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JVC DLA-HD1

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The basics

JVC DLA-HD1 is known as a 'DILA Consumer Front Projector' which was manufactured and presented by JVC. It is a 15,000:1 Contrast Ratio D-ILA Front Projector that provides viewers a Full HD experience. It weighs a good 11.6 kg and measures 455 mm (weight) x 172.5 mm (height) x 418.5 mm (depth).

The good

Think Texas Instruments owns digital projection? Think again. JVC’s liquid crystal on silicon D-ILA chips have a greater pixel density than DLP and can produce startlingly realistic results. And the HD has three of them. Its 15,000:1 contrast ratio means blacks dark enough to get lost in, together with colours bright enough to parade at Rio’s Mardi Gras. And don’t forget a crystal clear 2x lens that can project silky smooth 1080p footage across 200 inches of real estate.

The bad

There’s nothing wrong with the HD1 that a lottery win wouldn’t fix. Apart from its stratospheric price tag, you might watch out for its twin HDMI ports, which are only v1.2 instead of the newest v1.3 sockets that support Deep Colour.

The bottom line

Hook up a kick-ass PC to the HD1, fire up Left 4 Dead or World of Warcraft and you will never, ever, leave your house ever again. Seriously. They’ll have to bring in an IV drip and a catheter to keep you alive. It won’t be pretty.
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