The PT-AE900 offers a host of image optimizing features including a new Dynamic Iris optical system that extends the iris range by 30% for a breathtaking 5500:1 contrast ratio. Dynamic Iris, with scene tracking capability, constantly adjusts the light volume and gamma curve in real time, so the picture is always optimal and transitions between scenes are amazingly smooth and natural. The Panasonic is also outfitted with new Smooth Screen technology that effectively eliminates the “Screen door effect” (visible spacing between pixels) and gives the projector a sharp, detailed HD picture that is remarkably smooth and film-like.
Acclaimed Cinema Color Management (CCM) technology controls both contrast and brightness to provide faithful reproduction of even subtle hues, moving color correction closer to the process used for motion pictures. With CCM, individual correction of more than 1 billion colors is possible. CCM technology also lets users choose from among seven preset picture modes, in which the contrast, brightness and gamma levels are adjustable making it easy to select the optimal settings for any source material. These seven, expertly-crafted preset picture modes, including Hollywood Cinema 1 customized by leading Hollywood colorist David Bernstein for watching movies, allows the user to best match his source material.
The projector’s Dynamic Sharpness Control automatically adjusts video signal enhancement based on the difference in brightness of adjacent pixels, largely eliminating noise amplification and delivering clearer, more natural-looking images. The Panasonic pt-ae900 also features a redesigned sharpness filter that enhances the reproduction of fine detail along objects’ edges.
- Progressive Cinema Scan (3/2 pull down) that automatically detects an input signal from filmed material, and creates an optimum progressive scan processing method to assure faithful reproduction of the original image.
- New to the PT AE900 is a universal “learning” remote control that can memorize the functions of up to eight home theater components (both Panasonic products and products from other manufacturers) so that users can control an entire home theater system with a single remote.
Other key features include an operating noise level as low as 25dB, memory-storage of up three sets of picture adjustment settings; a 16-language on-screen menu; and manual zoom and focus. The pt ae900 weighs 7.9 pounds, and its dimensions are 13-3/16” W x 3-23/32” H x 10-5/8” D.
