JVC DLA-HD100

Big and bulky, but its picture performance is perfectly poised

JVC has been making D-ILA based projectors since what seems like the dawn of time and their latest, the DLA-HD100, features the tenth generation of their fantastic technology. Home Theater Review writer, Jeremy Kipnis, shares his thoughts on what is sure to be a home theater classic.

JVC has long been a player in industrial-grade video front projectors, with its D-ILA (JVC's variant of LCoS technology) models finding their way into plenty of boardrooms, digital movie theaters, and other commercial venues.

JVC's latest high-end LCOS projector sports an unprecedented (claimed) native contrast ratio of 30,000:1, an industry first and a number they say is achieved without the use of a dynamic iris. The

The power of contrast. In the quest for deeper blacks and ever better contrast-ratio specs, dynamic irises that close down and open up the projector's light output automatically depending on the program material are all the rage. But there's no free lunch here. While the best auto-iris designs deepen blacks and increase contrast and are invisible in operation, there are inevitable issues with the varying black levels and brightness compression involved in this sleight of hand.

Has JVC produced the best "affordable" high end projector out there? John definitely thinks so.

JVC DLA-HD100

D-ILA technology is back and this time it’s better than ever