JVC DLA-HD100

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A 1080p native resolution is becoming standard among projectors these days, and that's a great trend since all those pixels become increasingly important in larger screen sizes. The JVC's three 1080p resolution panels--one each for red, green, and blue--use its proprietary D-ILA technology, a variant of LCoS that's similar to the SXRD panels used in Sony's projectors.

The main additions to the feature package include customizable gamma, electronic Zoom and Focus features, and a Vertical Stretch mode to accommodate an outboard anamorphic lens for 2.35:1 (theatrical widescreen) aspect ratio screen applications. Of course, the projector also offers selectable color temperatures, which include Low, Middle, High, Memory 1, and Memory 2. The last two potentially allow for two separate grayscale calibrations, one for color (6,500K) and one for black-and-white (5,400K) material. The Pixel Adjust enables minor corrections to panel alignment, which will sharpen up the picture slightly. A Mask feature is very useful in ridding the screen of compression lines created from cable and satellite boxes. However, we do not recommend masking Blu-ray sources because they require zero overscan to ensure you are getting all the resolution on the screen.

Unlike on most projectors in this category, the DLA-HD100 doesn't have an Iris control or an auto Iris setting, which we consider a plus--some poor implementations impair picture quality in our experience and is better off disabled.

Connectivity options are reasonably generous. Two HDMI 1.3 terminals head up the list, along with one component-video, one S-video, and one composite-video input. Finally, a DLA-HD10032 control port is on tap for touch-panel remote control programming purposes.

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