JVC has unveiled a new range of high-end projectors. The D-ILA home theater projectors will be available in six models. The most impressive feature in the range is the contrast ratio these projectors offer, the top of the line RS35 and HD990 have a contrast ratio of 70,000:1, while the entry level HD550 also has a good contrast ratio of 30,000:1.
Other models in the range include the RS15 with a 32000:1 contrast ratio and the RS25 and HD950 with 50,000:1 contrast ratio each. The top four models are all THX certified, and can perform very well in home theater environments. These models will be capable of handling a wide range of video content at maximum resolution, and also interpolate colors separately in three-axis of color phase, chroma saturation and brightness for better picture quality.
All models are equipped with high-performance 1.4 – 2.8:1 zoom lens with motorized focus, manual adjustment of gamma curve, and compliance of HDMI version 1.3. The projectors will be available this month, with the entry level HD550 priced at $5000, RS15 for $5500, RS25 and HD 950 at $8000 and the top end RS35 and HD990 at $10,000.
NEC released two new DLP projectors, the NP110 and NP215. Both of these projectors provide 2500 lumens brightness, 2000:1 contrast ratio, up to 5000 hours of lamp life (in ECO mode), BrilliantColor technology, built-in wall color correction presets, a filter-free design and consume no more than 0.49W in standby mode. The NEC NP110 And NP215 will start shipping in October 2009 with an estimated street price of $459 and $599, respectively.
NEC Display Solutions has just released a new, wide-aspect professional installation projector, the NP4100W. The new projector is aimed at areas with high ambient lighting, and for larger spaces. To that end, the projector has a high level of brightness at 5500 ANSI lumens, and a display resolution of 1280×800 with a 16:10 aspect ratio and 2100:1 contrast ratio.
The NP4100W comes with the ECO mode technology that can increase the lamp life by up to 50%, while decreasing fan noise at the same time. This will of course have effect on the display and brightness, but is a good feature to use when ambient lighting is lower and suitable. It comes with five optional lenses that can work for screen sizes ranging from 40-inches to 500-inches, while at a distance of 2.8 feet to 304 feet.
Other features include AutoSense that lets the projector sync with any computer, DynamicBlack and BrilliantColor that improve the black level and video color and saturation respectively, integrated RJ45 connection for LAN, and remote diagnostics. The projector is able to take input from a number of sources like DVI-D with HDCP, RCA, s-video, component, 15-pin and BNC. To be put on sale this month, the projector costs $5,499.
BenQ launched a new projector for Mainstream Series, called MP523, after the launch of the model MP724.The new projector offers a brightness of 2,000 ANSI lumens, 2000:1 contrast, native XGA resolution (1024 x 768) and image size from 30 “to 300″. PC Input offers PC, Movie, sRGB, White Board, Black Board, Green Board, and customized User modes; A/V Input offers PC, Movie, sRGB, and User modes. Measuring 273 x 108 x 215 mm (10.7 x 4.25 x 8.46 inches) to 2.4 kilograms.
It will be available later this month, the price has not been reported.
