In over ten points of attack one can readjust now parts of the gamma curve. Like that it is simply possible by remote maintenance, e.g. darken details to emphasize and so the Durchzeichnung further to increase. Also a possible bloomings can be corrected easily. At this feature all advanced home cinema fans have fun.
Perfected gamma curves like above are with the HD100 no more problem...
The gamma rise can be adjusted thereby not only for gray tones, but also for each basic colour (R,G and B) separately. Like that also a white alignment perfected in all brightness is possible on the D65-Norm.
Above: Already ex factory the HD100 offers an exact white alignment
Down: The white alignment can be perfected by detailed parameters
With the help of these extensive adjustment possibilities a deficiency of the HD1 is eliminated. After correction the perfected image representation can be stored, so that the attitudes are not lost.
4. Increased one, even color area
Already the HD1 pursued the goal of being able to simulate with a particularly large color area strong colors of the cinema better. By a special internal color filtering this also succeeded with the HD1. Critic disturbed it however that the color area did not appear evenly extended in relation to the video standard, so that certain color blendings in their accuracy suffered.
With the HD100 one revised the color representation on optical level: It offers again a clearly increased color area, but it was evenly expanded than with the DLA-HD1:
Above: the new color area of the DLA-HD100
At the bottom left hand corner: The color area of a xenon projector like the SonyVW100 is not larger
Down right: The small brother HD1 shows a less balanced color area
As the comparison shows above, even a Sony VPL-VW100 in things color area cannot keep up with the HD100 any longer, and which although the Sony expensive and aufwaendige xenon technology uses. JVC reached better results with the substantially more favorable UHP lamp, which is above all light-more stable and for a bright picture provides so more on a long-term basis.
Apropos picture brightness, the enlargement of the color area becomes by a light loss of approx.. 15% buy, more in addition in the next chapter. Besides without a resuming color management (CMS) does, so that it was not possible at least with our pilot lot equipment, the color area on the video standard to trims. With conventional pictorial material the HD100 already tends therefore, like its predecessor HD1, to a very strong color representation, which can be affected only with the help of "saturation"Reglers. Here there are definitely still Verbesserungspotenzial in things adjustment possibilities, wait we the final series off...
5. Native contrast of 30,000:1 (!)
As already described the HD100 gives better influence possibilities on the picture plasticity by a aufwaendiges and precise gamma management. The "dynamic area" is determined however by the native contrast relationship of the projector. And here JVC sets a further milestone: The contrast opposite the HD1 again doubled on 30,000:1!
Such high values let fast the suspicion of the "Marketinghype" arise, let us not speak in practice to become such values not under adherence to the video standards reached. Therefore we examined the native contrast and were naturally surprised: The HD100 test equipment actually reached a contrast of 30900:1 on adherence to the D65-Farbnorm! This means that JVC indicates again honestly the realistic efficiency of the Beamers. Here we praise again this honesty and request competitors to follow this example. Also without objective test magazines the possibility is only thus given to the user to compare technical data seriously.
Measured values HD100 - PreProduction
Zoom shot Color mode Lamp mode Light/lumen Contrast
Max one Means (D65) High 610 24000:1
Max one Means (D65) Normally 510 24000:1
Mid Means (D65) High 530 26500:1
Mid Means (D65) Normally 450 26500:1
Min Means (D65) High 430 31000:1
Min Means (D65) Normally 350 31000:1
As one can infer from the table above, JVC is very honest also concerning the brightness data. By the new tuning of the color filtering the projector under adherence to the D65-Norm 600Lumen (maximally 700 lumens) reaches. In combination with the increased contrast this means that the schwarzwert was doubled opposite the HD1 more than. In other words: The darkest black is to be differentiated with the HD100 less than half as brightly as with the HD1 and thus hardly still from "genuine" black to.
In the direct comparison to the DLA-HD1 one sees this improvement particularly in dark space scenes à la to "star Wars" or "space cowboy". Here space is still blacker and the contrast therefore still more concise than with the HD1, and as many readers know, the HD1 is already ansich a class for itself.
