JVC DLA-HD100

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By Kevin Miller, CNET.com, CNET Asia
Mar 14, 2008

The DLA-HD100 is JVC's new flagship model, while the DLA-HD1 from last year remains in the line at a lower price point. The HD100 adds some improvements that are certainly desirable--including improved black-level performance and contrast ratio--but oddly the color accuracy and light output are both better on the older HD1. Unfortunately, someone at the company decided to radically change the primary color points, making them even more ludicrously wrong on the HD100 than they are on the HD1. Red, in particular, measures way beyond the HDTV specification, causing severe over-saturation, so you will have to dial the color control down significantly to get pictures to appear reasonably natural. The high-end JVC HD100 does a lot of things right, but given its problems with color accuracy and relatively steep price, the competition offers better options.

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Design

As far as appearance goes, the DLA-HD100 looks identical to its older sibling, which is to say relatively understated in terms of design flare and "cool factor". This squarish box has a high-gloss black finish and a relatively small footprint. The lens is centered on the chassis, which both gives it a more symmetrical look over designs in which lenses are near the side of the chassis, and will make ceiling installations easier in terms of aligning it to the screen.

The remote is nicely laid out and colored silver instead of matching black to the projector. The slender clicker arranges the important function buttons and the arrow keys for navigation at the bottom and we were pleased to find that all of the keys are backlit. The internal menu system is identical to the older JVC unit, and is simple and intuitive to navigate.

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