Thomas J. Norton

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CEDIA 2019
JVC Rolls Out HDR Upgrade for its LCoS Projectors
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 13, 2019  |  0 comments
JVC's line of LCOS projectors hasn't changed much this year except for the addition of a feature it calls Frame Adaptive HDR.
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CEDIA 2018
JVC Shifts into 8K at CEDIA with Impressive Results
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 09, 2018  |  0 comments
Deeper into this blog thread you’ll read more about JVC’s impressive new lamp-based 4K projector lineup. I arrived late to the press event and had to take screenshots from the back. But I couldn’t resist bringing you an MST3000 moment.
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CEDIA 2018
JVC Shifts to Native 4K with New Projectors
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 06, 2018  |  0 comments
JVC put its pixel-shifting prowess on hold today at CEDIA Expo with the introduction of three native 4K projectors.
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CEDIA 2014
JVC Stands Pat
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 13, 2014  |  0 comments
While JVC introduced no new projectors at CEDIA EXPO for the first time in years, it still produced some of the best-looking images at the show. Using a native 4K source, its top of the line DLA-X900 looked particularly striking in low lamp mode on an approximately 130-inch wide screen. For those unfamiliar with JVC's current models, its higher-end designs can accept a 4K input and process it so that can be reproduced by the projector's 2K (1920 x 1080) LCOS imaging chips. Through further processing it then simulates 4K. Though it isn't true 4K, it can look very good.

I'm guessing that in the depths of JVC's R&D facilities they're working on a way to produce an affordable true 4K home theater projector. So far no one has done this--unless you consider Sony's $16,000 VPL-VW600ES affordable (but see the story above).

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CEDIA 2017
JVC Unveils 5th Gen eShift Tech in New Projectors
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 08, 2017  |  0 comments
JVC unveiled the fifth generation of its eShift technology in three new projectors.
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CES 2015
JVC's 4K Diamond Lineup Sparkles with New 85" TV
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 08, 2015  |  0 comments
A number of new 4K Ultra HDTVs (in the Diamond line) and 1080p Full HD TVs (in the Emerald line) were announced at the show by Amtran/JVC. The DM65USRLCD is a 65-inch, 4K set favorably reviewed in our February/March 2015 issue (right in photo). There's also a 55-inch Diamond model at $899 and a new 85-incher (left), expected to hit stores later this month at the remarkable price of $7,500.
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Audio Video News
JVC's New Display Line
Thomas J. Norton  |  Apr 12, 2006  |  0 comments

JVC announced a number of new additions to its lineup of video displays at January's CES. But the company showed at an off-site hotel and there just wasn't time to get to it. At a recent event in the Los Angeles area JVC exhibited its new models for dealers and the press.

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Media Server Reviews
Kaleidescape System 3000 Entertainment Server
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 21, 2005  |  0 comments
If you're like me, with a large library of DVDs (I think I'm over 1000, but I haven't counted them lately), just finding the one you want is a chore. Try as I might to keep them in some sort of order, it never works for long. I pull out a few to watch, and before you know it there are little piles scattered all around the house.
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Tower Speaker Reviews
KEF KHT 5005.2 Wireless Surround Speaker System with Wireless 5000 Series Option
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 05, 2007  |  0 comments

Spending a lazy summer afternoon running wires around the room to hook up a 5.1-channel speaker system is not a favorite family activity. Polls have shown, in fact, that most consumers who buy home-theater-in-a-box systems never even hook up the surrounds. Or if they do, they put them up front, further apart than the left and right speakers! Of course, that doesn't apply to owners of more advanced systems. Or does it?

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Tower Speaker Reviews
KEF Q900 Speaker System
Thomas J. Norton  |  May 25, 2011  |  1 comments

Performance
Value
Build Quality
Price: $4,250 (updated 3/10/15)
At A Glance: Superb sound on both music and movies • Wide, deep soundstage • Outstanding value

Cue the Qs

KEF’s Q Series, improved over multiple generations since 1994, has long been the British speaker company’s bread-and-butter line. The new Qs, which began shipping earlier this year, were designed in the U.K. and are manufactured in China.

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