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May We Suggest a Total Yamaha System?
Projection Distance
Smaller Screen Size
Larger
Zoom Function
Tele.
Tele.
Tele.
Wide
Wide
W
ide
415mm (16-3/8")
422mm (16-5/8")
129mm (5-1/8")
102.7mm (4-1/16")
To complement the superb picture quality of your DPX-1 projector, why not consider a
Yamaha Digital Home Theater audio system? We offer a full range of individual
components and system packages, all of which utilize our CINEMA DSP
and other advanced technologies to deliver extraordinarily dynamic
and realistic full-surround sound.
Installation Flexibility
The DPX-1 can be used with a wide range of screen sizes and
projection distances. The screen aspect (4:3 or 16:9) and
size (length of diagonal line) determine the ideal
projection distance. The Zoom function can be
used to adjust the projection distance.
Distance to Screen 4:3
Size
(4:3)
Diagonal
Image Size
Distance to Screen 16:9
Diagonal
Image Size
60” 2.4 7.9 2.9 9.5
80” 3.2 10.6 3.9 12.8
100” 4.0 13.3 4.9 16.0
120” 4.8 16.0 5.8 19.2
150” 6.1 20.0 7.3 24.1
200” 8.1 26.8 9.8 32.2
Size
(16:9)
60” 2.6 8.6 3.2 10.4
80” 3.5 11.6 4.2 13.9
100” 4.4 14.5 5.3 17.5
120” 5.3 17.4 6.4 21.0
150” 6.6 21.9 8.0 26.3
200” 8.8 29.2 10.6 35.1
Wide Tele
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DPX-1 Specifications :
• Projection System: Digital Light Processing (DLP)™ technology
• Panel: 0.9 inch XGA DMD™ x 1
• Resolution: 1,024 x 768 pixels
• Brightness: 800 ANSI lumens
• Contrast Ratio: 900:1 (full on/off)
• Projection Lens: 1:1.2 manual zoom, manual focus
• Light Resource: 120 W VIP lamp
• Projection Distance: 1.2–10.6 m(3’ 9"–35’ 1")
• Image Size: 25” – 200”
• Video Standard: NTSC, PAL, NTSC4.43, SECAM, PAL60, PAL-M
and PAL-N
• Input Accepted: SDTV (480i,576i), HDTV (480p, 720p, 1080i),
DVD component progressive or interlaced, TV/Satellite tuner,
VCR, SXGA (compression), XGA, SVGA and VGA
• Horizontal Sync
Range: 15 – 80 kHz
• Vertical Sync Range:
50 – 85 Hz
• Power Consumption:
185 W
• Dimensions (W x H x
D): 415 x 129 x 422
mm; 16-3/8” x 5-1/8”
x 16-5/8”
• Weight: 7.8 kg;
17.2 lbs.
Digital Cinema Projector
DPX-1
DPX-1 Options
PJL-112
Optional Lamp Cartridge
For details please contact:
PMT-L11
Optional Installation
Brackets for Low Ceiling
PMT-H15
Optional Installation
Brackets for High Ceiling
• Digital Light Processing, DLP, Digital
Micromirror Device and DMD are
trademarks of Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Screen images are simulated.
• Product design and specifications
subject to change without notice.
Visit us at our website:
http://www.yamaha.com/yec
YAMAHA CORPORATION
P.O. Box6660, Buena Park,CA 90622
A-1126WEN
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The DPX-1 has been designed for one purpose only: to
maximize movie viewing enjoyment.
If you love movies, you probably dream of
watching them at home on a big screen,
with film-like quality. Well, like all good
movie dreams, this one has come true —
with the DPX-1.
This is an ultra high performance
projector designed specifically for watching
movies in a home theater. On any size
screen, even as large as 200” (16.6 feet!)
you’ll be thrilled by the amazing degree of
clarity, sharpness and contrast that this
projector delivers. Install the DPX-1 in a full
Yamaha home theater system, and you may
have to start taking reservations!
