JVC D-ILA 70-inch LCoS reviewed
By Marc Perton 
posted Dec 23rd 2005 11:10AM
posted Dec 23rd 2005 11:10AM
It's probably just a little too late to ask for one of these for the holidays, but you can still plan for next year (hey, Valentine's Day is coming, right?) by checking out Sound and Vision's review of 70-inch HD-ILA Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) set. The D-ILA isn't the first XXL LCoS set, but at about $6,000 it's significantly cheaper than its main rival, Sony's rear-projection SXRD model. Sound and Vision found the HD-ILA — which boasts full true hi def 1080p 1920x1280 resolution — to be a stellar performer, with sharp pictures and blacks that ranked as "the best [they]’ve seen from a rear-projection HDTV this past year." And although the review pointed out some user interface glitches and other minor issues, the overall impression was that this is a "giant HDTV manages to combine the high resolution of 1080p with most of the other characteristics that make a great-looking image." (Of course, you can forget about hanging this on your wall plasma-style, but we dare you to find a 70-inch, 1080p plasma for this price.)
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Who cares? No 1080p input. I can't figure out why anyone would buy something that can't do what it's advertised as being able to. I feel as though there may be some class-action suits in a year or so when HD movies hit the consumer market. This is so misleading.
I don't think any lawsuits will come to bear, but I agree -- I'm waiting to make the jump to HDTV until a set comes on the market that can accept a 1080p input AND fully resolve the signal. The HP Pavilion is, to my knowledge, the only set that can accept 1080p sources (via HDMI) but doesn't have the 1920x1080 to resolve it (without "wobulation"). The Sony SXRD (and others) have the 1920x1080 resolution, but can't accept the input.
So, you don't think 1080p is going to help at all when it comes to displaying 1080i on the screen? Or that as long as the internal scaler is decent, you'll also get great 720p in addition to that 1080i? I'm hoping by the time I get an SXRD set next year they have a 1080p input, but since virtually nothing displays 1080p at this point, and it's going to do a great job with 1080i, I'm really not too concerned.
@Ryan: An I can not figure out why we always have to buy gadgets which are already outdated :)
Anyway I would love to have that one in my home ... maybe someday ...
"So, you don't think 1080p is going to help at all when it comes to displaying 1080i on the screen? "
In a word, no.
You can't get blood from a stone. You can make a 1920x1080 image out of a 1920x540 image, but you're not actually getting 540 lines worth of extra detail - in fact you're getting *no* extra detail, and in fact may be getting less depending on what method the scaler is using to deinterlace.
Which is not to say upconverted 1080p is necessarily worse than native 1080i. But it's not necessarily better either.
Native 1080p is a whole different story. Then you're talking around 35% (or so) more actual data, and actual extra detail on those extra lines. But unfortunately, this set cannot accept native 1080p, and I agree with the first poster - you shouldn't be able to advertise 1080p if your set can't even accept a native 1080p source.
And yes, it makes a *huge* difference if you plan to use your PC with this TV, which a lot of people do these days. PC HDTV tuners, Media Centers, PC gaming, all very popular in combination with hdtv's. And you can't use a native PC 1080p resolution (PC's are by nature progressive) with a TV like this.
What do you expect for the price? If it doesnt perform as you want it to, buy another one or wait a few years for them to become standardised. 70 inches? The only way you are going to afford is if you are very rich and have a long living room, otherwise a 70 inch is going to fry your brain in an average room.
the samsung takes 1080p via vga.
You are incorrect about a 1080p not doing better with a 1080i input than say the other standard, 720p. There is no contest in which picture is vastly superior. If you haven't seen the proof yourself, than simply do the math and explain to me how you would use 720 vertical lines to eek out a 1080i picture. The "1080p" is only a measure of how it draws its own screen, and is therefore accurate, not misleading, and not subject to a lawsuit. The 1080i is essentially de-laced and both frames shown as one 1080p image. Go to a Sony Style store that carrys the Qualia line (very few of these stores) and see their "Blue Ray" Demo of Spiderman 2 on the 70 inch screen. It may not be a 1080p input, but the output is absolutely stunning and it is progressively displayed accross a 1080 (vertically) pixel array.
You are incorrect about a 1080p not doing better with a 1080i input than say the other standard, 720p. There is no contest in which picture is vastly superior. If you haven't seen the proof yourself, than simply do the math and explain to me how you would use 720 vertical lines to eek out a 1080i picture. The "1080p" is only a measure of how it draws its own screen, and is therefore accurate, not misleading, and not subject to a lawsuit. The 1080i is essentially de-laced and both frames shown as one 1080p image. Go to a Sony Style store that carrys the Qualia line (very few of these stores) and see their "Blue Ray" Demo of Spiderman 2 on the 70 inch screen. It may not be a 1080p input, but the output is absolutely stunning and it is progressively displayed accross a 1080 (vertically) pixel array.
You are incorrect about a 1080p not doing better with a 1080i input than say the other standard, 720p. There is no contest in which picture is vastly superior. If you haven't seen the proof yourself, than simply do the math and explain to me how you would use 720 vertical lines to eek out a 1080i picture. The "1080p" is only a measure of how it draws its own screen, and is therefore accurate, not misleading, and not subject to a lawsuit. The 1080i is essentially de-laced and both frames shown as one 1080p image. Go to a Sony Style store that carrys the Qualia line (very few of these stores) and see their "Blue Ray" Demo of Spiderman 2 on the 70 inch screen. It may not be a 1080p input, but the output is absolutely stunning and it is progressively displayed accross a 1080 (vertically) pixel array.