JVC DLA-RS15

The DLA-RS15 home theater projector replaces last year's DLA-RS10, a projector we considered one of the best, last year. The RS15 is an LCoS projector, as are a number of $2500 to $10,000 home theater projectors. Pricewise the DLA-RS15 fits about in...

Very Color with extremely good skin tones ; Well above average brightness in "best" movie mode ; Almost the best black level performance around, bested only by 3 or 4 projectors most of which are other JVCs ; A nice, vibrant feel to the image Sunny...

A relatively dim "brightest" mode, of 750 lumens (calibrated, midpoint on zoom lens) the RS15 can't deal with a whole lot of ambient light, at all, unless you have a small screen ; CFI not as smooth as the best. Definitely changes enough to "damage"...

Here's a digital image off of the DVE-HD disc. I publish the American flag because I figure the large majority of my readers know exactly how the colors should look