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Home Theatre Projection TV Systems Take Zenithís Center Stage At CES 2000
Giant-screen home theatre projection television systems took center stage in Zenith Electronics Corporationís booth at the 2000 International Consumer Electronics Show, as the company took the wraps off of a new 60-inch high-definition LCD (liquid crystal display) rear-projection model and a portable DLP (digital light processing) front-projector. Also highlighted for the custom-installed home theater market are the new Pro1200X CRT (cathode ray tube) front projector and the popular Pro900X CRT front projector. Both are ideally suited for high-definition displays in high-end home theaters and in commercial applications, from sports bars and restaurants to conference centers and schools. The Zenith 60-inch HD LCD projection TV delivers 1280x720p resolution with 200 foot-Lambert brightness and a 100 degree viewing angle. In addition to accepting a wide range of analog and digital television signals, this model doubles as a computer display for VGA, SVGA and XGA graphics. The lightweight (10-pound) DLP projector sports video, audio and computer inputs, delivers 800 ANSI Lumens of light output with native SGVA resolution and compressed XGA resolution. The Pro1200X, designed to project crystal-clear video images from 4.6 to 20 feet in diameter, the Pro1200X is ideally suited for a wide range of home theater applications as well as data display. Featuring 8-inch CRTs and high-definition, liquid-coupled, color-corrected HD215 lenses, the Pro1200X provides images with a resolution up to 1280 X 1024 pixels/70 Hz (data) and 1920 X 1080i (HDTV). Zenithís Pro900X high-definition projector, with 7-inch CRTs is ideal for commercial and high-end home theatre applications, delivering dramatic HDTV images up to 200 inches diagonally. About Zenith Based in Glenview, Illinois, Zenith is a long-time leader in electronic entertainment products and a primary developer of digital HDTV. Zenith completed its operational and financial restructuring last year, emerging in November 1999, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of LG Electronics, a global leader in electronics and digital technologies. Visit Zenith on the World Wide Web at www.zenith.com.