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New JVC Projector Update Boosts HDR10 Performance

SV Staff  |  Sep 9, 2019

JVC today announced a firmware update for its 4K D-ILA projectors that delivers a “significant advance” in the HDR (high dynamic range) performance of HDR10-encoded video.

The update is free and will be available for download in October for the DLA-NX9, one of Sound & Vision’s 2019 Top Picks, as well as the DLA-NX7, DLA-NX5, DLA-RS3000, DLA-RS2000, and DLA-RS1000 projectors.

The update adds JVC’s new Frame Adapt HDR feature for HDR10-encoded content, which uses a proprietary algorithm to analyze images frame by frame and automatically adjust brightness and color to optimize the HDR output of each frame, effectively overcoming HDR10’s limitation of having a fixed setting that doesn’t respond to varying brightness.

JVC said its new adaptive frame processing produces more realistic images and maintains color by adjusting dynamic range in real time as well as analyzing and correcting saturation, hue, and brightness.

“Even within a single program, darker scenes have deeper blacks with enhanced color,” the company said in a press statement. “Bright scenes have higher peak brightness without color loss while maintaining black level. All content is reproduced closer to what the human eye is capable of seeing.”

Another key benefit is “smooth gradation with 18-bit level gamma accuracy,” the result of upping gamma processing from the previous 12-bit equivalent to 18 bits.

“In any given scene, it reduces the banding effect in the bright portions and the crushing of dark portions,” JVC said. “This provides accurate, smooth gradation along with higher average peak level brightness and increased color saturation, which had previously been a challenge with HDR content.”

While designed for HDR10, the Frame Adapt HDR feature also works with content that does not contain (Max CLL/Max FALL) metadata for maximum brightness. “As a result, all HDR10 content can be enjoyed with greater dynamic range and image quality than ever before,” JVC said.

The processing also supports a 16:9 aspect ratio when the projector is used with a Panamorph Paladin DCR anamorphic lens.

The download link will be available here when it becomes available next month.

COMMENTS
sirwilliamlee's picture
Submitted by sirwilliamlee on September 18, 2019 - 7:54pm

i had wondered if LENS SHIFT had rendered those obsolete?

jnemesh's picture
Submitted by jnemesh on September 26, 2019 - 1:47pm

While you CAN get away with the projectors lens memory and masking functions to fill a cinemascope screen, an anamorphic lens is still the preferred way to go, as it will allow the use of the entire DILA panels and offer higher brightness. You would get a better picture buying the $7999 RS-2000 and a Panamorph lens than you would spending the $17999 on the RS-3000 and using lens shift. It's really just about how much your wallet can handle vs. the performance you want to achieve.

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