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 In a previous blog on CEDIA Video Introductions, I wrote about the impressive projector introductions JVC Professional and JVC Consumer brought to the CEDIA EXPO. JVC Professional and JVC Consumer both showed new D-ILA 1080p projectors with built-in color-management tools to achieve accurate color reproduction. The DLA-RS20 and DLA-HD750, respectively, feature exceptional picture quality that surpasses the DLA-RS2’s superb performance. We use an RS2 with JVC’s Professional outboard RSVP2 color-management processor and RSAL2 anamorphic lens in Widescreen Review’s Holosonic® Spherical Surround Home Theatre Laboratory. The new RS20 and HD750 exceed the groundbreaking 30,000:1 native contrast ratio performance achieved by the RS2, (a remarkable achievement) and feature a built-in color management system and new glass lens that deliver brighter and sharper images and even deeper blacks. These projectors will be available in December or January at $8,000 MSRP. They offer outstanding performance and value. I know that Greg Rogers, our Video Technical Editor, is excited to be the first to review the RS20. Well, JVC has now revealed new details and revised specifications for these new THX®-certified D-ILA projectors. Most impressively, these new projectors offer a native contrast ratio of 50,000:1—the industry’s highest. Contributing to the projectors’ superior native contrast ratio is a newly developed lens with a 16-step fixed aperture that helps eliminate extraneous light that can reduce contrast levels, and allows adjustment of brightness to suit user preferences. The new lamp is highly efficient, to achieve a brightness of 900 lumens. These two new projectors surpass the picture performance of the Professional RS2 introduced last year. To me, the deeper the black level a projector can deliver, the better the picture experience. Period. I have been spoiled with owning two 9-inch CRT projectors, a Sony VPH-G90 and a Runco DTV-1200, both capable of infinite contrast ratio, due to the technical nature of CRT performance. These two projectors remain our true reference projectors, along with the JVC RS2, which will be replaced with the RS20 once that projector becomes available. The RS20 and HD750 both surpass even the Professional DLA-SH4K 4096 x 2400  projector in terms of native contrast ratio. Projectors that can deliver true blacks produce pictures with extraordinary depth, rich shadow definition, and naturalness, as long as they are calibrated to the proper color temperature and colorimetry standards for standard-definition and high-definition content creation. While resolution is an important parameter, native contrast ratio is, I believe, the most critical specification for a projector. For more information on the RS20 and HD750 visit JVC’s Web site at www.jvc.com Gary Reber Editor-In-Chief & Publisher Widescreen Review 
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