More visual information
If your business depends on rapid decision-making based on visual information, it pays to make that information as clear and accessible as technology will allow. That's why Command & Control and Visualization customers have "edge blended" multiple projectors into a single image. This incurred some sacrifice in real estate at the edges, as well as distracting shifts in brightness and color. 4K SXRD projection represents a major advance. Compared to edge blending, the 4K projection presents a giant canvas of 4096 x 2160 with no sacrifices. Third party vendors and system integrators have been quick to use this pixel real estate to provide incredibly panoramic displays. These can include multiple, configured-on-the-fly computer graphic windows, each in its native resolution.
4K content, delivery and connection
4K content has originated from scanning 35mm or 65mm motion picture film, from computer animation and from 4K digital cameras. For Digital Cinema, this content is typically played from a growing selection of servers that are compatible with the 4K signal.
The Sony 100 Series 4K projectors (SRX-S110, S105, R110 and R105) have four input card slots, which can be configured to accept analog Y/Pb/Pr, analog RGB, SD-SDI 4:2:2, HD-SDI 4:2:2, DC-SDI, dual link HD-SDI 4:4:4, dual link DC-SDI and DVI inputs. A single standard definition video, high definition video, computer RGB or 2K Digital Cinema source can be displayed across the entire screen. Or four inputs can be displayed on four quadrants of the screen simultaneously, a valuable feature for multi-point videoconferencing and multi- part Sports Book display.
Superior presentation of HD content
Sony 4K SXRD projection enhances the display of HD and 2K sources, making these projectors a smart choice even if you don't plan to show 4K content in the immediate future. For audience members sitting close to the screen, conventional HD projectors can reveal "jaggies"—unwanted pixel stair steps that are particularly visible on hard-line picture edges, such as text and graphics. Depending on microdisplay technology, conventional HD projectors can also make the gaps between pixels readily visible on the screen. This unwanted artifact is often called "screen door effect," because the picture appears to be viewed through a screen door. Sony SXRD 4K projectors minimize both artifacts.
First, with SXRD the gaps between the pixels are unusually narrow in proportion to the live image area. Roughly 92% of the image is live, with only about 8% devoted to gaps. Then SXRD 4K projection presses this advantage
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