Runco Introduces Two New 8-Inch High-End/High-Value CRT Video Projectors
Two advanced new PTV models from Runco International, the world pacesetter for top-performing projection-video, will serve to re-define the notion of ""high-value/high-end"" among serious home theatre systems. The new DTV-930 and DTV-933 designs, which are substantially similar in their underlying display systems, establish a new benchmark for cost-effective high-definition imaging that is in both cases substantially less costly than any equivalent models--including their predecessors from Runco. ""Runcoís primary focus has always been directed toward leading the way in high-end video performance,"" says Kevin Miller Runcoís Marketing Director, ""Our reputation for defining state-of-the-art technology performance is well established and we intend to maintain it."" Miller continues: ""But at the same time itís every bit as important - maybe even mare so - for Runco to serve our customers with the very best performance per dollar we can invent, even in our relatively up-scale market. These two new projectors me great examples of this dedication, delivering stunning image quality at a substantially lower price point that the same relative level of performance would have required just a couple of years back."" Each new model features an identical trio of high-performance, 8-inch CRTs the same tubes found in the companyís acclaimed 980-series projectors: They similarly share an extremely accurate electromagnetic focus system that combines with a very high-resolution hybrid lens system utilizing color-corrected multi-layer optics. The result is an extremely accurate high-resolution display device capable of displaying near-cinematic imaging with video and optical resolutions of 1000 and 1200 ""TV lines"" respectively. Both the DTV-930 and DTV-933 feature wide-bandwidth electronics capable of meeting the demands of the Digital Television age. Their 80MHz chassis bandwidth extends full performance horizontal-scan range to 50kHz, delivering RGB resolution potential of 1024 x 768 pixels. Additionally, the new modelsí unusually broad vertical-scan range (38-160Hz) helps to extend their compatibility to virtually all-current video formats. Thanks to this impressively wide-band design the DTV-930 is compatible with Runcoís advanced, pixel-based digital video processors, and thus stands ready to deliver improved definition displays of current-standard images or multiple DTV formats. The Runco DTV-933 is packaged with a digital video scaler that is able to output 1024x768 images, the equivalent to line tripling. This is achieved by pixel-level digital video ""scaling,"" a process that delivers significant advantages over conventional video processors. Unlike conventional processors, this unit preserves the maximum possible resolution and image-integrity. The scalerís progressive scan image produces impressively cohesive, cinematic results with accurately maintained color. The result is dramatically enhanced display of current sources such as DVDs and LaserDiscs. Each of these new Runco projectors can instantly access 10 different aspect ratios recalled via their supplied remote controllers. Among these are conventional 4:3 (1.33:1) video imaging and all popular ""widescreen"" formats including 1.85:1 and 16:9 (1.78:1) anamorphic. This flexibility permits each of the new models to present virtually any video source while exploiting its full ""native"" resolution and thus delivering the best possible image. And both models may be ordered in versions compatible with world-standard video systems, including all NTSC, PAL and SECAM variants. The DTV-930 and DTV-933 supply flexible input options, accepting RGB-WV signals via a quintet of pro-standard BNC connectors, and S-Video and composite as well. The DTV-933ís fully independent digital scaler can take its input from either a composite video (BNC) input, S-Video or component signal. Both new models incorporate user selectable color balance with settings ranging from 3200K to 9500K and including the industry-standard 6500K for cinematic-caliber imaging. One hundred on-board memories permit setups to be automatically associated with display modes, signal-inputs, or user preferences, while the DTV-930/933ís Copy Function can perform instant duplication of setups from one position to another for multiple variations. The projectors are available now. The DTV-930ís suggested retail price is $12,995 and the DTV-933 is $16,995. For more information contact Rick Bergamaschi at 510 293 9154.