JVC DLA-X35 Pro Reviews

JVC's DLA-X35 is one fine projector. Here at Projector Reviews, we tend to overanalyze most things, because we can compare projectors side by side. Still, we try hard not to "lose sight of the forest, due to the trees." Take a JVC DLA-X35 projector home and enjoy it. As long as the JVC is bright enough for your room and screen size, it's unlikely that any but a very few, would have a problem owning and enjoying it thoroughly.

JVC might not be a big name in TVs or home video anymore, but its home-theater projectors are still videophile favorites. They feature the company's own D-ILA technology, capable of delivering jaw-dropping black levels -- and hence overall picture quality -- that trounces cheaper LCD and DLP projectors. The DLA-X35 is the company's most affordable example ($3,500 list), and even if you ignore screen size, its picture quality also trounces all but the best conventional TVs. Like all good projectors it requires a dark room and a decent screen, but provided those amenities, it's easy to imagine why someone would prefer watching this image over that of any standard-size flat panel, let alone a jumbo LCD.

The JVC DLA-X35 is a superb entry-level LCOS projector which we feel is on roughly equal footing to Sony’s excellent VPL-HW50, once the pros and cons of each have been weighed up. The competing Sony projector features superior motion resolution and a more filmic appearance by way of its Dark Frame Insertion mode, which we’re huge fans of (although other users find it unusable due to the added flicker), and it also has a less visible “screen door effect” due to the higher pixel fill ratio inherent to SXRD technology. However, the JVC X35 is hardly bad in this department, with a minor “screen door effect” only being visible in very bright scenes. JVC’s DLA-X35 can count superior panel uniformity (resulting in images free of obvious red, green or blue smears) when compared to other competing projectors we’ve seen at this price point. Similarly priced Panasonic and Sony LCD and LCOS products haven’t done as well here, which can be annoying if you’re into watching black and white films in particular. It’s also nice to see a motorised lens, plus lens memory features, present on JVC’s cheapest home cinema projector. We look forward to seeing the company’s midrange and high-end D-ILA projectors. Until then, we’re very happy with the performance from JVC’s cheapest 2013 offering, and have no hesitation in highly recommending it.