JVC HD-58S998 Review
The great looking, super thin frame and super slim (10-inch) body of the JVC HD-58S998 rear projection HDTV from JVC is so thin, it can even be wall mounted like an LCD or plasma set. Cnet have got their hands on the 58-inch beauty and say, we love that the bezel along the top and sides of the screen’s edge measures a mere 1/3 of an inch wide, even thinner than that of the former thin-bezel champ, Mitsubishi’s WD-65831. That sliver of a bezel allows this 58-inch set to occupy just 51.5 inches of width. As is par for the RPTV course, the area below the screen is significantly chunkier and glossy black.
In dark scenes the JVC more than held its own against the competition. Black areas weren’t quite as dark as with the Panasonic plasma but they were definitely darker than the Pioneer.
The JVC HD-58S998 turned in a good overall performance, with one big exception. Our review sample suffered from fairly severe geometry errors, which, among other issues, caused horizontal lines to appear curved upward toward the edges.
