Benq TK705STi Short-Throw Projector Review: Tidy Little Box for Little Rooms

7.8 / 10 Score Cnet Score CNET provides expert, unbiased reviews of products and services. When we assign a score, we use a scale of 1-10. Each product we score is evaluated by criteria specific to its category with most assessing pricing, quality, features and performance. Read more on: How we test BenQ TK705STi $1,450 at Amazon $1,799 at B&H Photo-Video $1,799 at Walmart Pros Compact design

The convenience of a short-throw lens

Built-in streaming Cons Nothing bad, but nothing amazing either

The BenQ TK705STi is a short-throw, Google TV-enabled projector, perfect for small rooms that can't fit a traditional model. Overall image quality is very good. Brightness is… good. It's in line with similarly priced competitors, though not class-leading.

The silver and grey design is either classy or mundane, depending on your perspective, but at the very least it's non-obtrusive, just like its size.

While its objective performance isn't quite as good as some recent projectors, the image it creates is more than the sum of its parts. It's pleasing and lifelike, with none of the potential artifacts of its laser-powered brethren.