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The Google Assistant on the W4100i is still useful. Using a Samsung Galaxy S26+ Over the phone, I asked Google Assistant to set up the projector, and everything was up and running in a few minutes. All my favorite apps are downloaded. This easy setup doesn’t work on an iPhone, so you’ll need to start setup using your Google login information. Google Assistant isn’t as advanced as Gemini, but it can still create slideshows on almost any topic with voiceover. BenQ may also upgrade this model to Google TV in the future.
The BenQ W4100i (mostly) adjusted the cornerstone and size of both the projector’s screen as well as a wall in the living room. I should have made the image straighter, but I prefer the way the Leica Cine Play 1 seems to magically resize the image automatically.
The BenQ W4100i remote was a pleasure to use. I appreciated the abundance of dedicated buttons for accessing the projector’s advanced settings, yet the remote didn’t feel cluttered or confusing. It was also easy to adjust image quality using a row of buttons at the bottom of the remote. Unlike most streaming-enabled smart projectors, there are no dedicated buttons for any apps.
Cinematic picture quality
Photo: John Brandon
The specifications on the BenQ W4100i are impressive. 3200 lumen brightness brings movies to life, even in a room that’s not completely dark. The projector reaches 100 percent of the Rec.709 and DCI-P3 color gamut and supports HDR10+. BenQ includes settings like Dynamic Black, Color and Contrast Enhancers, and Cinema Color to help improve contrast, black levels, and color contrast.
Although picture quality on the W4100i is above average, it doesn’t live up to some competing options. Colors were more vibrant and their range was more dynamic on Samsung’s The Frame Pro 2026. On the W4100i, a scene with light green grass looked slightly brown instead. Likewise, fog over a mountain scene lacks definition. Both the Epson Lifestudio Grand Plus and Leica Cine Play 1 provided brighter, more realistic reds and yellows in scenes containing flowers. Skin tones lacked contrast and accuracy, though contrast was much better than in color TCL NXT Vision.
