Anthem LTX 300, LTX 500 Product Sheet

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A full HD 1920 x 1080 ‘Reference’ point of view … brings the scale and excitement of the Cinema experience home

Full details follow …

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2x High-Precision Zoom Lens with Motorized Focus
and Auto Dust Cover

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Fully Digitally Driven 3-Panel 1920 x 1080p LCOS

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Superb Gray Scale Reproduction

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Exceptional Rendition of Color (LTX 500 interpolates
colors individually by R,G,B,C,Y or M)

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Electronic Lens Shift

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Ultra-Wide True-Fit™Screen Mode

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Efficient Ultra-Low-Noise Fan

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Dual 1080p HDMI v1.3 (Deep Color) Digital Inputs

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Two Trigger Functions (LTX 500 only): Screen or
Motorized Anamorphic Lens (optional add-on)

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Auto-IIluminated Remote

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RS-232 Controllable

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Black Cabinet with non-reflective front panel

The highest standard in color accuracy, image brightness and clarity! Both models feature:

LTX 500 Projector:

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Native 50,000:1 Contrast Ratio …
highest available!

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THX®certified

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Pre-calibrated THX Movie Mode
settings optimized for DVD,
Blu-ray and Broadcast

LTX 300 Projector:

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Native 30,000:1 Contrast Ratio

INTRODUCING LTX 1080p LCOS FRONT PROJECTORS

Team an Anthem Projector with
an Anthem A/V Processor for a
simply unmatched, as well as
amazingly affordable, state-of­the-art cinema-like experience
in your home.

Shown: LTX 500

FULLY DIGITALLY DRIVEN 3-PANEL 1920 X 1080P LCOS

The Anthem LTX 500 boasts a Native Contrast Ratio of 50,000:1, the
highest available. With a Native Contrast Ratio of 30,000:1, the Anthem
LTX 300 is no slouch either when it comes to simultaneously displaying
the complete range of image contrast.

Many manufacturers still employ the dynamic iris

(see left)

in projector
design, artificially boosting peak values (resulting in lighter blacks) and
darkening black levels (thereby darkening peak values). In LTX projectors,
the fully digitally driven 3-panel LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) engine
delivers peak whites and deep blacks on the same picture field, without
resorting to artificial means. Contrast is sharper and more vivid and color
reproduction is extremely natural.

Liquid Crystal on Silicon is a superb choice for home theater projectors
because of its inherent ability to display smaller pixels in closer association,
eliminating annoying visual artifacts like screen door effects. Unlike many
projectors on the market, there is no color wheel or color dithering in
Anthem projectors and no color rainbow effect, common on single-panel
designs. Even on close ups, the picture is richer and smoother.

The LTX’s LCOS engine also employs three individual 0.7-inch color
light panels (Red, Green and Blue) to deliver color light to the screen
simultaneously and flicker free.

Highly efficient lamps in LTX projectors — a brightness of 900 lumens
in the LTX 500 and 1,000 lumens in the LTX 300 — offer the brightest,
smoothest, highest-resolution picture available.

2X ZOOM ALL-GLASS LENS WITH MOTORIZED FOCUS
AND AUTO DUST COVER

Suitable for 60˝ to 200˝ (diagonal) screen sizes.

The 2x zoom lens with motorized focus (controlled from the remote) makes
setup and adjustment easy and convenient.

The large-diameter high-precision glass lens system features 17 separate
elements in 15 groups, including 2 extra-low dispersion (ED) lenses
to project a full and extraordinarily deep HD image. The high-precision
lens also helps minimize color error — no unwanted “fringes” of color
or color bleeding are visible to mar the boundaries between dark and
bright sections of the image. Finally …

Multi-step fixed-aperture brightness controls (sixteen-step in the LTX 500
and three-step in the LTX 300) eliminate light leakage as well as allowing
for brightness adjustment to match personal preferences or ambient
light

levels.

The motorized lens cover opens and closes with power ON/OFF, preventing
dust and dirt from entering the lens. This is a particularly helpful feature
if the projector is to be mounted to the ceiling.

Motorized lens cover

CUSTOMIZED ON-SCREEN GAMMA CONTROL

Adjust as you watch! Using the remote, the user is able to manually adjust
the gamma curve to suit individual preferences or the room’s ambient
lighting using the on-screen display. Essentially altering luminance levels
“on the fly”, the user can increase the contrast or the brightness levels.
Up to three settings can be adjusted and saved for future use.

50,000:1

White

Black

32,000:1 contrast ratio

50,000:1 contrast ratio (LTX 500)

Peak whites and deep blacks appear
on the same picture field, without
resorting to artificial means.

Conventional projector with dynamic iris

LCOS Panel

32,000:1

3,000:1
~5,000:1

Iris closedIris open

Lamp
beam

Lamp
beam

SUPERB GRAY SCALE REPRODUCTION

To reproduce a more realistic image, gray scale can be adjusted manually
and the changes observed immediately via the on-screen gamma curve
graph. Dark areas can be raised and detail enhanced in bright white
areas. Color reproduction can be easily adjusted to suit personal tastes
since the three colors (R,G and B) can be individually adjusted using the
on-screen display.

ELECTRONIC LENS SHIFT

Anthem’s LTX projectors are designed for easy installation. The
motorized Lens Shift option (accessible using the remote) allows
the user to move the lens horizontally or vertically within the
projector housing to accommodate installation in even the most
challenging situations.

The ±80% Vertical Shift option allows the projector to be mounted
above the screen, without having to invert it

(see left)

. The ±34%
Horizontal Shift offers additional flexibility in a wide range of
situations

(also see left)

. And all of this shifting happens without
a hint of image compression or image conversion to adversely
affect edge pixels.

If the lens must be positioned outside the coverage area, a Digital
Keystone feature, which offers a ±30% vertical and ±40%
horizontal adjustment, removes distortion, helping to make the
images appear more natural.

80%

50%

0%

50%

80%

Vertical shift range

50% 34% 0% 34% 50%

Center of screen

Inversion of
projector is
not necessary.

Can be used
on top of
a table.

Horizontal shift range