6. Result
Our first Preview shows: All improvements, which JVC promises officially with the HD100, are also actually kept by the projector. The remaining question is: How does the HD100 strike itself now in regard to its small brother, is justified surcharge?
The probably aufwaendigsten improvements concern the color area and the native contrast. It would have been for JVC an easy, with the help of an adaptive screen the contrast of a new Beamers into the range with six digits to "boosten", yet one decided for a aufwaendigeren and more honest way: By selected D-ILA to panels and polarisation filters succeeded it to double the actually optically attainable native contrast of the projector. This contrast increase takes place alone via the schwarzwert, so that black is still darker with the HD100 than with the HD1. How much more darkly? Like, if one already lies within high ranges, the differences are as often not as day and night. Everyone, which its own calls or it under optimal conditions to experience was allowed the HD1, will confirm that the HD1 already shows a outstanding schwarzwert, which does not lighten most film scenes no more disturbing. Black is simply dark with the HD1. And with the HD100? There black is simply still darker than darkly, evenly nearly black. As when High ending last perfection is always reached by always aufwaendigere technical conversions.
Same applies to the color area, for JVC on a new, more precise optical filtering also here set, in order to realize an increased color area in view to coming video standards. The electronic Nachkorrektur, which entails inevitably a contrast loss, was gone around to a large extent thereby. A good beginning, yet we would have wished ourselves for the HD100 a Colormanagement system, how it is actually usual in this preisklasse. On gamma and RGB- level was introduced however for it an exemplary and efficient system, which permits absolute perfection in things to brightness distribution and color temperature.
In the equipment above all the HDMI1.3 compatibility is praising to be mentioned, those the projector, that with a purchase price of approx.. €8500. - long time in the use to be is, on years makes. With him one can only hope that the film companies repair the deficiency of the reduced color area with present hp publications as fast as possible. Because the HD100 is with its large color area, the realizable color gradations and the uniquely high contrast to an image representation able, which their time ahead is.
For whom now surcharge is worthwhile itself opposite the HD1, which is the present good deal in the home cinema segment and represents at the same time the largest competition?
The HD100 is worthwhile itself to remunerate for everyone, which at present wishes the technical maximally feasible in things projection -ohne to compromise and that is ready, a so aufwaendige Kompromisslosigkeit accordingly... it is worthwhile oneself for genuine "High Ender"...
20 October, 2007
Corner-hard Schmitt
7. Specifications: DLA-HD100 D-ILA Home theatre front Projector
- display DEVICE: Full hp D-ILA DEVICE
- panel size: 0,7 inch of x 3 (16:9)
- resolution: 1.920 x 1.080 of pixel
- Lens: X2 motorized zoom shot/focus lens, f=21.3-42.6mm, F=3.2-4.3
- Lens SHIFT function: ±80% vertically and ±34% horizontal
- screen Size: 60 tons of 200 inches
- Light SOURCE lamp: 200-watt ultra high pressure mercury lamp
- Brightness: 600 of lumen
- Contrast ratio: Native 30,000:1
Video input terminal
- HDMI: x 2 (1,3)
- Component: x 1 (3RCA), CAN thus used as A RGB terminal
- S video terminal: (mini DIN4 pin) x 1
- Composite: x 1 (1RCA terminal)
- control terminal: RS-232C (D-sub 9 pin)
- video: 480i/p, 576i/p, 720p60/50, 1080i60/50, 1080p60/50/24, NTSC/NTSC4.43/PAL/PAL-M/PAL-N/SECAInput of signal M
- PC: SXGA, xga, svga, vga (via HDMI)
- Noise level: 24 railways (normal mode)
- power Consumption: 280W (Standby 2.7W)
- dimension (W x H x D): 455 x 172,5 x 418.5mm (without extruding)
- Weight: 11,6 kg
* PC input is via HDMI digitally inputs only. Similar to PC input is emergency possible.