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2600:1 High Contrast and Black Reproduction
DMD™ is a reflective device which can prevent light from coming through by
controlling mirror angles. Making good use of this DMD™ feature plus employing
all thoroughly developed optical engines, the XV-Z10000 provides sharper blacks
in black parts and a higher contrast ratio of 2600:1. Real blacks and clearly
reproduced subtle colours provide impressively beautiful pictures. |
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Natural Colour Reproductivity
With the development of an advanced optical engine including Primary Colour Wheels,
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Optimization of the Optical Engine
From the onset of XV-Z10000 development, all optical parts have been thoroughly
analyzed and experimented on in order to search for higher contrast ratio. This
brings anti-reflective coating for every optical part, optimization of light insertion
into DMD™ pixels, and a shutter in front of the projection lens. As a result,
backlight from diffused reflection in the optical engine and light leaking from
light reflection from objects other than DMD™ mirrors have been dramatically
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270W SHP Lamp System
The 270W SHP lamp affords rich light quantity and adjusts spectral characteristics,
resulting in high luminance and high colour reproduction, especially for reds,
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Three Primary Colour Wheel (CW)
Current DLP™ projectors employ a 4-colour (RGB and white) colour wheel in
order to increase white luminance and picture brightness. However, this causes
a debasement of colour balance by enhancing other colours to reach a bright white
level and a deterioration of black level because of white light straying onto
DMD™ chips. The XV-Z10000 uses a 3-Colour CW with only red, green and blue
primary colours, achieving high reproduction of pure colours and high-contrast
pictures.
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RGBW |
RGB Only |
| Brightness |
Brighter |
Normal |
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| Black Level |
Low (obscured) |
High (real black) |
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World's First 6x* Speed Engine
Single DLP™ projectors employ a time sequential CW system in which RGB images
projected on the screen sequentially are mixed and recognized as one image from
the afterimage effects on human eyes. But this causes a phenomenon called "Colour
Breaking". And since projection time for each colour is relatively long with
the 1x and 2x engine, remaining afterimages appear on the image for some time
like a RGB rainbow. For a theatre projector, this is a major weak point because
mainly moving images are projected. With the world's first use of a 6x* Speed
Colour Wheel in front DLP™ projectors, the XV-Z10000 achieves a projection
time 1/6 that of a 1x engine and improves colour breaking up to a degree virtually
invisible.
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multi-functional, digital image LSI, which incorporates various image processing
algorithms for high-quality display of wide-ranging video sources for use in liquid
crystal, DLP™, plasma and other stationary pixel display devices. With intensive
development of optimization from Sharp in this unique combined use of IC and DLP™,
the XV-Z10000 achieves the high-quality natural and detailed expression of movie
film ambience. |
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Pattern Matching I/P Conversion
Sharp's original High Image Quality System employs motion-adaptive I/P conversion
by using motion pixel detection, examining every pixel to ascertain whether a
motion pixel or not by comparing four-field information. It then selects intra-field
I/P conversion for a pixel detected as a motion pixel, and inter-field I/P conversion
for a still pixel. This motion adaptive I/P conversion drastically improves jagged
edges and blur level, which have been major problems for conventional I/P conversion.
Also, edge detection and motion quantity smoothing contribute to minimize malfunction
of motion pixel detection. In addition, Pattern Matching Technology is employed
to elevate the level of high-quality I/P Conversion. This function depicts pattern
information in a period from visual data, finds the vertically matching patterns
(which was until now impossible) and creates a new pattern in the midpoint of
these patterns by their mutual relation. Thus it smoothes out jaggies of somewhat
slanted, almost horizontal lines and edges, providing higher quality images.
Enhanced Up-Scaling
Conventional projectors need to convert the resolution values of normal video
signals in order to project normal PAL or NTSC video pictures through high resolution
panels. This sometimes results in unclear or jagged pictures. The Enhanced Up-Scaling
employs a much more advanced smoothing technology, producing a crisp and even
picture. |
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Superior 16:9 Image
Conventional projectors extend a picture evenly from the 4:3 original to fit into
a 16:9 screen, resulting in pictures stretched horizontally, i.e., wide and short.
