LATEST ADDITIONS

Sound designer Richard King won the first of his Academy Awards for his magnificent sound effects editing work on Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, director Peter Weir’s thrilling period adventure set on the high seas. He’s now taken home a total of five of the shiny statues, most recently for Dune: Part Two, as well as becoming Christopher Nolan’s go-to guy (The Dark Knight, Dunkirk, Oppenheimer, etc.) and snagging a boatload of Grammys along the way, too.

AT A GLANCE
Plus

• Input lag lower than a snake's tummy
• Three-point, easily accessible leveling feet
• Larger 0.65-inch (2716x1528 pixel) Texas Instruments Single DMD
• Preset modes tailored to FPS and RPG gaming
• 3-year/20,000-hour warranty

• No Color (Saturation) or Tint (Hue) main controls
• No HDMI 2.1 features such as ALLM or VRR
• Anemic onboard 5W Mono audio
• Compressed color gamuts dull cinematic nuances
• Some might feel the asking price outweighs the provided amenities

THE VERDICT
BenQ's résumé for its TK710 intimates it seesaws back and forth between being defined as a gaming or entertainment projector. From the gaming perspective, it provides an excellent, class-leading big screen platform for bright, fluid images with ultra-low input latency. Its long-lasting, zero-maintenance laser illumination has ample oomph to adequately overcome moderately elevated ambient light environments.

One of the show’s headline demos was Focal’s Diva Mezza Utopia, the larger, more powerful sibling to Diva Utopia. Launched July 2025 at $69,000/pair, it is sold exclusively through the Focal Powered by Naim dealer network (Audio Advice included). Focal positions Mezza as “the new hi-fi”: an ultra-connected, all-in-one, high-end system designed to deliver a full-range experience without the usual rack of separates.