For those of you that are curios, D-ILA stands for Direct-drive Image Light Amplifier. With all this talk about DLP, and Laser TV, D-ILA is barely being whispered about. This is all for good reason, since the only big company selling sets to consumers is JVC. This doesn’t take away from their offering and they make some great points. First and foremost, D-ILA isn’t subjected to a lot of the same issues that happen with LCD or DLP televisions. Also, there is no color wheel. The televisions don’t need to function properly.
According to JVC:
The JVC difference is our unique 3-Chip, LCoS design. LCoS chips are reflective, for the absolute best brightness and contrast in the industry. By using three of these chips, we eliminate the mechanical color wheel used by other competing 1080p manufacturers.
Furthermore, each chip has the full 1080 x 1920 resolution. That’s two million pixels per chip, or six million pixels total in the JVC HD-ILA light engine. Other competing 1080p manufacturers create their picture with as little as one million pixels in their light engine. It’s no wonder that so many leading publications rate JVC as the best 1080p projection TV available today.
Those are some serious fighting words, and they appear to have the goods to backup the claims. Consider the HD61FH97 61-Inch 1080p HDILA Rear Projection TV. It’s 61 inches, so it fits into CNet’s 60″ niche, and it does 1080p. The only downside appears to the price, but if you want a superior picture it isn’t going to come cheaply.
From JVC [Via Amazon]
This 3-Chip DILA design features a true 1920×1080 pixel structure that delivers resolution that rivals reality. Packed with supporting features for the most demanding digital customer like 5th Generation Digital Image Scaling Technology (D.I.S.T. 1080p) with GENESSA Picture Processing where all signals are upconverted and displayed at 1080p, a NEW Advanced Optical Iris, 5-Point Color Management, Dynamic Gamma Correction Circuitry, 2 1080p capable HDMI/HDCP Digital Inputs, Dual IEEE1394 Connectivity, 2 HD Component Inputs and features geared to make your Standard Definition sources perform better, like Mosquito Noise Suppression, MPEG Noise Reduction Circuity, a 3D Y/C Comb Filter with Cross Color Elimination and Digital Noise Suppression. With all of these features built in it is no wonder that JVC delivers the most technologically advanced and superior 1080p micro-display televisions available today.
- True 1080p 2 Million Pixel Structure 3-Chip DILA System (1920×1080)
- ATSC/QAM and Digital CableCard Capable (Digital Cable Ready)
- 5th Generation D.I.S.T. 1080p(Digital Image Scaling Technology) + GENESSA Picture Processing
- Advanced Super Cinema Mode (Optical Iris System)
- Intelligent Noise Reduction Circuitry
The HD-ILA Advantage
True 1080p Over 2 Million Pixels Per Chip: 3 chips are better than one. With HD-ILA and a 3 chip design consumers are getting the highest resolution available. Each DILA chip has 1920×1080 resolution or true 1080p, that equates to over 2 million pixels per chip or over 6 million pixels in each set.
As you can see, there is a lot going on in the world of HDTVs and it doesn’t seem like it will be coming to an end any time soon.
HighDefForum had a conversation debating HD-ILA and DLP, you can find it here.
You can find the replacement lamp for this and other JVC HD-ILA televisions here.
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