The DLA-RS600U and the virtually identical DLA-X950R are JVC's flagship models for the US Market (called the DLA-X9000 in Europe) and replace the DLA-RS67U, RS6710U and X900R models, that we had reviewed in April 2015 (HERE) and received our "Best in Class" award.   Although these new JVC projectors now accept 4K/UHD signals using the latest standards (i.e., HDMI 2.0a and HDCP 2.2) and offer wide color gamut and support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) video, they do not display the picture at full, native 4K resolution.  Rather, as with last year's models, JVC uses 1080p display chips along with a 4th generation of their pixel shifting technology (that JVC calls e-Shift4) to project a pseudo 4K image. A true full resolution 4K/UHD image contains approx. 8 million (8M) pixels while a 1080p HD image contains approx. 2M pixels.  These JVC projectors will take a 8M pixel image and sub-sample it to produce 4 million unique pixels that are then displayed as two sequential 2M frames that are offset diagonally from each other by 1/2 pixel.  The resulting image does contain twice as much information as a 1080p image but only one half of the information as a true 4K (i.e., 2160p) image.  The bottom line result is that a high quality 4K/UHD display or native 4K projector, when displaying a high quality native 4K video, can show a little more fine details than what is possible with these JVC projectors.  Usually the difference in resolution will be very subtle while other differences in picture quality may be more noticeable.   This will be discussed in more detail later in this review. NOTE:  See the May 2016 update to this review that addresses 4K/UHD performance - HERE Update 9/17:  JVC has announced the RS640 the latest in the series, to ship by year end. The newest iteration has HDR - both HDR10, and HLG (for streaming), plus improved e-shift pixel shifting.  We hope to review the new model in the next few months once they start shipping.

JVC's flagship home theater projector makes for stunning viewing in a dedicated home theater!

A quick clarification.  This JVC DLA-RS6710U accepts some 4K content, but technically it is still a 1080p projector, since it has 1080p panels.  It is not a native 4K projector.  It does use something called pixel shifting.

More on that later.  Let's get started.

JVC DLA-RS4910 and the RS49 and X500R - are superb home theater projectors with excellent black levels, that are 3D capable and accept 4K source material!  They are all the same projector performance wise. This year we were unable to obtain a review unit directly from JVC in a timely basis, so we reached out to one of JVC's best known dealers - AVS, aka AV Science (click to visit).  Some of you know them as the creator's of the AVSforum.com (although they are now separately owned companies).   I want to express my thanks to them for the loan. Unfortunately I had relatively limited time with the RS4910 projector, and Mike our calibrator was out of town until just 3 days before I had to return it.  As a result, I didn't get to play with 3D, and didn't get much time to figure out some of the advanced features.  That's OK, I was still dazzled. I am traveling to Japan this week, so more content will be added when I return - artThis year JVC has expanded their lineup from three to four projectors. That's true for both JVC's Consumer group, which market this JVC DLA-X35 projector and the other "X" projectors. The JVC Pro side offers essentially identical projectors with the RS designation. The DLA-X35 is this year's version of last year's DLA-X30. JVC this year also has the X55R previously reviewed. That projector is mostly the same as the DLA-X35, except the X35 costs $1500 less, lacking the X55R's e-shift2 feature. Despite being JVC's "entry level" projector (if you want to call any projector that's $3500 entry level), the DLA-X35 manages to offer some impressive results. Let's begin with an overview of JVC's DLA-X35 projector. Pick a color. We received the DLA-X35W finished in a low-reflective white, but there's a DLA-X35B finished in the same non-shiny black as the X55R.Last year JVC offered three home theater projectors in their lineup, but this JVC DLA-X55R shares features from two of those JVC projectors.  The DLA-X55R is primarily built around last year's X30 (which has been improved as this year's X35). In addition though, JVC's e-Shift feature, previously found only on the top two models, has been integrated into the DLA-X55.  That puts it squarely between the X35 and X75 projectors. Let's get started with an overview of JVC's DLA-X55R.JVC's DLA HD250 home theater projector is their first enty priced low enough to compete against some of the much higher volume projectors in the $2000 to $3500 price range. While still near the high point of that range, it's price is low enough for JVC, to generate some serious sales, if still not in the volume league of the Epson Optoma and Panasonic, projectors. How does it stack up?