JVC DLA HD100

Our attempt at the end there to find something bad to say about the HD100's performance really was just grasping at straws, to be honest. For the truth is that this projector is even better than the already outstanding HD1, and as such arguably rates...

Excellent detail and edge definition with both Blu-rays and DVDs ; wonderfully balanced colour palette ; impressive black performance

Deinterlacer isn’t quite perfect

In a group of amazing quality, the JVC still stands out as an astounding performer at a very fair price

Spectacular picture quality ; Plenty of features ; Attractive design ; Fair price

Quite big ; Doesn’t have a 12V trigger output

The D-ILA revolution continues apace with another extraordinarily good home cinema projector

Excellent black levels ; Superb contrast ; Solid feature package ; Plenty of installation flexibility ; Good connectivity with two HDMI inputs

Poor primary and secondary colour accuracy ; Severe over-saturation

The awesome transfer of The Departed on Blu-ray is a good movie to show off the JVC's excellent resolution. The opening scenes, starting with the diner scene and moving to the police academy scenes with Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio, looked razor...

The JVC DLA-HD100 has excellent black-level performance and consequently superb contrast ratio, a solid feature package allows plenty of flexibility in installation, and good connectivity with two HDMI inputs.

Poor primary and secondary color accuracy, which leads to severe oversaturation of color.

Although a top performer in some respects, the JVC DLA-HD100 projector's relatively high price makes it a questionable value considering its color accuracy issues.

Huge maximum contrast., Excellent factory setup., Versatile positioning.

Sub-optimal processing of standard video., Awkward zoom and focus controls.

A few small grumbles aside, the JVC DLA-HD 100 produces breathtaking pictures with its massive contrast ratio, excellent factory setup, and three-chip technology — and it manages this without showing digital artefacts. But to get optimal picture...

The full 1920 x 1080P HD three-chip D-ILA light engine achieves a stunning new level of color and contrast ; This is the first native 30,000:1 contrast ratio front projector,meaning it does not rely on an automatic iris and does not compromiseimage...

Light output is only adequate at600 ANSI lumens, suitable only for theaters that are completely blackedout and light-treated ; The wide lens offset exhibits some visible pincushion distortion with shorter throw distances ; The internal Gennum scaler...

Ten years ago, JVC transitioned fromusing an analog Imaging Light Amplifier (ILA) to a completely digitalversion that features outstanding and previously impossible lightoutput from a video projector (greater than 4,000 ANSI lumens). Thiswas designed...