LT-42X899
The Best LCD From JVC
JVC packed the LT-47X899 with all the technological wrinkles it could assemble. Its image processors upsample today’s 8-bit sources to 12 bits (although the LCD panel itself is limited to 10 bits). It can also handle Deep Color (if and when we get Deep Color program material). It also does x.v.Color, although this format is currently limited to the few HD camcorders that can record it. In addition to the usual inputs (including three HDMI 1.3 and two component), the set also includes a USB Photo Viewer. You can use this to show your friends the JPEG photos you took last summer.
JVC provides five selectable Video Status modes in the Picture Adjust menu. (Video Status is JVC’s name for its preset, user-adjustable picture modes.) You can adjust the basic video controls separately for each Video Status mode, but not for all of the advanced adjustments. In turn, you can set each mode differently for SD (480i/p) and HD (720p, 1080i/p) sources. However, you can’t configure a given Video Status mode differently for each input.
Snapshot
An all-new onscreen menu design
and solid 120-Hz processing distinguish JVC’s new LCD set
Plus
• Crisp high-def picture detail
• Excellent screen uniformity and viewing angle for an LCD
• Transparent 120-Hz upconversion
Minus
• Overly rich out-of-box color (even in Theater mode)
• Can’t separately adjust Video Status presets for each input
Key Features
• 120-Hz display
• TV Guide On Screen program guide
• HDMI 1.3 connections with xvYCC support
• 1080p/24 input-capable
•Inputs: (3) HDMI, (2) component-, (3) composite-, and (1) S-video; RF
Ant/Cable; RGB PC, USB, and RS-232C
• 44 1/4 x 28 5/8 x 5 1/8 in, 75 lb (with stand)
• HDMI 1.3 connections with xvYCC support
• 1080p/24 input-capable
•Inputs: (3) HDMI, (2) component-, (3) composite-, and (1) S-video; RF
Ant/Cable; RGB PC, USB, and RS-232C
• 44 1/4 x 28 5/8 x 5 1/8 in, 75 lb (with stand)
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