New PT-DZ12000U and PT-D12000U Delivers Outstanding
High-Brightness and Superior Image Quality with Compact 12,000 Lumen
Projector Solutions
LAS VEGAS--(Business Wire)--
InfoComm Booth #C2401 - Panasonic Projector Systems Company, Unit
of Panasonic Corporation of North America, today unveiled its new
12,000 lumen three-chip DLP projectors that set the standard for
displaying High Definition content in large venues. The high
resolution PT-DZ12000U WUXGA (1920 x 1200 pixels) and PT-D12000U SXGA
(1400 x 1050 pixels) models are designed for large venue and rental
and staging solutions such as, commercial digital cinema, higher
education, corporate and digital advertising customers.
Both the PT-DZ12000U and PT-D12000U include new, built-in edge
blending and a geometric adjustment feature that enables both
projectors to deliver dynamic warping capability and presentation
solutions. Edge blending, used primarily for the rental and staging
market, makes it possible to overlap multiple images to create a
single larger image, thus enabling users to project images on
oversized screens for large audiences. The Panasonic Projectors' easy
to operate geometric adjustment feature makes warping images to be
projected on curved surfaces possible, making these new projectors
ideal solutions for museums with amphitheaters and other similar-type
settings.
Superior Brightness
The PT-DZ12000U and PT-D12000U both go beyond full-HD expectations
by setting a benchmark of 12,000 lumens of brightness. The three-chip
DLP technology provides resistance to image deterioration over time to
ensure reliable, high-quality operation. They are also equipped with a
3D Color Management feature that helps optimize color saturation, hue
and brightness levels for approximately 1,070,000,000 colors.
Panasonic picture quality for the PT-DZ12000U and PT-D12000U are
also supported by a new Detail Clarity Processor. The projector's new
Detail Clarity Processor analyzes frequency characteristics of each
frame and applies necessary sharpness at varying degrees to create
natural, life-like images with exceptional clarity.
The System Daylight View function uses an image processing circuit
to compensate for the loss of color saturation that occurs when light
reflects onto the screen from bright surroundings. This feature is
especially effective for producing crisp, sharp images in dark
portions containing gradation.
"Displaying HD content in large venues requires impeccable image
quality, reliability and ease of installation and use," said Thomas
Zitelli, president of Panasonic Projector Systems Company. "The
PT-DZ12000U and PT-D12000U offer customer's flexible, state-of-the-art
projection solutions with professional quality viewing for hours of
extended use."
Ultimate Efficiency and Flexibility
Each model comes equipped with the Auto Cleaning Robot, an
automatic filter cleaning system that enables about 2,000 hours of use
without filter maintenance. The liquid-cooling system, directly cools
the DLP chips and allows both models to be used in temperatures up to
45(degree)C (113(degree)F), enabling their use in a wider variety of
environments. The micro-cut filter traps dust particles 10 microns or
larger, safeguarding the optical blocks and capturing about seven
times as much dust as previous models' filters. With Panasonic's
original four-lamp system, both 12,000 lumen projectors feature a lamp
replacement cycle. If one lamp burns out during operation, the lamp
relay mode allows the remaining lamps to provide plenty of light to
continue projecting(1).
The wide adjustment range for the horizontal and vertical lens
shift provides flexibility for easy installations because it assures
virtually distortion-free images, while the optional lenses offer
different throw distances. It's through these powered zoom/focus
lenses that enable the projector to perform in a variety of
environments.
Both models, which support PJLink(TM) protocol can be connected to
a wired LAN connection, allowing remote control, monitoring, and
e-mail alert messaging functions through Web browser. Temperature
alarm and burnt-lamp LEDs are also included on each projector, letting
operators know exactly where to address maintenance issues.
The Panasonic PT-DZ10000U and PT-D12000U projectors are both made
in Japan, Buy American (BAA/TAA) compliant and will be available at
authorized presentation systems dealers from August. The
manufacturer's MSRP of the PT-DZ12000U is $69,000 and the MSRP of the
PT-D12000U is $59,000.
For more information on Panasonic's complete line of projectors,
go to the U.S. Panasonic Projector Systems Company Web site at,
www.panasonic.com/projectors, the Panasonic Global Web site
http://panasonic.net/pavc/projector or phone 888-411-1996.
About Panasonic Projector Systems Company
Panasonic Projector Systems Company is a prominent supplier of
projectors and presentation systems in the United States. It is a unit
of Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal North
American subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
(NYSE:MC) of Japan, and the hub of its U.S. marketing, sales, service
and R&D operations. For more information on Panasonic Projector
Systems products, visit the company's Web site at
www.panasonic.com/projectors.
(1) The lamp replacement cycle hours may vary depending on the
usage conditions.
Panasonic Projector Systems Company
Tori Pugliese, 212-798-9860
tori_pugliese@cohnwolfe.com
or
Stephen Bosk, 212-798-9752
stephen_bosk@cohnwolfe.com
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