Optoma Ships Top-of-the-Line 720p Home Theater Projector Featuring External Control System with Scaler and Advanced Video Enhancement
Orlando (June 7, 2006) – Optoma, one of the leading manufacturers of digital projection and display devices, has started shipping the HD7300 home theater projector, a new top-of-the-line product in the company’s highly-awarded home theater projector line. The HD7300, based on Texas Instruments’ DarkChip3™ DMD chipset, features an external control and image enhancement system requiring only a single digital cable to the projector.
Optoma's innovative two-piece design eliminates the need for multiple cables – all that is needed for the projector to be connected is a single cable to the control and image enhancement box, the Optoma HD3000. With its anodized, brushed aluminum casing, the HD3000 has an innovative look and design to fit in any room . With the image enhancement box's extensive inputs, there are ample connections to up-convert sources to 720p for optimal viewing. The one cable connection, as well as horizontal and vertical lens shift, makes this projector perfect for home theater installations.
The HD7300 uses a hand-picked advanced optical system that delivers 1200 ANSI lumen and 6000:1 peak contrast, and 600:1 ANSI contrast ratio. The dual-lens shift has a 1.25x zoom ratio, with a 12-elements system for low dispersion; this allows the HD7300 to achieve deep blacks, high precision, and high-contrast image quality. The HD7300's video/color enhancement processing system delivers an advanced three-stage process flow (decoding, image enhancement, color reproduction enhancement) that offers impressive, personalized adjustment setting at each stage.
The external control and image enhancement system is based on a highly acclaimed, studio-grade Gennum video processor that offers motion adaptive de-interlacing on 480i/576i/1080i film contents, and optimized scaling co-efficiency. The Optoma HD7300 comes with many unique features that are user controllable, such as gamma, color, display format, and edge enhancements. Plus, the control box's firmware is user upgradeable to allow the user to get all the benefits of new controls.
Specifications:
| Display Technology |
Single 0.8" DarkChip3™ DLP® technology |
| Brightness (typical) |
1000 lumens |
| Resolution |
720p native, with color management |
| Image scaler |
Gennum VXP solutions |
| Color Management |
10-step Gamma enhancement, RGBCYM 6-color, 15-region adjustment |
| Video Compatibility |
NTSC , PAL , SECAM, HDTV (720p, 1080i), EDTV (480p), SDTV (480i), 576i/p |
| Aspect Ratio |
16:9 native, 4:3 compatible |
| I/O Connectors |
3x HDMI™ & 1x External HDMI expansion, 2x RBGHV(BNC), 2x RCA component, 3 S-Video, 3 Composite, 1 VGA ( RGB /YPbPr/SCART), 2xRS232, 2x 12V Trigger, 1xIR port extension |
| CEDIA certification |
ISF ccc certification |
The Optoma HD7300 home theater projector available now for an estimated street price of $5,999 through authorized Optoma dealers.
