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Panasonic has revealed details on its new PT-AE1000E projector: its first to feature a ‘full HD‘ resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. This means it perfectly matches the native resolution of Sky’s HD broadcasts and 1080-line films on Blu-ray and HD DVD discs, potentially delivering a purer, crisper picture.

Other exciting things about the AE1000E include:

• claimed contrast ratio of 11000:1 - the highest in its class
• optical system that delivers a high brightness of 1100 Lumens
• Panasonic’s aspherical glass lens system, which reduces the amount of light dispersion to make pictures look crisper and more vivid.
• next-generation full HD LCD panels characterised by inorganic, vertically aligned liquid crystals for enhanced black level performance
• An improved version of Panasonic’s Dynamic Iris system
• A new Pure Colour Filter using optical tweaks to achieve a higher level of purity for the three primary colours of red, green and blue. The result is deeper blacks and a wider colour gamut
• Smooth Screen technology to reduce LCD’s ‘chicken wire effect’
• Cinema Colour Management, which helps colour correct approximately 1.07 billion colours using 14-bit gamma correction
• a very impressive 2x power zoom

The PT-AE1000E will be available December 2006, for an estimated price of around £3,500.

Via Home Cinema Choice

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At CeBIT, Toshiba presents the et20, the first ever Super Close Projector. The et20 – with integrated DVD player – requires only half a meter throw distance to project an image almost 1.30 m in size.

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Wow, this is a grazy ‘home-theater’. Well it is not really in the home but it is outside a home, or more specific on a townhall in Dijon France. Four projectors covering a 750 square meter townhall building with images and animations that make use of the shapes of the building.

Antoine Legras and Stan Cixous via MouseOver.be and FreshCreation

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Widescreen images now move easily from your desktop to the conference room, or the home-theatre room with the Mitsubishi HD4000U, our first WXGA, high-definition, high-brightness DLP projector.

Specially designed for the 16:9 wide aspect ratio. It includes the latest DDP3020 TrueVision Image Processing with BrilliantColor technology bringing you truer, more vibrant colors.

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The Sony ultra compact VPL-ES3 accepts a range of sources including high definition images while the short focal lens enables a maximum screen-size of up to 300 inches. The VPL-ES3 also comes with a monitor-out connection, so the image to be displayed on a second screen. It can be integrated with other equipment - for example, the audio output connector can be linked up to an external speaker system.

The projector is feature rich with native SVGA resolution, 2000 ANSI Lumen Brightness, 6 selectable picture modes, a component input terminal, monitor out, front exhaust, and 3 selectable black level adjustment modes

Highlights:
* 2000 ANSI Lumens
* SVGA Resolution, Scans to SXGA+
* 0.63-inch SVGA 3 LCD Panels
* 165W UHP Lamp
* Rated 3000 Hours (Standard) Lamp Life
* 40″ to 300″ Screen Coverage
* 29dB Noise Level (Standard Lamp Mode)
* 1.2 times zoom lens
* 1-component (Y/R-Y/B, HD-15)
* Video Composite, S-Video
* Monitor Out
* Front and rear IR Receiver
* Front exhaust system

The VPL-ES3 will be available in March. Price $1,229.00

Source: Sony via TechDigest

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Just throwing this interesting link at you. Do you want to know more about contrast ratio numbers and the real thruth about it? Read this article: 

Lately, we have seen a number of manufactures quoting extremely high contrast ratio figures for projectors and display systems. We therefore thought of discussing the subject in a little bit in detail; more info in the following guide:

• The Contrast Ratio Game - Playing with Numbers!
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We are back at the end of 2005 ready for some great lists. Here is the list of Robert Silva at About.com. This is list of basic products.

1) Crowson Technology TES-100 Tactile Transducer - Product Of The Year 2005

If a subwoofer doesn’t provide enough "kick" for you, then add more fun to your home theater with the Crowson Technology TES-100 Tactile Transducer. Although subwoofers bring realistic bass sound to the home theater environment, there is still something missing - tactile sensation. The combination of the TES100 Transducer and A200 Amplifier enables one to turn his/her own chair into a home theater component that adds the sensory experience of touch to your viewing and listening enjoyment.
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2) Olevia LT32HV 16×9 32-Inch HD-Compatible LCD Television

For less than $2,000, this set sports a 32-inch 16×9 screen, as well as HD-compatible progressive scan and DVI-HDCP inputs, perfect for watching DVD and HD material (with an outboard set-top box). The LT32HV includes great sounding side-mounted speakers, and an output to connect an external subwoofer. The LT32HV also has extensive picture adjustment controls, a very wide viewing angle due to its Super Inplane Switching, and good response time, which minimizes motion lag on poor source material.
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