 standard, while blue and red have a fairly good accuracy_ p5p
In the spectral energy distribution test, blue has higher energy between 460-470nm, green light has higher energy near 520nm, and red light has the strongest energy Performance, and mainly concentrated in the vicinity of 640nm
About the impact of different brightness level settings of HDR on the details of the picture measured
Because HDR10 program content tends to adopt different peak brightness settings during post-production,That is, different MaxCLL/FALL peak brightness metadata settings. Therefore, when we are watching, in order to obtain a balance between the brightness and details of the picture, we need the display device to give us the brightness adjustment options of HDR. And in the fuselage menu of i985L, we can find the adjustment options related to HDR brightness. On the whole, from the "Snow Mountain" test screen below, we can see that i985L is quite good at dealing with HDR light and shadow transition changes. Even at the highest HDR brightness level, it still retains a certain degree of highlight details, but not Completely overexposed. Of course, we hope that in the future, BenQ can add automatic HDR brightness processing to the next-generation models, which can automatically analyze the peak brightness metadata information in various HDR content, so that laser TVs can always be kept in the most ideal HDR viewing state.
i985L 4 levels of brightness, the higher the brightness of the entire picture, the higher the brightness setting from HDR to 2 levels, It is higher, but relatively speaking, the details of the highlight part will be covered to a certain extent. Therefore, it is recommended that users choose an ideal HDR brightness level according to the brightness level of the actual viewing HDR program source
About UHD 4K HDR Blu-ray Live Test screen photo
From the overall performance of the picture, the i985L, which has a color gamut coverage beyond BT.2020, is the most colorful laser TV I have ever encountered. When paired with a 100-inch three-color laser dedicated optical screen Below, the overall picture also has a very powerful sense of energy, which can be said to once again interpret "what is the real sense of sunshine". This picture style with both high brightness and wide color gamut has the ability to challenge top home theater and even commercial theater projection systems. It even makes me think that this 100-inch anti-light curtain seems to limit the ability of i985L. If it is used in an independent audio-visual room, projecting a large screen of 120 inches to 150 inches is believed to be a good extension application.
Laser TV has been born without knowing it. Laser TV has been born from 4 lasers until today. More than 10 years have passed. In the past two years, due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, many users have begun to pay attention to the large 100-inch living room screen. With its unique advantages in screen and system installation, laser TV has won the favor of more and more audio-visual enthusiasts and even ordinary users. . This year is the year when the three-color laser TV market has fully exploded. We have seen many well-known domestic and foreign brands continue to launch new products of three-color laser TVs, among which BenQ's i985L and i980L are highly anticipated. Sure enough, judging from the actual beautiful picture performance, i985L has not only reached the BT.2020 ultra-wide color gamut, but also has a strong sense of picture energy. It can easily cope with the complex light environment in the living room without any effort. Basic parameters
●Display chip: DLP
●Display resolution: 38 4 0×2160
●Brightness: 3200 lumens
●Contrast: 1200000:1
●Light source: three-color laser
●Color: BT.2020 color standard,Real-time automatic color calibration
●HDR: HDR10, HLG
●Support: 3D, CinemaMasterVideo+, 4K MEMC motion compensation
●Sound: treVolo dual-drive four-channel
●500×157×403mm
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