When comparing AAXA P300 vs BenQ HT2050A, the Slant community recommends BenQ HT2050A for most people. In the question“What are the best projectors?” BenQ HT2050A is ranked 1st while AAXA P300 is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose BenQ HT2050A is:
The 1.3x zoom lens allows some flexibility in the throw distance. The vertical lens shift on this projector lets you move the image up and down by about 10% of the image size. This is helpful if you happen to install the projector with a small offset.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Comes with a battery
The projector is usable even when there is no power supply provided. Though its worth mentioning that you only get 160 lumens of brightness (half of the maximum) when running the projector on battery. The battery lasts for about an hour, which should be enough in case you need to give a short presentation with no power outlet available.
Pro Very portable
AAXA P300 is extremely light, weighing only 0.97 lb, making it easy to carry around. It is also very small in size, only 1.5 x 5.9 x 3.8 inches, making sure it will fit in a suitcase.
Pro Everlasting lamp
The LED light source lasts much longer than regular projectors, estimated at around 15000 hours. Technically, the lamp will not need changing for the next 10 years, if you use the projector for 4-5 hours a day.
Pro Large picture for a small projector
It has a throw distance of 5-12 feet and an image size of 50.5-121.3 inches. You can place the projector close to the screen in a small presentation room and get a decent image with the size of a large TV.
Pro Usable in ambient light
As a business projector, AAXA P300 is bright enough to be usable in presentation rooms with ambient light, in fact it is one of the brightest portable projectors out there.
Pro Great variety of inputs
It has many inputs like HDMI, VGA, MicroSD, USB and AV, making sure the presentation is not delayed due to connection issues.
Pro Easy to set up
The 1.3x zoom lens allows some flexibility in the throw distance. The vertical lens shift on this projector lets you move the image up and down by about 10% of the image size. This is helpful if you happen to install the projector with a small offset.
Pro Bright and detailed picture
The BenQ HT2050 is a bright projector with amazing contrast. Its native resolution of 1920x1080 produces a detailed Full HD picture.
The 2,200 Lumens of brightness on this BenQ is high enough to deal with some ambient light. You can watch movies in daytime with curtains rolled down.
A 15,000:1 contrast ratio means that the white image is 15,000 times brighter than the black image. This gives the projector great black-levels and shadow detail so the dark scenes in movies will look great.
Pro No blur from fast motion
Motion handling is great on the HT2050, as for all the DLP (digital light processing) projectors. In movie scenes with fast motion, the picture won’t get blurry.
Pro Low input lag for gaming
For gamers requiring a low input lag, the HT2050 is the best way to go since it beats most of its competitors with an input lag of only 17ms.
Pro Quiet fans
HT2050 has very quiet fans, almost unnoticeable unless there’s total silence. The fans produce more or less the same noise in both ECO and performance modes.
Cons
Con Poor colors
This is not the best pick for playing video content due to its poor colors. P300 is meant for presenting slides.
Con Noisy fans
The fan on AAXA P300 is rather loud, it's comparable to an overheating laptop.
Con Rainbow effects
Rainbow effects are an issue for this projector, as is the case for most DLP projectors. They create rainbows on bright objects on dark backgrounds, for example streetlights. Some people don’t notice them, some find them extremely annoying. Luckily, the BenQ proves to show less rainbow artifacts than an average DLP.
Con Expensive replacement lamps
The replacement lamps cost $250. Of all the inexpensive projectors, HT2050 has one of the most expensive replacement lamps.