Optoma Ships MovieTime Digital DVD Projector

MovieTime Digital Projector Features Built-in DVD Player and Integrated Speakers for Instant, Big-Screen Home Entertainment

12-Jul-05

Optoma Technology, Inc. announces the shipping of its MovieTimeô digital DVD home theater projector. The MovieTime DVD projector features a built-in DVD player and integrated speakers in a compact design. With its ultra bright, theater-quality projection and easy-to-use features, movie enthusiasts can enjoy stunning and engaging video and sound for instant home entertainment. MovieTime is designed for a wide-range of home entertainment options, from watching the latest DVD movie releases to hooking it up to a gaming console to play the latest hottest gaming titles on a large screen with friends and family. Because of MovieTimeís integrated digital DVD player and speakers, as well as its short throw lens, it is easy to turn any room in the house into an instant screening roomñright out of the box. ìOptomaís MovieTime Digital DVD projector changes the home entertainment landscape by helping people instantly create a home theater in just about any room in the house,î said Ralph Merrem, director of Product Management of Optoma Technology, Inc. ìMovieTime is a simple, plug-and-play product, giving a way for movie fans to quickly and easily create their own home theater environment with a built-in DVD player and speakers and a native 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.îMovieTime features Digital Light ProcessingTM (DLP) technology from Texas Instruments, providing a direct digital signal from the DVD to the projector to produce accurate color and details, and ensuring that the images on the screen do not fade or degrade over time. MovieTime offers HDTV compatibility for HD content from a number of sources, as well as an optimized display setting for true widescreen theater-quality performance. The MovieTime DVD projector also offers an optical audio output, which supports can deliver up to 7.1 channels of surround sound. MovieTime is also compatible with gaming consoles, VCRs, and PCs, as well as other devices to provide large-screen entertainment.MovieTime is a pure digital DVD projector and accepts direct digital signals from a DVD disc to the projected image. There is no analog to digital conversion in the signal processing, resulting in a DVD viewing experience with guaranteed color accuracy and distortion free pictures. MovieTime provides true 480p from DVD to DLP, with no scaling errors.Features: Display Technology DarkChip2 DLP technology by Texas Instruments Brightness 1000 Lumens Resolution 480P (854x480) native, SXGA+ (1400x1050) compressed Contrast Ratio 4000:1* Throw Ratio 1.26 ñ 1.41 Aspect Ratio 16:9 native, 4:3 and 5:4 compatible Image Size 36 to 335 inches Projection Distance 4.9 to 32.8 feet Weight 7.8 pounds MovieTime by Optoma is now available through major retail and e-tail outlets with an MSRP of $1,499.

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