Google Assistant on the W4100i is still useful. Using a Samsung Galaxy S26+ phone, I asked Google Assistant to set up the projector, and everything was configured and running in a few minutes. All my preferred apps were loaded. This easy setup does not work on an iPhone, so you have to initiate setup using your Google login. Google Assistant isn’t as advanced as Gemini, but it can still generate slideshows on almost any topic with voiceover narration. BenQ may also upgrade this model to Google TV in the future.

The BenQ W4100i (mostly) adjusted the keystone and size for both my projector screen as well as a wall in my living room. I had to make the image just a hair straighter, but I do prefer how the Leica Cine Play 1 seems to magically size the image automatically.

The BenQ W4100i remote was a joy to use. I appreciated the abundance of dedicated buttons for accessing the projector’s advanced settings, yet the remote never felt cluttered or confusing. It was also easy to adjust picture quality using a row of buttons at the bottom of the remote. Unlike most smart projectors that support streaming, there are no dedicated buttons for any apps.

Cinematic Picture Quality

Photograph: John Brandon

Specs on the BenQ W4100i are impressive. The 3,200 lumens of brightness brings movies to life, even in a room that wasn’t completely dark. The projector hits 100 percent of both the Rec.709 and DCI-P3 color gamut and supports HDR10+. BenQ includes settings like Dynamic Black, tone and contrast enhancers, and CinematicColor to help improve contrast, black levels, and color variance.

Even though image quality on the W4100i is above average, it fell short of some competing options. Colors were more vibrant and had more dynamic range on Samsung’s The Frame Pro 2026. On the W4100i, a scene with light green grass appeared to look slightly brown instead. Similarly, mist over a mountain scene lacked definition. And both the Epson Lifestudio Grand Plus and the Leica Cine Play 1 delivered brighter, more realistic reds and yellows in scenes with flowers. Skintones lack variation and subtlety, though contrast was significantly better than on the TCL NXTVISION.