Deep Encased Cell Structure With Crystal Emissive Layer and New Materials
The new Elite Plasma Display Panels have higher brightness and blacker black for increased realism, while also consuming less power.
The Crystal Emissive Layer (part of the Deep Encased Cell Structure) is a layer of crystal with an especially well- aligned structure. It is applied to the surface of the front glass substrate. The following display panel technologies also improve light emission efficiency, in synergy with the video signal processing of New PureDrive II:
New Dielectric Layer
A new material for the dielectric layer ensures 20% higher light emission efficiency over previous models, for brighter pictures with lower voltage.
New Red and Blue Phosphors
First Surface PRO Color Filter —
A New Elite-Exclusive Panel Technology
The latest Elite PDPs feature the new First Surface PRO Color filter — an Elite-exclusive feature. This is an upgraded version of the Pioneer-developed First Surface Pure Color Filter. It allows superior contrast to be maintained even in bright environments. This is due to a layer of film affixed to the glass panel covering the plasma cells. Unlike conventional glass filters, this panel technology eliminates the space between the film and the glass. This allows ambient light reflection to be reduced, improving the contrast ratio in bright environments by 20%.
The First Surface PRO Color Filter uses a new special film, which better balances the colors of passing light with 15% lower transmittance compared to the previous filter. This further improves the contrast ratio in bright environments — by 20% compared to the previous filter.
Features for Higher-Level
Entertainment
Home Media Gallery With DLNA Certification and Windows Media Connect Compatibility
Digital devices for home use are increasingly popular, and people are consuming and creating digital content at
a much higher rate than ever. Not only has the variety of content increased, but also the variety of audio and video formats. Pioneer's Home Media Gallery function brings all of this into your living room.
This Elite-exclusive function lets you play digital videos, digital still photos, and
compressed music files stored in your PC — or multiple PCs —
*A previously existing or new home network, Microsoft Windows XP, and Microsoft Media Connect Software (free for licensed users of Microsoft Windows operating system through Windows updates) are required for all home network and Home Media Gallery features.
**The PlaysForSure logo, Windows Media, and the Windows logo are trademarks or regis- tered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
***DRM (Digital Rights Management)-protected files on the server are not playable on the PDPs and show up in the Home Media Gallery with a lock icon next to them.
TV Guide On Screen™ System
The new Elite PDPs are compatible with the TV Guide On Screen™ — a free, interactive on-screen TV program guide that you can easily browse with
the remote control. It shows you a list of programs broadcast now, or in the coming week, by channel or category. The system provides a wide range of convenient features, including:
(1) User-Friendly GUI
The system guides you through programs with user-friendly GUI. Easy-to-understand icons and a broad array of displayed
The new Elite PDPs also boast new red and blue phosphors. The new red phosphors allow a variety of red shades to be faithfully reproduced, which is difficult to achieve with conventional PDPs, LCD TVs, etc. The new blue phosphors improve the realism of blue shades, and are more durable than conventional materials.
Deep Encased Structure with Crystal Emissive Layer
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Conventional Glass Filter
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First Surface PRO Color Filter
even when the PC is located in another room. Connect a new Pioneer Elite PDP to your home network, and the unit automatically seeks out (for example) your WMV or MPEG2 videos, JPEG still photos, and MP3 or WMA music files, and plays them via your audio-visual system. Extremely easy operation is ensured by an intuitive on-screen GUI, easy-to-read displays, and user-friendly remote control. Home Media Gallery even allows playback of content from your PC with up to 1920 x 1080p resolution.
In addition, the Home Media Gallery is designed to DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) guidelines. This means the Elite PDPs can play networked music, videos, and photo files from other DLNA 1.0-compliant devices, regardless of the brand.
information make it simple to use.
Screen Components for TV Guide On Screen™
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1. TV GUIDE logo |
2. Clock — Shows the current time. |
Previous Cell Structure | New Cell Structure |
First Surface PRO Color Filter | |
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Transparent Electrode | |
Dielectric Layer | Black Stripe |
Protective Layer | Auxiliary Electrode |
Deep Encased Cell Structure | |
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New Red Phosphor | Address Electrode |
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Green Phosphor | Rear Glass Substrate |
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Energy-Saving Technologies for the "Single Drive" Display
Wider Color Space — Surpassing the NTSC Color Standard
The combination of the above panel technologies allows the new Elite PDPs to faithfully reproduce all red, green, and blue colors over a wider color space, which surpasses the NTSC color standard by 7% with the PRO-FHD1, and by 9% with the PRO-1540HD, PRO-1140HD, and PRO-940HD.
Color Space Comparison
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Microsoft Windows Media Connect is a new technology that lets you deliver music, photos, and video stored on a PC to devices in your living room or other places. Download this freeware and enjoy access to all your PC archives at your fingertips.
The Elite PDPs also allow playback of Microsoft PlaysForSure-protected content from a wide range of popular online movie and music service providers. Just look for the PlaysForSure logo.
Home Media Gallery
3. | Time slot — Time is divided into 30-minute slots and arranged |
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4. | Time tub — Indicates the currently selected time slot. |
5. | Current service label — Indicates the currently selected service. |
6. | Service bar — Gives access to various services of the program guide. |
7. | Title — Shows the TV program title. |
8. | Info bar — Various icons for getting information or the status of an item. |
9. | Video window — Lets you continue watching the current program |
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10. | Panel ads and panel menu entry — Space for show/product advertising |
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11. | Channel logo |
12. | Info box — Shows brief information about a selected program. |