JVC DLA-X7

JVC DLA-X7 review

OverviewNot everyone 'gets' 3D. Indeed, there are days when we're not sure we totally need it. But not so today.At the root of our sudden 3D love-in is JVC's new DLA-X7 3D projector. We thoroughly enjoyed the brand's entry-level and ridiculously good value DLA-X3, but the step-up X7 really does take quality to another level. Not that the qualitative leap is obvious from the outside. For, at first glance, it appears identical to the X3, with the same large, vaguely elliptical body shape, impressively polished finish and striking racing car-style vents down either side. The X7 does weigh slightly more than its sibling for some reason, but really the only obvious external sign of the X7's step-up status is the addition of a little THX logo on its upper edge.For dedicated home cinema fans, of course, this logo is potentially very important, as it shows that the X7 has been officially endorsed by the third-party quality assurance group. What's more, the logo refers to the machine's performance with both 2D and 3D, meaning THX was convinced about such key 3D issues as brightness, colour and crosstalk noise.