JVC X30 review and JVC x30 vs Optoma GT750 comparison report

polkfarmboy
polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
edited November 2012 in Electronics
Well lets start with the JVC X30 review first

Having owned many projectors in the past (mostly LCD tech) This is my first LYCOS projector. The LYCOS has three liquid crystal silicon panels inside but the light engine is totally sealed like DLP tech so no need to worry about dust getting into the light path

First impressions was astonishing with the JVC. I put the lights out and hit the switch on the remote and and heard a little noise but even at less than 2 foot I could not even hear the fan as it was near silent in operation. What happened next was a bright JVC logo just beamed out from the center of the image but the projector did not even look like it was on. I new I was in for a treat straight away in the contrast department

When I hooked up a 235 cinema scope movie the black bars above and below the screen were jet black on my white 1.1 gain screen. I have always craved this from a projector and it was my biggest let down from the Epson 5010 as it was an ugly shade of bright grey. The contrast really does POP as I have heard people say for 2D performance. I have never until now experienced what a high native contrast does to colors on screen and the effect is a vivid vibrant picture that makes it look sharper and brighter than the image actually is. This is all in a room with a white ceiling and walls!! I can only imagine what this thing can do in a batcave

When flicking through movies and blurays the picture takes on an almost 3 dimensional appearance with a really natural depth to the image because contrast is so high. No matter what projector I had in the past on no matter what brightness setting the 2D picture never had this much depth. I love movies so the film like quality of a movie was lacking on the Epson 5010 as it had a hard looking artificial cold or rough feel to the image. The JVC X30 is really smooth and there is more information per pixel that gives a more organic quality for DVD's. The best way to describe the JVC is less digital looking on not just bluray but also DVD's

The projector has motorized lens function so there is no little knob or wheels to turn to adjust the picture. You just get the remote and electronically adjust the zoom for sharpness, up and down left or right for the picture placement and up and down to decrease or increase the size of the image awesome!! There is also an automatic picture crop feature I found later so you can just zoom out the black bars to fit the aspect of a 235 screen like I have now

So here I shall load a picture up that just sums up the whole JVC X30 experience for me and its the start of the new Dead Space movie. Sure I have saw star fields and loved the look but new saw full brightness with such a deep dark inky black background. This is the crack for the eye balls as I am now hooked forever.

Once you see crack you'l never go back
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