Epson PowerLite Pro Cinema 1080 Shipping in January
For those of you who were wondering about when Epson was going to bring their first 1080p projector to North America, you will be happy to hear that Epson announced today that the PowerLite Pro Cinema 1080 will be available in January for an MSRP of $4,999. The PowerLite Pro Cinema 1080 (a.k.a EMP-TW1000 in some parts of the world) uses Epson’s own D6 3LCD panels with C2Fine giving it a native High-Definition resolution of (1920 x 1080). Epson is using a few other of their own technologies in it as well, such as the Absolute Black technology that gives the projector up to a 12000:1 contrast and their efficient E-TORL projector lamps which distribute light for a more uniform picture. Other things worth mentioning would be the HDMI 1.3 connectivity and the 1080Perfect Video Processing. If you don’t wish to wait until January to enjoy 1080p LCD projection, other projectors that utilize Epson’s D6 LCD panels with C2Fine technology include the Mitsubishi HC5000 and the Panasonic PT-AE1000U.
[via PRnewswire]
November 28th, 2006 at 8:36 pm
Listed resolution specs for the Epson are:
Resolution (Native / Max) HD (1920 x 1080)
SXGA (1280 x 1024
Does this mean that it will display 1080i & 1080P @ 1920×1080 and everything else @ 1280×1024?
Thanks
I noticed that other 1080P projectors in the 5K range list resolution as 1080P 1920×1080 only.
November 29th, 2006 at 11:12 am
The simple explanation of it is that 1280 x 1024 is the maximum resolution the projector can display from a computer. If you were to throw a UXGA (1600 x 1200) picture on the projector, it wouldn’t display or wouldn’t display properly. Other projector manufacturers might not list this information because compressed and scaled resolutions take away from the picture quality and the viewing experience in general. Really, for best viewing results, always display images at a projector’s native resolution.
November 29th, 2006 at 9:40 pm
Thanks!!!!!!!!!
Not simple to me at all.
I think I confirmed what you stated. I checked and
all the Geforce-6, 7, 8 series pc graphics cards have 1920×1080 resoluton in 8/16/32 bit, 85 /100Hz but there is a statement at bottom of each chart:
Refresh rates shown are the highest attainable and are monitor dependent.
Resolutions, pixel depth, & refresh rates are driver dependent & may not be available in all applications or operating systems.
I guess this means a projector?
I was encouraged because of what I read below on the new 8800GTX card, I thought 1080P through a Projector was attainable:
With the GeForce 8800, HD processing is enhanced with the adding of support of VC-1 and H.264 HD spatial temporal deinterlacing, inverse telecine, noise reduction and edge enhancement.
This is an important step forward as most HDTV do not provide in built preprocessor to process the images. On top of that, all series of 8800 supports HDCP.
But I guess the key wording is: This is an important step.
Also I think I understand a little better now after reading about:
Match the aspect ratios
Understand that a computer user needs to select a screen resolution setting with the same aspect ratio as the aspect ratio of the monitor. If your monitor has a 4:3 aspect ratio, then your screen resolution setting should have a similar 4:3 aspect ratio, otherwise the display with be ?squished? and objects will appear fatter. On the other hand, if your monitor has a 5:4 aspect ratio, then pick a resolution setting which also has a 5:4 aspect ratio
http://www.hitmill.com/html/screen.html
Now I am off to find a video scaler that can stretch and convert convert the pc aspect ratio and resolution to match a 1920×1080, 16:9 projector.
If I find out thats not possible I guess I will jump off the nearest bridge.
Just kidding,
I am relentless by nature and I will just keep plugging untill I get it right.
Thanks for the help!!!!
Steve Z (ZUG)