Developed in collaboration with leading filmmakers, Panasonic’s Hollywood tuning process produces images that mirror the director’s artistic vision and intent. This process is now further aided in the new PT-AE2000 by maximizing the image quality of the full-HD content in Blu-ray discs and HD broadcasts for large-screen viewing. The carefully tuned optical system teams up with a newly developed Detail Clarity Processor to dramatically boost image clarity. The PT-AE2000 offers the ultimate home cinema experience with crisp full-HD images in remarkable detail.

The new next-generation full-HD LCD panels* use vertically aligned liquid crystal molecules with inorganic alignment layers. When no voltage is applied, the molecules are aligned perpendicular to the glass substrate, so there is no light leakage and the substrate remains black (called “normally black” operation), providing higher contrast.

* C2FINE™ D7 1920 x 1080 panels.

This system works by analyzing histograms to determine the brightness level of each image, then adjusting the lamp power, iris and gamma curve* accordingly to create the ideal image. The adjustments are made 60 times every second. In the PT-AE2000 we doubled the control speed pattern to further improve response and stability. This helps the projector achieve a wide dynamic range with swift smoothness for added beauty in both dark and bright scenes. * Parameters for adjusting the output brightness gradation level according to the input signal.		High-precision iris mechanism

Panasonic’s Smooth Screen technology uses crystal double refraction to arrange pixels on a screen without gaps between them. The new Smooth Screen is optimized specifically to match the characteristic of PT-AE2000's optical system, giving you the kind of smooth, vivid, and three-dimensional-like images you see in a movie theater.

This optical filter optimizes the light spectrum from the UHM projector lamp, helping to produce deeper blacks while improving purity levels in the three primary colors (red, green and blue). This advanced filter system improves color purity to such an extent that the color gamut is expanded to approximately match the level specified by the digital cinema industry.* This gives images the deep, rich coloring that distinguishes movie images. * Specifications put forth by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) DC28 Digital Cinema committees.

The PT-AE2000 introduces a powerful new digital image processing circuit, called the Detail Clarity Processor. This function analyzes the frequency of the video signal in each scene and extracts information on the distribution of the high-, medium-, and low frequency image components. It then applies appropriate sharpness to each portion of the image based on the extracted information. This brings greater clarity and sharpness to details, by reproducing fine nuances that were lost due to image compression. The resulting images have a more natural, lifelike expression than those of previous image-processing methods.		Detail Clarity Processor

Detail Clarity Processor: Signal frequency is extracted real-time and necessary sharpness is applied at varying degrees for natural, life-like images.		Conventional sharpness control: Sharpness is applied uniformly, which can cause a halo or ring effect.

When the output level of the source device fluctuates due to the performance of the device or its cable connection, the original black and white levels of the image content cannot be reproduced. With the PT-AE2000 you can now view the waveforms on the screen and adjust the settings both automatically and manually as you prefer.		The PT-AE2000 gives home consumers a projector with the kind of waveform monitor used in equipment for professionals.

You can freeze any scene you wish, and then make adjustments while easily comparing the original image and the adjusted image side-by-side.

The PT-AE2000 has three HDMI input terminals for digital transmission without image degradation, and two component input terminals. The HDMI input terminals also support the deep colors of the new HDMI version 1.3 xvYCC* standard. * Effective in Color 1 image mode.

The universal “learning” remote can be used to control multiple devices in your home theater. You can also assign direct shortcuts to functions you frequently use on the three function buttons. For easier maintenance, you can replace the filter from the side and the lamp from the top. The dust filter and lamp are easily replaced even after the PT-AE2000 is installed on the ceiling.