With the XV-Z10000, pictures can be projected in a thinner ratio in the middle
part and only extended at the sides. This maintains natural and proportional pictures
close to the 4:3 original. |
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Enhanced Three-Two Pull Down for NTSC and
Two-Two Pull Down for PAL
Using the Film Mode, the XV-Z10000 can beautifully reproduce movie film
recorded in 24Hz progressive format. |
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called DLP™ for the display device. This controls the DMD™ (Digital
Micromirror Device) chip, which has many thousands of micromirrors on the silicon
chip, reflecting light to display images. Plus the XV-Z10000 employs a DMD™
HD2 chip with a ±12° DMD mirror angle developed from the DMD™
HD1 of ±10°. The Theatre-Oriented Optical System Design provides a
high contrast ratio of 2600:1, which achieves deep expressiveness in colour gradations
with wide dynamic range. |
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16:9 HD DLP High-Definition Picture
The XV-Z10000 employs the HD DMD™ Chip with 1280 x 720-pixel high
resolution —A world's first in front projectors. A 16:9 image, for
example, contains more than 1.56 times the image information capacity
than XGA and 2.56 times that of SVGA, providing high-precision picture
projection. For 720P HD signals in particular, an original high-resolution
picture can be projected without deterioration caused by pixel conversion.
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Newly Designed Back-lit Remote Control and
Pull-Down GUI (Graphical User Interface) Menu
Icon-based design on both the back-lit remote and GUI menu allows even first-time
Sharp projector users simple intuitive operation.
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Colour Temperature Adjustment
Colour Temperature Adjustment, with 61 position settings, reproduces the subtle
tones especially needed to display intermediate hue variations and is adjustable
with a wide range of tones in 100K increments from 5,500K to 11,500K. |
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Colour Management System
The Colour Management System enables adjustment of only a specified colour by
just pointing out the colour or the object on the screen without influencing other
colours on the same screen. With convenient one-colour adjustment there's no need
for troublesome whole-screen control.
Gamma Correction
Gamma Correction, with 6 position settings, provides the ideal picture reproduction
for any picture source from videos to sports programmes. Reducing resolution loss,
this function allows dark, low-iridescent scenes to be reproduced with clarity.
Plus, the XV-Z10000 uses simple remote control-operated functions for adjusting
gamma, gain and offset of each RGB, enabling higher quality, smooth and detailed
picture reproduction. |
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SHARPVISION Manager Version 2.0
By using the supplied Gamma Control Software, SharpVision Manager, gamma curves,
which were until now set automatically and out of user control, can be precisely
adjusted from users' PCs. |
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Whisper Quiet Operation —Low Fan Noise:
32 dB
The XV-Z10000 employs a Sirocco Fan with less air disturbance for noise reduction
while enhancing cooling. The projector also uses a Dome Duct with a long air duct
system and expanded silencer, dramatically reducing fan noise for movie viewing.
This leads to a super quiet 32dB operation during Normal Theatre Mode projection.
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1:1.35 Zoom Lens & Lens Shift Function from
Unique Optics Technology
With a 1.35x zoom lens, the XV-Z10000 delivers clear pictures from a variety of
heights and angles. In addition, with unique optics technology the projector not
only makes possible natural angle projection, a weak point for current single-chip
DLP projection, but also employs a lens shift function. This provides adjustable
projection heights up and down for one screen from the same projection distance.
Projection adjustments of even greater precision become possible.
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| Screen Size (16:9) |
Projection Distance (L) |
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Maximum |
Minimum |
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54'1" (16.5m) |
39'11" (12.2m) |
| 250" |
45'1" (13.7m) |
33'3" (10.1m) |
| 200" |
36' (11.0m) |
26'7"(8.1m) |
| 150" |
26'12" (8.2m) |
19'11" (6.1m) |
| 133" |
23'11" (7.3m) |
17'7" (5.4m) |
| 106" |
18'11" (5.8m) |
13"11" (4.3m) |
| 100" |
17'11" (5.5m) |
13'2" (4.0m) |
| 92" |
16'5" (5.0m) |
12'1" (3.7m) |
| 84" |
15' (4.6m) |
11'1" (3.4m) |
| 72" |
12'10" (3.9m) |
9'6" (2.9m) |
| 60" |
10'8" (3.3m) |
7'10" (2.4m) |
| 40" |
7'1" (2.2m) |
5'2" (1.6m) |
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Multiple Input Terminals
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2 Component Inputs, S-video, Composite and DVI-I/HDCP Input
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Use of the DVI terminal delivers all-digital projection
from input straight through to the projected pictures without any picture loss
usually occurring from A/D and D/A conversion. |
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Convenient Features
Switchable Screen with 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios
GUI (Graphical User Interface)
High-Quality Video Circuits (3D Digital Noise Reduction,
3D Y/C Separation, 3-Line Digital Comb Filter)
Multi-System Video Compatibility (NTSC/NTSC4.43/PAL/PAL-60Hz./PAL-M/
PAL-N/SECAM)
11-Language On-Screen Display (English, German, Spanish,
Dutch, French, Italian, Swedish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Japanese)
Active Digital Keystone Correction
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