BenQ is known for developing high-quality, great-value projectors, and the BenQ MX602 is the perfect example. It delivers impeccable image quality, with high brightness and life-like color, it’s eco-friendly with long-lasting lamp performance, accommodates a range of connections, it’s low-noise and the MX602 is affordable. Put simply: For an XGA projector, the MX602 is a powerful A/V machine that will help transform your presentations.
BenQ MX602: Quick Specs
- 3,500 ASNI Lumens
- 13,000:1 Contrast Ratio
- XGA Native Resolution
- 4:3 Aspect Ratio
- HDMI, USB and S-Video Connections
Most Impressive Features and Specs
For a budget-friendly XGA projector, the MX602 offers a ton of upside. For starters, the projector utilizes BenQ’s innovative DLP technology to produce vibrant, razor-sharp images. Plus, the projector delivers a range of features that aren’t commonly available in budget XGA projectors. Here’s a look at the MX602’s best features:
- Image Quality: The MX602 utilizes a range of technologies to produce high-quality, high-clarity images. For starters, BrilliantColor produces extremely life-like, saturated color. Additionally, the images are extremely bright – 3,500 ASNI lumens – and highly contrasted with a ratio of 13,000:1. With black-on-white text, the MX602’s impressive contrast ratio is evident, as text is crisp and clear. This projector is also ideal for pairing with laptops with XGA native resolution and 4:3 aspect ratio.
- Lamp Life: Even in standard operating mode, the MX602 performs impressively, with a lamp life of 3,000 hours. But BenQ’s advanced eco-friendly operating modes and energy-saving features provide a huge boost. There are two eco settings: The first improves lamp life to 4,000 hours and the most advanced maximizing lamp life to 7,500 hours. Fortunately, a replacement lamp for the BenQ MX602 is fairly affordable, starting at about $250. The part number is also known as 5J.JD105.001.
- Portability: This projector is extremely useful for classroom and business applications in which the projector moves around frequently. For starters, it weighs just 6 pounds and it’s about the size of a large dictionary. Plus, with keystone correction, it’s easy to adjust the image to fit the screen. Unfortunately, the projector isn’t equipped with lens shift or a powerful zoom, which does limit its portability.
- Connections: In general, budget-friendly projectors are equipped with a limited range of connections, but that’s not the case with the MX602. The projector supports HDMI and USB A and mini-B connections, as well as S-Video and Composite Video connections. That means the projector can support Full HD video.
BenQ MX602 Rear Inputs
Pitfalls of the BenQ MX602
The MX602 doesn’t disappoint in many ways, but there are some features – or lack of features – that make this a less-desirable projector. One downfall is the lack of useable audio. The projector is equipped with a 2-watt monospeaker. That’s certainly at the low-end of the audio spectrum. Plus, the projector isn’t built for wireless networking and even with wired connections the MX602 poses problems.
In spite of these pitfalls, the MX602 does nail the core functionality of a projector: Providing high-quality images. The XGA projector produces vibrant, highly contrasted images that are better than those produced by similarly priced projectors. The bottom line: This is a useful XGA projector that can accommodate Full HD video, and it would be well-suited for many classroom and business environments.