JVC DLA-HD350

By Alex Jennings, CNET.co.uk
Jan 30, 2009

After years as a small player in the home theater projector market, JVC suddenly brought its D-ILA technology to prime time with the introduction of the DLA-HD1. This revolutionized the sort of black-level response that could be expected from a reasonably affordable beamer.

As the first proper next-gen model, we were fascinated to see what JVC's DLA-HD350--priced at around S$6,999 (US$5,037.79)--could do, and hoped it would take the company's burgeoning technology up another gear.

Positives

For a large projector, the HD350 is surprisingly attractive, thanks to the glossiness of its black finish and its distinctive, stretched diamond shape.

The HD350 is much easier to set up than its HD1 and HD100 predecessors. The onscreen menus are excellent and there are motorized vertical and horizontal lens shifting, zoom (with a 2x optical range) and focus options, as well as keystone correction for straightening out the edges of images.

Technophobes can take heart from a mostly well-conceived set of image presets, while tinkerers can save the results of their endeavors into any of the three provided memory slots. What's more, the number of adjustments that can be made with the HD350 are much higher than with the HD1, and every extra tweak enhances the prospect of you being able to get pictures looking exactly as you want them to.

Particularly handy are the three aperture adjustments for changing the amount of light the HD350 lets through its lens. This gives you a degree of choice over the image's contrast and brightness balance.

Tags: Lens, Image, JVC, projector, adjustment

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