HDTV Lounge

The LT-37DR7SJ is currently JVC’s most affordable 37in LCD TV, and so we guess we shouldn’t be too surprised to find build quality sacrificed in the name of cost-cutting. Having said that, companies like Samsung and LG seem able to produce similarly cheap LCD TVs that still manage to look cute, so maybe we shouldn’t be so forgiving of the 37DR7SJ’s blandness after all.

The extent to which JVC has compromised on this TV’s build quality immediately raises concerns about what other compromises it may have made to hit an entry-level price point. So it certainly comes as no shock to find just one HDMI input when we’re really starting these days to want – if not need - two. There are only two Scarts as well, though these can at least both handle RGB signals.
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JVC’s LT-32LC85 is a decent HDTV at a fairly decent pric of 250,000 Yen ($2179 USD). The LT-32LC85 runs at a 1,366 x 768 resolution, and makes use of the “GENESSA” imaging engine for better source scaling, and imagen sharpening. Features include a whole lot of connectivity, including HDMI, dual Firewire, digital optical audio and an SD slot for viewing photos . The LT-32LC85 should be available for sale in September.

The JVC LT-26DX7B is, unsurprisingly, a 26-inch HDTV from JVC’s “InteriArt” range. This smaller (26 inch) TV is available on the web for around £700 and will probably make its way onto many a shopper’s list of potentials, because it includes two HDMI inputs - something of a rarity on smaller screen sizes as well as PC input.

Looks-wise, it features the now-popular “piano black” plastic surrounding the viewing area, behind which there’s a subtle glittery pattern. I’m not the biggest fan of this gloss-black, because I simply don’t like the appearance, and tend to find the added reflections more trouble than they’re worth when you look at the TV outside the world of perfectly-produced promotional photos. No huge worries here though, because the appearance isn’t too jarring and the border is small.

JVC are facing some seriously stiff competition in the LCD TV business. At its cheapest, this TV can be hard for around £720 mark. That is certainly an impressive price for an HDTV, but for slightly less money it’s possible to pick up 26″ Read more

The JVC LT-37X987 & LT-32X987 are two LCD HDTVs featureing 120Hz Clear Motion Drive LCD TV. 120Hz is by far the fastest refresh rate for a TV you can find. Clear Motion Drive technology produces images at 120 frames per second (120Hz), double the typical rate, and inserts an interpolated image. The result is a significant reduction in blurring or ghost images.

Both sets offer 1366 x 768p native resolution and JVC’s fifth generation D.I.S.T. (Digital Image Scaling Technology) Genessa 32-bit CPU video processing, which seamlessly upscales any video source to display at 768p. Other features of both new JVC LCD TVs include ATSC/QAM/NTSC tuning, digital 3D Y/C comb filter with DTV cross color elimination, digital noise reduction, MPEG noise reduction, and a full complement of inputs and outputs - two HDMI inputs, two component inputs, two S-Video inputs, 15 pin D-Sub PC input, optical digital audio out and audio output. Read more

The JVC-Victor DLA-HD10KS LCoS based 1080p projector has been nnounced by JVC. With a hope to beat DLP projectors in the market
It makes use of their D-ILA implementation of LCoS as we have seen in their large panels, with almost theater-like 27-decibels and features a respectable 2,500:1 contrast ratio & 2048 x 1536 resolution, unfortinatly only one DVI-D HDCP port and no HDMI. Read more