Digital-Era Ultra-Performance HDTV/DTV Projection Television System

Runco International, the Hayward, CA company recognized worldwide as the standard-setter in the ultra-performance projection video display systems, has introduced its newest flagship model, the DTV-1100HD. The new model, a fully digital, fully HDTV-capable front projector is legitimately capable of displaying most High Definition Television modes and formats, with the recent advent of consumer DTV/HDTV broadcasting, these capabilities can at last be showcased in real-world use.Kevin Miller, Runcoís marketing director, says, ""Itís something of a point of honor for Runco to maintain the leading position in advanced projection-TV display. Weíve been ëpushing the envelopeí for nearly a decade, so it is with particular pride that we introduce the DTV-1100HD, the first entirely HD-capable, large-format projector."" Miller adds, ""But weíre just as proud of the fact that the new model is actually several thousand dollars less than its predecessor ñ which it outperforms in virtually every way. Runco remains committed to value as well as performance, even at this comparatively rarefied level.""The Runco DTV-1100HD delivers astounding image quality and extraordinary inherent video performance in the reference-projector category. Three 9-inch CRTs with high-tech, electro-magnetic focus deliver impressive light output combined with unsurpassed resolution and detail in even the largest-screen applications (the DTV-1100HD can throw an image from 90 to 300 diagonal inches 4:3).Runcoís sophisticated system of gamma-table modifications enable the projector to track gray scale with an accuracy no other projector can match. Thanks to the exclusive AccuChroma color filters developed by Runco engineering, fine alignment of green- and red-tube color output enables the DTV-1100HD to support this unmatched resolution with superbly accurate, intense color that nevertheless retains the range and subtlety required for a fully cinematic palette, including nuanced, natural skin-tone reproduction.Thanks to its sophisticated microprocessor controlled all-digital chassis the DTV-1100HD offers an impressive array of powerful modes and features, including 32 discrete image-format memories. Each completely independent position remembers customized aspect-ratio, color-temperature, and scan-rate settings ñ all easily accessible via the supplied remote controller - as well as any necessary variations of conventional user-settings such as black-level/white-level or detail. Each memory further stores individualized convergence data, and stored convergence settings may be ""copied"" from one memory location to another, dramatically speeding up and simplifying setup for todayís multi-aspect-ratio, multiple-source, multiple-video-system high-end home theatres. Runcoís Auto-Assisted convergence feature is also on board the DTV-1100HD, further easing setup alignment.Such flexible power is necessary because theDTV-1100HD can display images in as many as 32 different aspect-ratios, if necessary, ranging across the full array of formats from conventional 4:3 (NTSC) television, through all the variations of widescreen and anamorphic film-transfer imaging, to ""native"" 16:9 HDTV programs. The new DTV-1100HD incorporates a full complement of Composite-video, S-Video, Component-video, and RGB inputs compatible with video scaler/line-multiplier processors, and offers horizontal-scan rates extending fully to 69 kHz. Together, this makes the DTV-1100HD one of the most versatile high-performance projection system available ñ more than up to the challenges of todayís ever-growing variety of widescreen source materials and formats ó and one of the few that can correctly display any program, whether tape, analog or digital disc, Windows or Macintosh computer graphics, or any current or proposed HDTV/DTV (or conventional broadcast or cable) signal, with full, uncompromised resolution.Runco enhances the DTV-1100HDís unequaled picture quality and performance with carefully designed ergonomic systems, including an easy to use internal menu system, supplied wireless remote controller. The Runco DTV-1100HD truly qualifies as the new benchmark reference in CRT projection television both for todayís NTSC video sources and tomorrowís high resolution digital formats. It is manufactured entirely by Runco in the United States, employing professional-grade components throughout.The DTV-110HD is available now. The manufacturerís suggested retail price is $39,995.For more information on any of the products, please contact Kevin Miller, Marketing Director, Runco International, 516-656-0844, tubeman@li.net.