JVC's trio of Clear Motion Drive II 1080p LCD TVs coming to America

Yeah, there's a decent chance you'd forgotten all about JVC's three Clear Motion Drive II-equipped TVs, but just in case you've been waiting in tense anticipation, we've got stellar news. The 37-inch LT-37X898, 42-inch LT-42X898 and 47-inch LT-47X898 are all set to take the US by storm, featuring a 120Hz refresh rate, 10-bit IPS LCD panels, and Full HD support. Additionally, these sets boast the firm's "fifth generation D.I.S.T. (Digital Image Scaling Technology) engine on the JVC-exclusive 32-bit Genessa chip," a 178-degree viewing angle, 2,000:1 contrast ratio, a 4.5-millisecond response rate, 500 cd/m2 brightness, a trio of HDMI 1.3 inputs, and 20-watts of amplification for the built-in speakers. The trifecta is set to land this month as a part of JVC's new Procision series, and will run interested consumers $2,100, $2,600 and $3,300 from smallest to largest.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2007 8:27PM]

JVC must measure their contrast ratio different then other manufactures, as 2000 to 1 contrast ratio is not all that great for the newer LCD TV's.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2007 9:48PM]

manufacturers have been reporting dynamic contrast ratios that are significantly higher than On-Screen ratios as seen below (copied from the new Sony XBR4):
18,000:1 (Dynamic) 2; 2,000:1 (On-screen) 1

since the new JVC is a 10bit panel I would suspect the 2000:1 ratio reported above is the On-screen measurement as opposed to a dynamic measurement.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2007 3:07AM]

Jeff... you don't know much about contrast ratios.

The best average, real-world native CR's to date have been between 1000:1 to 2000:1 CRs, and the best models out now have 2000:1, and one, Sharp's newest D92U even has 3000:1 native CR. Note: all TVs, depending on the content shown onscreen, can also achieve much higher, or dynamic, CRs, up to 25,000:1 [claimed by Samsung on their latest models]. All depends on the dark/bright content being displayed and the internal processing.

Not to be outdone, Sharp recently announced a future LCD being developed with up to 1,000,000:1 (yes, a million!) CR, although there exists no real-world equipment that can actually measure that high.

Note: the latest Pioneer Kuro plasma displays also have very high CRs [both native and dynamic], achieving the most realistic black levels yet seen in a flat-panel display, according to various trade and consumer reviews.

Note: if you will read product reviews in various AV magazines - like http://www.hometheatermag.com or http://www.soundandvisionmag.com - you will see that most displays with good CR's average about 1500:1 [any lower tend to reveal lighter black levels during dark scenes, revealing blacks that are actually more GRAY in color].

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 12th 2007 1:44AM]

Joseph R @ Sep 11th 2007 3:07AM
Jeff... you don't know much about contrast ratios.

Joseph, all it says in the article is the contrast ratio was 2000:1 It did not say if it was dynamic or on-screen or what. I said they(JVC) must measure it differently then the others and I was right in a way, they just provided an on-screen ratio Contrast figure versus what many others quote in their PR releases, which I take is Dynamic. pkeegan did a good job of explaining it.
I don't pretend to know everything about measurements of HDTV's. That's why I ask questions on here. I do know measurments are not the whole picture(no pun intended) when buying a HDTV. You must actually look at it. Just like buying speakers on measurement or amps. Listening is always recommended.
I think I do know more about this stuff than the average Joe however. And I am learning more everyday.