The D-ILA has landed!

This weekend I picked up a new 52" JVC D-ILA television.  It is an 3-chip LCoS microdevice reverse projection tabletop television, similar to the DLP TVs that have taken the market by storm.  The difference with LCoS is that there is no spinning color wheel, and thus no possibility of seeing the color separation ("rainbow") effect.

Anyway, I got it home on Saturday night, hooked it up to the Comcast HD/DVR box (powered by Microsoft!) and fired it up.  If you've ever asked "what's the big deal about HDTV?" take a look at SportsCenter on ESPN-HD and you won't ask again.

The problem: there is some kind of dust on the lens or inside of the screen, and the screen has some discoloration on the inside that is unacceptable.  Much to my dismay, I am going to have to take it back and get a replacement.  However, once I get this sorted, I can tell you that we are going to be happy with this TV for some time to come.

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 11, 2005
  Fogive me for asking, but how much did this technology wonder set you back? Inquiring minds want to know.
  
  
• Anonymous
  January 12, 2005
  Let's just say it was a bit more than $2500...
  
  As an update, I calibrated the color using Avia, and it really looks good. Too bad I'm going to have to take it back... :(