JVC HD-61FN97 Review
By Ian Bell
July 18, 2007
We have just posted our review of the JVC HD-61FN97 61-inch MicroDisplay rear-projection TV.
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"The core of the HD-61FN97’s D-ILA projector is a tiny, reflective 0.9-inch CMOS chip that directly addresses a miniature Image Light Amplifier (ILA). Accordingly, the projector separates the signal from the source into red, green, and blue picture components and passes them through a thin film layer onto a reflective single LCD panel. Since it’s a reflective (rather than transmissive, like LCD) technology, the light bounces off a mirror-like layer underneath the pixels. Since the light does not have to pass through a pixel-driving transistor, it is able to achieve a higher aperture ratio (claimed to be 93 percent by JVC). Reportedly, standard LCD panels only pass about 40–60 percent of light because LCDs work by sending the light through the liquid crystal layer. Each resulting image is then converted photo-electronically and illuminated by a high-density arc lamp. "
Read the full JVC HD-61FN97 review