Yamaha LPX-500 Top Quality Home Cinema Projector

YAMAHA Updated: 2007-10-10
Yamaha LPX-500 Top Quality Home Cinema Projector

TOP QUALITY HOME CINEMA PROJECTOR
Being a specialist in top quality audio and home cinema equipment, Yamaha brings their technological expertise to the video market with a new LCD projector that provides picture quality up to the level of cinematic film.

720p HDTV FORMAT COMPATIBILITY, 16:9 WIDESCREEN DISPLAY
The LPX-500 is able to handle high resolution 720p HDTV signals based on the native 720 x 1280 resolution 16:9 LCD panels. Other formats will also provide excellent quality. 16:0 aspect ratio compatibility means that widescreen movies can be viewed in their entirety, and with the correct perspective.

HIGH CONTRAST FILM-LIKE PICTURE QUALITY WITH "NATURAL BLACK"
"Natural Black" is the name Yamaha gives to its video technology designed to improve black purity. The LPX-500 achieves levels of "blackness" superior to conventional LCD projectors, as well as sharp gradations of shading from white to black that make every image stand out clearly, even in dark scenes.

LINEAR COLOR BALANCE
The LPX-500 uses three LCD panels (R,G,B) to create the image. Ideally, all three signals should have the same linearity, but due to various factors, their linearity continuously varies. The Linear Color Balance function helps maintain the proper balance between them, for improved color reproduction.

DCDi PROCESSING
Faroudja, one of the world's leading video technology companies, developed the DCDi processing used in this projector. It ensures smooth and natural images without staircasing or jaggies.

1080p COMPATIBILITY (RGB INPUT)
The LPX-500 can accept signals via an RGB input in this progressive scanning format, which has 1080 scanning lines for extremely high resolution.

LOW-NOISE DESIGN
The LPX-500 features ultra-low-noise operation (30dB) due to the quiet operation of its two fans, particularly the powerful Scirocco fan in the rear. Both fans are positioned to the side of the body openings rather than right in front of them, reducing the amount of noise audible outside the body.

LIGHT LEAKAGE PREVENTION
Most projectors suffer light leakage, which is visible around the projector and also around the screen. This is especially visible if the wall in back of the screen is a light color, and is distracting when watching movies in a dark room. As the LPX-500 is intended primarily for home theater use, it is carefully designed to prevent light leakage.

LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTOR
Many liquid crystal projectors are constructed using liquid crystal panels specialized for red, green and blue. Light from a single projection lamp passes through 3 liquid crystal panels and is converted into red, green and blue images by way of dichroic mirrors prior to passing through a combining prism and out the single protection lens.

SHORT FOCUS LENS WITH HIGH POWER ZOOM
The LPX-500 has a short focus lens so it can be used closer to the screen. This provides numerous benefits: more flexible placement, positioning the projector "up front" out of the middle of the seating area, and use in a relatively small room.

A REMOTE YOU'LL ENJOY USING
The remote control is styled for comfortable one-hand operation. It controls a wide range of functions, including Still (freezes the image), Hide (turns off the image), Aspect (selects display aspects) and of course all the menu selections. It can also be used to access the Digital Keystone Correction function in the Setup menu, which compensates for trapezoidal distortion when screen and projector are at different heights. A light switch illuminates the buttons for ten seconds.

ON-SCREEN DISPLAY WITH CONVENIENT MENUS FOR DETAILED ADJUSTMENTS
The on-screen display, selectable via the remote control unit, offers a wide range of parameters that can be adjusted to provide the highest possible image quality in all situations. There are Setup and Info menus, and a detailed assortment of choices ensures that you can achieve the best looking picture for all input formats, sources and room conditions. The position of the menu on the screen can be varied.

NUMEROUS INPUTS FOR FULL COMPATIBILITY AND CUSTOM INSTALLATION
A full complement of professional grade inputs are provided for a variety of sources, including component video, analog RGB and DVI (Digital Visual Interface), composite video and S-video. An RS-232C serial interface and a +12V remote trigger output activates other components when the projector is powered on, facilitating custom installation.