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Natural Black and other Yamaha innovations take home
Digital Cinema Projector
Natural
Black
Makes a Dramatic
Difference
When you watch a movie, shadows should stand
out from the background, black levels should be
solid even in dark scenes, and blacks should
maintain their depth when the scene becomes
brighter. Which is exactly what happens with
Yamaha Natural Black. Because even though it’s
usually the bright colors that you notice, how a
video system reproduces gradations of black is
extremely important. This is what determines
contrast, and is very often the difference
between an image that is merely good, and one
that is sharp and rich at every level of brightness.
Yamaha put a great deal of effort into improving
black reproduction, and with Natural Black, we’ve
achieved levels of black that are about 18%
“blacker” than those of conventional projectors.
theater image quality to an entirely new level.
Superior 900:1
Contrast Ratio
The DPX-1 has an exceptionally high
contrast ratio of 900:1. This is the key to
achieving the fine gradations from white to
black that make Natural Black so effective.
Black reproduction by DPX-1 and conventional projectors.
gradations are sharply and cleanly
rendered.
A B
rendering of deep blacks is very
difficult.
Yamaha Natural Black makes subtle
degrees of black in textures, shadows and
so on stand out more clearly.
Simulated image for descriptive purposes.
With other projectors, black contrast may be
soft and fuzzy rather than sharp and clear.
DPX-1: Deep blacks are
A
clearly defined, all dark
Conventional projectors: due
B
to “floating black” effect,
DPX-1
Black Level White Level
Black Level White Level
DLP™ Optical System Provides
Numerous Quality Benefits
Digital Light Processing™ technology, developed by Texas
Instruments, has a number of advantages that caused
Yamaha to choose it as the basis for this projector. Its
single panel architecture allows the use of a small,
lightweight optical system, and the fact that it is a reflective
rather than transmissive technology provides greater
efficiency. In addition, the all-digital nature of the DLP™
system, as opposed to the analog nature of other systems,
means that color and motion are more accurately
controlled, resulting in superior image quality.
DMD™
Condensing Lens
Light Source
The DPX-1 Optical System
Projection Lens
Shaping Lens
Tri-Color Wheel
Extra-Large DMD™
Semiconductor
The key component of the DLP™ system is the Digital
Micromirror Device™ optical semiconductor chip. This
DMD™ switching unit has an array of 786,432 hinged,
microscopic mirrors which operate as optical switches to
create a high resolution, full color image. To maximize
DMD™ quality, Yamaha uses a large 0.9-inch
semiconductor that generates greater light output than the
smaller 0.7-inch chip used in other DLP™ projectors, so
less magnification is required and greater detail is
obtained.
The 0.9-inch DMD™ chip has 786,432 mirrors (picture elements) that are
set at a 17 micron pitch. Each element is mechanically switched +/- 10° in
15 micro-seconds by the attractive force of static electricity. The device has
a service life of more than 100,000 hours.
Unique Tri-Color Wheel Optimizes
Movie Images
The DPX-1 is the first home theater projector to employ a
true tri-color wheel. Conventional color wheels contain a W,
or white (transparent), section to brighten them for
presentations via computer. The W section is not used in
movie mode, but its presence reduces movie contrast
because of the extra light transmission.
By eliminating the W section, the tri-color wheel
provides greater area for each of the three primary colors
(red-green-blue, or RGB) that create the images. This
results in much higher movie image contrast, which is 40%
better than that of conventional DLP™ projectors (and note
that other projectors’ contrast ratios often refer to computer
mode, not movie mode). In terms of color reproduction, the
tri-color wheel improves the depth and solidity of images in
colorful scenes which were previously difficult to capture,
and Texas Instruments’ latest RGB movie sequencing
further boosts color performance.
“Fine-tuning” the video signal to
achieve the highest possible
quality.
The DPX-1 ensures that movies are seen at maximum
quality by automatically choosing between a 3:2 Pull-
Down Cinema Progressive Circuit for film and an
ordinary progressive circuit for video.
A highly precise 13-Bit Digital Gamma Correction
Circuit is used to realize the full potential of the excellent
gradation-producing properties of the DMD™ element. The
system chooses from among five gamma correction curves
depending on the input format to ensure maximum image
quality.
In order to decrease video noise levels without affecting
sharpness, a Field-Adaptive Noise Reduction Circuit
detects the changes in brightness of the images, analyzes
the images to distinguish between outlines/edges and
surface areas, and provides the optimum filtering for each
area.
