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with a Theatre O ptim iserthatm atches HDR deliveryto yourscreen’ssize and gain. O therfeatures shared by the two projectors include the sam e intuitive m enu system and backlitrem ote handset,aswel asm otorised lenscontrolsand ac uratelensm em oriesthat help make setup easier. In terms of instalation both beam ers have a 2.0x zoom and identicaldim ensions,althoughtheNZ7is a sm idge lighterat22.5kg,and they can be stand orceilng m ounted. So, what’s diferent? M ost im portantly, the NZ8 isslightly brighterwith a claim ed 2,500 Lum ens output, com pared to the NZ7’s 2,200,and the form erhasa superiorcontrast rating of80,000:1,double thatofthe NZ7. TheNZ8also hasacoating ontheinsideofits lens asembly to improve contrast performance by suppresing any reflected light,and ituses a wide colourgam utfilter thatreachesDCI-P3. The only other diference is that the NZ8 em ploysa four-directional8K/e-shiftX device, as opposed to the NZ7’s bi-directional 8K/e-shift unit, first introduced on the previous generation’s DLA-NX9. This later only shifts pixels by half-a-pixel diagonaly, whereasthe new ‘X’variantshiftsthem in al
fouraxes,which alowsthe NZ8 and NZ9 to display a ful8K (8,192 x4,320)im age. W hen itcom esto laser-powered native 4K projectors, JVC’s only com petition is the Sony VPL-XW 5000ES (£5,999)and VPL-XW 7000ES (£14,999).The form eris obviouslythe m ostafordable option,butislim ited to 2,000 Lum ensand drops3D,wide colourhandling and m otorised lenscontrolsto reach itslowerprice point.
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