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100" 1080p 3LCD front projector

C²Fine&trade 3LCD technology uses three LCD chips to deliver amazing color and video image reproduction. A 170W lamp emitting 1,600 lumens delivers enough light to project a dazzling color image on a 100" screen in even low or dim light conditions. Enjoy accurate, fast video processing thanks to 1080Perfect&trade. Finally, two HDMI connections give this front projector optimal hi-def connectivity.

Three things to get us started

You've decided to take your home video, hi-def experience to the next level. Choosing a front projection system means choosing the most theater-like experience at home possible. While there are a variety of reasons why you're choosing the Epson Home Cinema 1080 UB, let's begin with three — aspect ratio, resolution, and screen size. Also known as "widescreen", the 16:9 aspect ratio supported by your Home Cinema 1080 UB allows you to view high-definition content as it is meant to be seen. The highest pixel resolution available, 1920x x1080p means that you view each scene on a screen composed of 1920 horizontal and 1080 vertical pixels — for a grand total of more that 2 million pixels — and that each scene can be displayed in "interlaced" or "progressive" fashion. A small "i" or "p" after the pixel resolution denotes whether a system can deliver an interlaced or progressive image. Interlaced scanning displays one half of an image at a time, while progressive scanning displays the entire image at once, for the smoothest video reproduction available. (Any system capable of progressive scanning is also capable of interlaced scanning.) Finally, your Home Cinema 1080 UB is capable of displaying an image on a screen up to 100" in size. Put in the velvet curtains . . . your home theater is on its way.

Color, depth, brilliance — 3LCD

More is better. Your new Home Cinema 1080 UB's C²Fine&trade 3LCD technology uses three D7 0.74" poly-silicon active matrix LCDs to deliver images with color that is amazingly accurate and brilliant. An image reproduction system featuring 3LCD splits the light coming from the projector's light source into three beams, one color each — red, blue, and green — and then passes each beam through its own LCD chip. Each chip is controlled by the projector's computer, opening and closing its more than 2 million liquid crystal pixels and allowing only a specified portion of the colored light through. Finally, the three color images are combined by a prism and magnified by an OptiCinema&trade lens and projected onto your screen. The use of three LCD-matrix chips allows for optimal control over the reproduction of images and color, delivering a picture with the highest possible resolution and deep, accurate colors. With 3LCD, more is better.

It all begins with light

Every component of your new Home Cinema 1080 UB front projection television is important. This includes the very first step in video reproduction — the lamp. A 170W Twin Optimized Reflective Lamp (E-TORL) gives your video 1,600 lumens of brilliance. This level of lumen production is great for viewing spaces with low or dimmed levels of ambient light. Also, the Home Cinema 1080 UB's lamp delivers a 3,000-hour running life, giving you a good excuse to expand your video library.

HDMI = Connectivity

Bringing you the absolute best in connectivity, Epson's Home Cinema 1080 UB features two HDMI connections. HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is the only interface in consumer electronics that can carry both uncompressed high-definition (HD) video and uncompressed multi-channel audio in all HD formats including 720p, 1080i and even 1080p. Your incoming media content comes in a variety of sizes, resolutions and formats, and with that in mind, HDMI systems automatically configure to display that content in the most effective format. Since HDMI carries all channels on video and audio, there is only one cable to plug into any HDMI-enabled source and display device. No more complicated cable set-up when installing your home theater system, and no more ugly cable mess behind your components. HDMI supports standard, enhanced, or high-definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on this single cable. Also, HDMI is fully backward-compatible with DVI.

1080Perfect processing&trade — What more can we say?

No matter what the input source, your Home Cinema 1080 UB's video processor delivers optimum output. Taking full advantage of the HDMI v1.3 connection, 1080Perfect&trade offers 24 frame-per-second compatibility for smooth playback from film sources (via HDMI), provides smooth scaling for amazing images even from standard definition sources like current 480p resolution DVD movies, makes it possible to display 1080p resolution from all connections, and can reproduce a phenomenal 1.07 billion colors.

Extraordinary Optics

The Pro Cinema's 1080's precision-crafted OptiCinema&trade 2.1x zoom lens delivers precision images with no flaring or distortion. Offering 47% horizontal and 96% vertical lens shift, the OptiCinema lens lets you correct off-center mounting, and adjust image-size to within two or three screen sizes (based on a 100-inch screen), while giving you the flexibility to project on a 100-inch screen from as close as 9.8 feet or as far away as 20.9 feet.

Connections and formats, continued

One of the cool things about the current state of home video and electronics is the wide variety of technologies, formats and connectivity options available. Keeping step with so much coolness, your Home Cinema 1080 UB comes designed with a broad spectrum of video connections and supported video formats. RCA component and composite video connections, Mini Din S-video, and Mini D-Sub 9 and 15-pin inputs give you all the connectivity versatility you need. Covering all your broadcast-format bases, your Home Cinema 1080 UB supports NTSC, NTSC4.43, PAL, M-PAL, N-PAL PAL60, SECAM, 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i and 1080p.

Hear the movie, not the projector

That low drone you're hearing had better be the sound of a distant helicopter coming from off-scene in the movie you're watching, and not from your television projector. If you're watching the moive on your Epson Home Cinema 1080 UB, then it must be the helicopter. With a super quiet 24dB operation, you'll be able to see, but not hear your Home Cinema 1080 UB when it's running.

Avoid the "no wire" ire

The advent of HDMI has been monumental in the advancement of all your favorite audio and video gadgets. Don't miss out on all that your new Home Cinema 1080 UB offers — in terms of high-definition audio and video connectivity — by leaving a set of HDMI cables off the list. Vann's sales representatives are here to explain all your options, so you can make the best purchase and get the most out of your flat panel television. Call for expert advice: 1-800-769-5668.

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