Simplicity and purity - not two words that you normally hear applied to a computer monitor.

With the release of its all-white Mac® compatible monitors, BenQ has changed the game. For some reason and for the last few years, if you wanted to buy a computer monitor you could have any color you wanted as long as it was black. Credit to Henry Ford for that line. If you owned a Mac computer, well, you could be sure you would not find a monitor that would match your computer.  Unless it was an Apple® monitor or an iMac® ( which is its’ own monitor).  If you owned a MacBook® or a MacMini®, the only monitors you could find just sort of clashed with your Mac. And more likely than not, any monitor you could find (again with the exception of an Apple monitor) did not offer any special support for your Mac or it's color space.

Finally, that's changed thanks to BenQ.

BenQ 5-Series Projectors - Serious 3D Features, Breakthrough Price

The new BenQ 5-series projectors offer 3-D at a new level.  Given the pricing (3 models, starting at $349 USD), it's a breakthrough for 3D functionality. Built right into the projector is the HDMI 1.4 interface. It's available on the MS517 (SVGA), the MX518 (XGA), and the MW519 (WXGA). The HDMI 1.4 interface allows you to enjoy razor sharp 3-D content from Blu-ray players, PCs and gaming consoles.

The MW519 also supports the nVidia® 3DTV Play™.  So, if you've got a PC or notebook equipped with the Nvidia 3D Vision, just connect it to your new projector and you're ready to go. (check with nVidia for their system requirements here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d-vision-main.html)

What exactly is nVidia 3DTV Play?

It allows you to connect your nVidia GeForce GPU-powered PC or Notebook to a supporting projector for HD/3D content.  Play 3D games, view 3D photo’s, watch Youtube 3D, and more.  If you don’t already know what types of content are becoming available, you can get a flavor of at http://www.3DVisionlive.com.

You may be wondering, with all the different source options and 3D capability, are these DLP projectors hard to setup? Nope. They're pretty easy to setup – simpy connect your cables and use on-screen menu’s accessible from the projector or remote and choose your input.  

What if you are true video fan - a real aficionado; can you control and tune the projector to get it just the way you like it?  In short: yes.  

Projectors Ready Out-of-the-box, Serious Image Setup Features for Pro Users

BenQ's new 5-series DLP projectors - the MS517, MX518 and MW519  support several energy savings advancements. These save you money by reducing energy consuption and extending lamp life at the same time.  BenQ is the first DLP® brand to incorporate Philips’ ImageCare technology into its projector lamp system. Industry leading 6500 hour lamp life is a result of the extra steps BenQ has taken in developing its own energy saving technology.  We've set out to perfect what DLP technology can do to help save energy and costs in the 21st century classroom, conference room or right in your own home.

BenQ America Corp. has announced that three next-generation DLP^® projectors, part of the 5-series projectors, the: MS517, MX518, and MW519 SmartEco™ projectors are now available for ordering in the United States.  These new DLP Projectors are targeted for small- to medium-sized spaces. The new models, with their sleek new styling and black piano finish are great looking in more ways than one.  They feature increased brightness of 2800 ANSI lumens, an improved contrast ratio of 13000:1, and SVGA (MS517), XGA (MX518), and WXGA (MW519) resolutions. So, the new projectors deliver stunning image quality, - plus full support for 3D Blu-ray via HDMI and nVidia^® 3DTV Play™ (MW519) making them suitable for education, corporate, and home entertainment applications.

Over 200 BenQ Professional Gaming Monitors to Be Featured at Intel Extreme Masters Season 7 Kick Off at gamescom 2012, Cologne

[note: Following are selected portions of a press release from BenQ Corporate.  Since the American gamers follow Grubby and many use BenQ monitors themselves, we thought you enjoy some of the highlights.  A link to the full press release is at the bottom of this post.]

The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is coming up in a few days.  BenQ is a sponsor of course.   Check out this cool new vid featuring a couple of BenQ supported teams - ESC and M5.

BenQ MW712 DLP Projector used by Scout's during Fun, Educational Space Jam 6 Weekend

The MW712, one of BenQ's SmartEco™ projectors, has a prominent role in this weekend's Space Jam 6 in Rantoul, Illinois.  The 3200 lumen WXGA projector delivers a brilliant wide screen image in broad range of ambient lighting conditions making it great choice for event like Space Jam or as classroom projector.   The full press release from BenQ and Space Jam is captured below.

Hey - check out this video from Team Dynamic's PEX about the BenQ XL2420T 24 inch gaming monitor.  We could blather on with some fancy words about it - but why.  PEX says it.  Thanks Dude! 

Diablo III went live on May 15 & is one of the best selling PC game of all time.  Blizzard Entertainment reported 6.3 million people playing Diablo III worldwide only a week after release. Some launch issues have brought criticism but devoted fans are still logging 10's of thousands of hours.