DPX-1300 Incorporates Advanced Technology, Features 5000:1 Contrast Ratio, Realta HQV™ processor and 720p DarkChip3™ DMD.
Yamaha Electronics Corporation, the leader in digital video reproduction, debuts its fifth generation DLP™ Digital Cinema Projector, the DPX-1300, to complement its line of high-end Audio/Video equipment.
Built from a foundation of successful high-performance projectors such as the DPX-1200 and DPX-1100, the DPX-1300, equipped with the 720p DarkChip3TM DMD, uses narrow mirror gaps and an improved coating for superb contrast and color uniformity to deliver a memorable home entertainment performance.
Designed for discerning home theater enthusiasts, the DPX-1300 provides an incredible 5000:1 contrast ratio and brightness levels of up to 800 ANSI lumens with sharp yet natural color reproduction. The projector uses newly-designed 10-bit video signal processing from A/D conversion through to DMD output. The digital video processing device features high performance HQVTM (Hollywood Quality Video) technology with ultra-speedy operations processing and a programmable video array processor from Silicon Optix, providing 3:2 Pull-Down detection type IP conversion that can handle 1080i HD signals.
The Realta HQV device encompasses true 10-bit video processing, full four-field motion adaptive video de-interlacing for both standard definition and high definition signals, temporal-recursive noise reduction, automatic multi-cadence detection, and pixel-based detail enhancement. It also utilizes the same video processing power—1 trillion operations per second— as the famous $60,000 Teranex Xantus box. In addition to powerful video processing, the Realta device incorporates an advanced scaling engine that uses as many as 1024 taps to scale resolutions up and down, as well as for correcting extreme keystone angles in both horizontal and vertical dimensions.
Other noteworthy technologies include highly detailed scaling processing; jaggy reduction for HD sources by Multi-Direction Diagonal Filter (MDDF); highly advanced noise reduction, which judges the noise by pixel through Temporal Recursive Noise Reduction (TRNR); and high quality keystone correction by geometry engine (eWARP-2). In addition, Yamaha has incorporated two new technologies to further improve DVD picture quality: Mosquito Noise Reduction and a newly developed Yamaha Overshoot Suppressor.
The projector has a high-resolution lens (F = 2.7-5.0) that maintains resolution sensitivity to the edge of the lens. Four anomalous dispersion glass components have halved chromatic aberration while maintaining a short focal point and high magnification zoom.
The DPX-1300’s color wheel has seven segments with an ND filter-equipped green segment that provides a more true-to-life picture than ever before. Green resolution is 10-bit, which also significantly improves the representation of black tones.
Installation of the DPX-1300 is easy and versatile. A short focal length of 3m (100" 16:9) and high magnification with a zoom ratio of 1.6x facilitate installation. Motorized vertical lens shift is ±50% of projection height and iris, zoom and focus adjustments are also motorized.
The projector is user-friendly, and offers a one-line menu with a graphical menu configuration that keeps operation simple. Other features include Smart Zoom for projecting 4:3 sources onto a full 16:9 screen, Cinema Zoom for eliminating black bars on images wider than 16:9, six memories for each input, variable lamp power control, operation lock function, automatic aspect conversion, powerful trigger out (12V, 200mA) for flexible custom installation system design, and HDMI and DVI input for digital video connection.
The Realta HQV processor has already received numerous awards and accolades, including the "Best of Innovations" award for the Embedded Technologies category at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show, "Most Promising New Technology" and "Most Exciting New Company" from The Perfect Vision, "Best Buzz" of CEDIA from Insight Media, AVGuide Monthly’s "Best Product Overall," Red Herring’s "Top 100 Innovators" award, Fred Kahn’s "Silver Best of CES" award, and most recently "Best Picture of the Show" at the Home Entertainment 2005 Show in New York City, from Tom Norton of UltimateAVmag.com.
The DPX-1300 will be available in November for an MSRP $12,495.95.
For more information, write Yamaha Electronics Corporation, P.O. Box 6660, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9105; e-mail infostation@yamaha.com; or visit www.yamaha.com/home. To learn more about Realta HQV, go to www.hqv.com.
Yamaha Electronics Corporation (YEC), USA, based in Buena Park, California, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Yamaha. YEC offers Home Theater components and systems, featuring A/V Receivers, Amplifiers, DVD/CD, Speakers, Mini-Systems, Video Projection, as well as A/V & IT Convergence Products.
Silicon Optix Inc., a privately held fabless semiconductor company, is the leading supplier of advanced programmable video/image digital processing integrated circuits (ICs). The company’s products are driving three unique technologies into a broad range of markets: a patented, powerful, array-based programmable DSP for digital video that can perform one trillion operations/second enabling real-time pixel-by-pixel processing of HDTV; industry-leading and Hollywood proven software algorithms from Teranex; and proprietary eWARP™ geometry processing. Silicon Optix's mission is to leverage these innovative technologies into ICs that will enable the next generation of digital video/image capture, transmission, distribution, editing, storage, and display solutions, with an initial focus on large-area digital displays including front and rear projection. Silicon Optix is headquartered in San Jose, California, with operations in Hanover, Germany; Orlando, Florida; Taipei, Taiwan; Shanghai, China; and Toronto, Canada. For more information about Silicon Optix, please visit the company’s website at www.siliconoptix.com.