As with the BenQ HT2150ST, the TH585 offers only one 3D picture mode and works with DLP-link glasses only. I saw no crosstalk in my tests and only minor 3D-related motion artifacts. Based on the Society for Movie and Television Engineers (SMPTE) recommendations, the TH585P's 3,500-lumen rating should be enough to light up a 270-inch, 1.0-gain, 16:9 screen in a dark room, or a 150-inch screen in moderate ambient light. In my tests, even the lower-brightness Game mode delivered a suitably bright image to light up a 90-inch screen in a family room at night with lights on, and remain watchable—though a little washed out—using an 80-inch screen on a sunny afternoon in a room with lots of windows. Cinema mode offers the best color accuracy and does the best job holding the subtle gradations that give closeups of rounded objects a sense of three-dimensionality. But the slightly brighter Living Room mode is not far behind, and Game mode is close behind that, albeit with slightly less saturated color. If you're looking for a projector for gaming and for watching movies and TV in rooms with ambient light, be sure to consider a step up in price from the BenQ TH585 and include the Optoma GT1080HDR and Optoma HD39HDR on your comparison list. Both are also designed for gaming and offer higher rated brightness, among other features, for the higher price. If you're more interested in watching movies and TV in a dim or dark room, but still want the fast lag time needed for gaming, be sure to take a look at the BenQ HT2150ST, a more expensive model that isn't as bright as the TH585 but offers better color accuracy and a more robust sound system.

Besides, you get the support of a 3.5mm stereo port. However, I suggest you connect your soundbar using HDMI. The placement & Mount: BenQ TH585Even though these are two expensive alternatives (GT1080HDR and HD39HDR), the BenQ TH585 has a lot to offer for the price tag it carries. My Take On BenQ TH585: The Conclusion When it comes to console gaming, the TH585 has a lot to offer for each type of gaming, such as role-playing games, party games, sports games, and action games. Besides, the projector lets you enjoy multi-source entertainment, from a gaming console to a blue-ray player. The key specification: BenQ TH585 More disappointing is the built-in sound system. Although the onboard, mono 10-watt speaker delivers decent-enough quality, the peak volume is underwhelming. It's suitable for a small family room, but if you want a truly immersive game-playing experience, plan on connecting an external sound system. TH585 claims a 16ms response time as a gaming projector, a considerable slow input lag for enjoying gaming on various gaming consoles, such as Nintendo, Playstation, or Xbox. Moreover, you have exclusive gaming modes to enhance your gaming experience—You can turn it On/Off as per your content.

Furthermore, unlike most projectors, the TH585 has a six-segment color wheel, RGBWYC—red-green-blue-white-yellow-cyan, resulting in brighter and vibrant picture quality.An unusual extra at this price is support for digital vertical lens shifting. This feature takes advantage of the extra pixels on the 1,920-by-1,200 chip to let you move the image up or down from its centered position by about 5 percent of the image height. Along with the 1.1x zoom, it allows for some flexibility in positioning the projector. In addition, if you still need to tilt the projector up or down to point at the screen after adjusting the shift, a +/- 30 degree vertical keystone control allows for squaring off the image. Assessing the Color Whether your focus is on gaming, watching movies and video in a room with ambient light, or equally on both, the TH585P is worth a look. But be sure to consider whether your budget can stretch a bit to consider other options. The BenQ TH685P, for example, can accept 4K HDR input, takes good advantage of HDR, and shows fewer rainbow artifacts for only a little higher price. The Xgimi Horizon offers far more robust audio at the cost of an only slightly longer input lag. And if you consider rainbow artifacts unacceptably irksome, the Epson Home Cinema 2250 is guaranteed to not show any, though its input lag is more appropriate for casual—rather than serious—gaming. Setting the projector to its Game picture mode (with Fast Mode on), I measured the input lag with my Leo Bodnar meter. With the resolution at 1080p, and 60Hz input, the figure came in at 16.4 milliseconds. Along with the fast lag time, the TH585 offers a small chassis and light weight, which is important to gamers who want a projector they can easily move from room to room, bring to a friend's house, or store away when not using it. However, BenQ doesn't include a carrying case in the price.

It comes with a 10W-speaker, a mono speaker, that reaches up to 70dB. Thus, it is okay for normal usage. However, for home entertainment, you’ll definitely need an external sound system. For the suggestion, go for atleast a 2.1 soundbar. Though, when you stare at the projector for the first time, you’ll get to know that it is designed for home entertainment—watching media content and gaming. Moreover, you can use it in daylight or in rooms with ambient lights. What else you get at a reasonable price? The model TH585 is a mid-range Full HD home theater projector of BenQ. With a price tag of under 500, the BenQTH585 has a broad range of features to offer. Compared to other same range projectors, the TH585 wins the race of home theater category for the money we put in. The rated 3,500 lumens is bright enough, according to Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) recommendations, for a 270-inch-diagonal, 16:9 image using a 1.0-gain screen in a dark room, or for a 150-inch image in moderately bright ambient light. As with almost any projector, however, the modes you'll actually want to use have significantly lower brightness. As BenQ has claimed the brightness in ANSI lumens, it boasts ANSI 3500 lumens. Since I always prefer nits to measure the brightness of a projector, The TH585 reaches 1000/500 nits. Yes, you read it right. It is better than what you from an expensive TV, most go about 800-1000 nits.On the other hand, Game mode offers the best contrast and sense of three-dimensionality in dark scenes, with Living Room mode in second place again and Cinema a close third. So while Game mode is the obvious choice for games, the choice for watching movies and TV depends on whether you need the extra brightness of Living Room mode, and whether you care more about Cinema mode's better color accuracy or Game mode's better contrast, detail in dark or shaded areas, and three-dimensionality. On-projector settings available to fine-tune the image range from brightness, contrast, and gamma to a color-management system for adjusting hue, saturation, and gain separately for each primary and secondary color. Note, too, that there's a Brilliant Color setting, which is common on DLP projectors. This version has 10 steps; each step down the scale lowers brightness but increases color accuracy. Assessing the Brightness The rated 3,500 lumens is bright enough, according to Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) recommendations, for a 270-inch-diagonal, 16:9 image using a 1.0-gain screen in a dark room, or for a 150-inch image in moderately bright ambient light. As with almost any projector, however, the modes you'll actually to use have significantly lower brightness.