JVC touts 1080p projector with 10,000:1 contrast ratio

JVC is out to please home theater aficionados, announcing a new display technology set to debut in its projectors next year. The system consists of three 0.7-inch D-ILA (LCOS) devices that pump out sweet 1,080p, 1,900 x 1,080 pixel resolution, with an aperture ratio of more than 90%, which JVC says delivers a smoother, more film-like image. The company's pairing that up with a new optical system in the projector, which promises a 10,000:1 contrast ratio and a brightness level of 800 lumens -- which seems like a bit of a disconnect to us, but JVC ensures us it'll provide "natural yet vivid color reproduction and high contrast." The first projector packing these new innards is set to launch early next year for "less than $7,000," though we're guessing not that much less.

[ShortDog @ Sep 12th 2006 4:37PM]

Correction: 1920 x 1080, not 1900 x 1080

[Jay @ Sep 12th 2006 4:53PM]

Sweet. One step closer to having the entire wall a screen.

[Ig @ Sep 12th 2006 6:56PM]

So JVC "promises a 10,000:1 contrast ratio." Does this really mean anything? There is no universal standard for measuring contrast ratios and manufacturers are free to claim whatever they want.

I also found one source that says the human eye can detect contrast ratios up to 800:1. Anything beyond that would be pointless, no?

[mike b @ Sep 13th 2006 1:22AM]

I'll take the Sony SXRD XBR (LCoS) before considering anything from JVC.

[Steve Smith @ May 19th 2007 3:28PM]

And you'd be missing out on a superior product for your biased viewpoint. I rent projectors for a living and have seen both. No contest.