Panasonic seeks the highest performance in optical systems and signal process- ing circuits to achieve cinema-level colours, contrast, texture and details for an uncompromised home theatre experience. Panasonic’s extensive knowledge of digital ? lmmaking and media such as Blu-ray Discs and HD broadcasting are clearly seen in the high picture quality of the PT-AE4000, which embodies ad- vanced technologies that optimise the reproduction of digital content.
Its exceptional performance—details with amazing reality and clarity—is further boosted by Panasonic’s collaboration with leading Hollywood ?lmmakers to en- sure that it produces images that mirror the director’s artistic vision and intent. The PT-AE4000E integrates seamlessly with your home theatre environment. It lets you create a dream theatre with the dynamic power of a full-scale movie theatre in the comfort of your own home. Professional-level adjustments enable precise calibrations to suit the speci? c home theatre conditions in your house.
The PT-AE4000 has a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels and a contrast of 80,000:1. Especially for fast and moving scenes, the model should convince with razor-sharp and brilliant images in Full-HD resolution. 100Hz Intelligent Frame Creation technology ensures fluid display of motion through vector-based motion recognition, since trailing effects are reduced considerably and a high resolution of moving pictures is generated. For the special cinema feeling, Panasonic has developed the 21:9 Cinemascope function and Lens-Memory 2: at the touch of a button, the suitable focus and zoom to completely fill the projection surface are available to the user and are adjusted from the various image formats of the television image. VIERA Link ensures simple networking.
New Pure Contrast Plates Deliver High 100,000:1 Contrast Ratio
The Pure Contrast Plates in the PT-AE4000E use a newly engineered crystalline material that is carefully matched to the characteristics of the LCD panels to effectively correct the passage of light exiting the panels. This enables the projector to block unwanted light leakage and successfully increases the dynamic range. It works together with the dynamic iris to achieve an astounding contrast ratio of 100,000:1.
New Red-Rich Lamp
The incorporation of the new Red-Rich Lamp increases the luminance effi ciency of the projector, to achieve
150% brighter Cinema Picture modes compared to its predecessor, the PT AE3000E. Prior to the development of the Red-Rich Lamp, much brightness was lost to attain the desired colour purity/balance for the rich colour reproduction of Cinema Picture modes due to the lack of red luminance. The newly engineered lamp successfully adds red luminance, and enables the projector to produce brighter images with excellent colours. With the ability to produce a stunning brightness of 1,600 lumens, the PTAE4000E unleashes the beauty of full-HD expression for viewing on various screen sizes.
Full-HD Optimised Optical System
To assure maximum clarity and sharpness in full-HD images, this advanced optical system employs a full-HD-optimised lens unit comprising of 16 lens elements in 12 groups, including two large-diameter aspherical
lenses and two high-performance ED (extralow dispersion) lenses. Each lens is carefully aligned to assure a
uniform focusing balance from the centre to the edges of the screen. As a result, the PT-AE4000E
produces stunningly clear and beautiful images.
Smooth Screen Technology Creates
Film-Like Texture While many LCD projectors suffer from a “chicken wire” effect, Panasonic’s pursuit
of the highest possible image quality has successfully overcome this device limitation through the incorporation of Smooth Screen technology. This uses the double refraction property of crystals to arrange pixels on a screen with no gaps between them. Smooth Screen technology is designed to give you the
kind of smooth, vivid, and three-dimensionallike images you see in movie theatres.
Full-HD LCD Panels Enhance Motion Response
The PTAE4000’s full-HD LCD panels have a double-speed drive capability that improves the projection clarity of moving images. These high-precision panels use vertically aligned liquid crystal molecules with inorganic alignment layers. When no voltage is applied, the molecules are aligned perpendicular to the
glass substrate, so there is minimal light leakage and the substrate remains black (called “normally black” operation), providing higher contrast.
Frame Creation 2 Featuring Motion Blur Reduction
A double-speed display (120 Hz or 100 Hz) greatly improves the clarity of motion images. Frame Creation interpolates one new frame for each existing frame by analysing the characteristics of the adjacent frames to reproduce sharp and clear images for fast moving scenes in sports and action movies. For 24p
signal input, three frames are calculated and interpolated for each existing frame, to enable 4x speed (96-Hz) display. There are four modes (mode 1, mode 2, mode 3, and off) to choose from. The effect is more pronounced as you ascend through the modes, to provide crisp, clear images to your liking.
The Panasonic PT AE4000E LCD home cinema projector should be available from November from selected and authorised specialised retailers