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PLUS Announces New Piano Home Theater Projector

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May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The award-winning PLUS Piano video projector that established a new benchmark for value in home theater projection has been upgraded to now include HDTV compatibility, a zoom lens, and progressive signal support, yet remains one of the most affordable projectors available.The original PLUS Piano won critical acclaim for its combination of high quality DVD playback and modest cost. The new PLUS Piano HE-3200 takes that formula a step further by offering significant performance and convenience enhancements in a projector that remains the world's smallest and lightest home theater model and costs just $3,299.

The Piano HE-3200 uses the Texas Instruments DLP Widescreen (480p) Component Set for native 16:9 projection. As with the original Piano HE-3100, the HE-3200 features a built-in Silicon Image progressive scan converter, high contrast ratio of 700:1 and a 4X/six-segment color wheel. To these features PLUS Vision has added 480p, 720p and 1080i inputs for playback of high definition television programming, a 1.2X zoom lens to enhance projector placement flexibility, support for both interlaced and progressive scan signals to deliver the best possible picture from all DVD players and satellite/cable TV sources, and the addition of an RGB-15 input along with component, S-Video, composite and DVI-D inputs.

Technical highlights for the Piano HE-3200 include:
  • HDTV compatibility, with inputs for 480p, 720p and 1080i signals for stunning picture quality from HDTV settop boxes, including HDTV satellite receivers and cable tuners.


  • Support for progressive and interlaced signals to extract the best performance from the full range of video sources, including DVD players, satellite receivers and cable TV tuners.


  • Short-focus manual zoom lens that makes it easy to place the projector in virtually any size room and project a large image on-screen. For example, at a distance of just 8.3 to 10 feet, the HE-3200 can project an 80-inch image.


  • High contrast ratio of 700:1 and excellent gradation expression to provide the best-quality images for movie viewing wherever the Piano HE-3200 Home Projector is set up.


  • Built-in high-performance Silicon Image Sil 504 progressive scan converter. A highly integrated, single-chip solution, the Sil 504 features a deinterlacer that ensures high quality, vivid, color-rich images from interlaced DVD outputs, with no additional image-enhancing components required. It also allows 3-2 pull-down detection.


  • Native 16:9 projection -- the most popular format among DVD system users -- is provided by use of the DLP(TM) Widescreen (480p) Component Set developed by Texas Instruments. The DLP(TM) Widescreen (480p) Component Set features both a native 848 x 480 resolution-mode that permits the Piano HE-3200 to project 16:9 aspect ratio images with no scaling required, and an 800 x 600 resolution mode that permits the Piano HE-3200 to project 4:3 aspect ratio images.


  • Four-times, six-segment RGB sequential illumination is also provided through the use of TI's new DLP(TM) Widescreen (480p) Component Set, which features support for a 240 Hz color scan rate.

The Piano HE-3200 home theater projector measures just 9.3 in. wide by 7.8 in. deep by 3.6 in. high and weighs just 4.4 lb., and so can be maneuvered easily to make any location in the home a movie theatre-like viewing experience. In addition, it will be available in a choice of five colors (silver, black, white, red, and yellow).

The original PLUS Piano HE-3100 remains available, and now carries a price of $2,699. The new PLUS Piano HE-3200, at $3,299, will be available in July. Both projectors can be purchased directly from PLUS at http://www.plushometheater.com/, or through a network of PLUS partner dealers. A list of partner dealers can be found at the PLUS website.

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