BenQ GP520

This endearing projector aims to be all things to all people

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The GP520 is BenQ's latest entry into a growing - and largely welcome - trend towards all-in-one home entertainment projectors that adopt roughly cubic designs so that they can include more potent integrated audio systems alongside their king-sized pictures.

It wears its square approach well, uses a Google TV smart system and offers an eye-catching feature set that includes 4K playback, HDR support and a 2 x 12W Dolby Audio sound system - all for a pretty reasonable £1299 that puts it right in line with the similarly minded and designed Hisense C1.

Shapely and well finished

The GP520 is quite the cutie. Its (almost) cubic shape is appealing in itself, but it is enhanced by nicely rounded front and back top edges and a fetching combination of finishes. The lens sits recessed into a square aperture on the projector's front edge, alongside sensors that can automatically adjust the size, shape and focus of images whenever the GP520 detects that it has been moved.

Connections include two HDMIs, wi-fi and Bluetooth 5.2. You can also connect it to a dedicated optional stand that easily allows a variety of viewing positions.

The GP520 ships with a likeable remote control that helpfully features some luminous buttons and provides instant access buttons to the projector's YouTube, Netflix and Prime Video apps. There's also a mic button so you can issue verbal instructions via Google Assistant.