Three-Dimensional Noise
Reduction decreases the noise
component related to the frame
memory time axis, thus helping
to effectively minimize noise that
causes the reproduction of
coarse images.
Conventional Color
Wheel (RGBW)
DPX-1 Tri-Color
Wheel (RGB)
Digital Video Signal Processing
Circuits
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The DPX-1 gives you everything you want . . .
Digital Cinema Projector
This “Silent”
Projector
Gives You a Lot to Like . . .
The DPX-1’s beauty is more than screen deep — it’s
also a pleasure to use. We began with the actual
environment, knowing it’s hard to enjoy a movie when
you can hear the projector. Even a small noise is
annoying. So we tasked our engineers with the
development of a “silent” projector, and they
succeeded admirably. You’ll also love the on-screen
display. Not only does it give you more (and more
useful!) capabilities than ever before, it’s also a breeze
to use. Everything else, from source compatibility to
set-up, is designed to eliminate any potential problems.
All you have to worry about is . . . the snacks.
and none of what you don’t want (noise!).
DPX-1
Ultra-Low 30dB Noise Level
Means You’ll Hear Ever y Sigh
and Whisper
Yamaha went to extreme lengths to make the DPX-1 as
noiseless as possible. We started with a low-noise yet
powerful Sirocco fan to cool the lamp housing, and
designed the unit with innovative duct architecture and a
silencing chamber in the front of the body. The hot exhaust
air passes through the duct below the lens barrel and is
led to the silencing chamber, which is lined with porous
foam to absorb sound. Finally, the air is exhausted from
the front so it won’t annoy viewers and in a direction that
prevents the temperature
difference from causing
an air current in front of
the screen and swaying
the image.
Sirocco fan and silencing chamber
On-Screen Display with
Extensive Menus
The on-screen display, selectable via the remote control
unit, offers a wide range of parameters that can be
adjusted to provide the highest possible image quality in
all situations. There are Setup and Initial (default) menus,
and for detailed adjustments, Image and Signal menus.
This extremely detailed assortment of choices ensures that
you can achieve the best looking picture for all input
formats, sources and room conditions. You can even var y
the position of the menu on the screen!
Numerous Inputs for Full
Compatibility
A full complement of professional grade inputs are
provided for a variety of sources, including component
video with BNC terminals for maximum connection
integrity, analog RGB and DVI (Digital Visual Interface),
composite video and S-video. An RS-232C serial interface
and a +12V trigger out jack output signals to activate other
components when the projector is powered on.
It is also designed to be compatible with a wide range
of formats, from digital satellite broadcasting with high
image quality at 1080i, 720p, 480p and 480i, to ordinary
media such as DVD, LD and VCR. If the RGB output from
a personal computer is input directly through the D-Sub
15-pin terminal, native solution and expanded XGA images
are possible, as well as compatibility with compressed
SXGA images.
Connection panel
Elegant, Practical Design
Considering its high performance, the DPX-1 is relatively
compact and lightweight, presenting no difficulties with
tabletop use or ceiling installation (it can also be installed
behind a semi-translucent screen). As this projector is a
single-lens type, installation is much easier than with a
three-tube type; all you need to do is adjust the size of the
screen and bring the image into focus. The lens barrel is
recessed inside the body and a focus/zoom
ring is provided on the top. The exterior has an
attractive pearl-mica finish.
A Remote You’ll Enjoy
Using
The remote control is styled for comfortable
one-hand operation. It controls a wide range of
functions, including Still (freezes the image),
Hide (turns off the image), Aspect (selects
display aspects) and of course all the menu
selections. You can also use it to access the
Digital Keystone Correction function in the
Setup menu, which compensates for trapezoidal distortion
when screen and projector are at different heights. You
can select two types of correction, Normal and Full Height.
A light switch lights up the buttons for 10 seconds.
Selecting parameters calls up sub-menus for more detailed
adjustment. A Status Memory allows various combinations of settings
to be memorized and factory default settings can be easily recalled.
The rear panel with operating controls glows with a soft green light
so you can change settings in the dark.
Keystone
Correction Off
Keystone
Correction On
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