Marantz DL5500 FEATURE INFORMATION

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As the digital era dawns, Marantz has models that provide the best possible images today....and tomorrow. Our HDTV-

Ready DL5500 model incorporates Digital Light ProcessingTM and Multi Scan Converter to display high quality HDTV

signals (1080i, 720P, 480P, 480i).

At the heart of the DL5500 model is the Digital Micromirror DeviceTM. DMDTM, an optical semiconductor chip that has

an array of microscopic mirrors mounted on a standard logic device. These tiny mirrors operate as optical switches to

create high resolution, full color images, with close to 1 million mirrors contained on a single 0.8 inch chip.

Coupling the Digital Micromirror DeviceTM with our newly developed 10-element lens system ensures maximum picture

performance, such as 1280 x 720 display resolution.

The Multi Scan Converter detects many kinds of signals having different signal timings, such as, NTSC, SDTV, HDTV,

VGA, SVGA, and XGA, then executes pixel format conversion and frame rate conversion to make a proper picture for

a Digital Micromirror DeviceTM.

The Flex Converter converts both NTSC and 480i SDTV signals to progressive scanned signals. This unit creates

pictures like Split, Picture in Picture, Surf 3 and Freeze. It automatically detects a DVD movie with 24 frames per

second recorded, then converts to progressive scanned signal with 60 frames per second. This makes a smooth and

natural picture without overlapped fields.

ACOMPONENT VIDEO input accepts separate blue, red & B/W signals from high resolution digital sources such as

DVD or digital set-top box to provide a higher resolution picture.

The Digital 3DYC Comb Filter analyzes three lines of information from a single video frame as well as lines from

adjacent frames. This technology eliminates the flickering that a detailed pattern or scene would normally cause, for

the cleanest, neatest picture possible.

Astandard TV uses Interlaced Scanning where each frame of video is broken into two fields, each providing alternating

scan lines. This can leave noticeable scan lines and cause flickering. With Progressive Scanning, complete frames are

displayed for a smoother picture with no scan lines and no flicker. This allows you to get the optimal picture quality from

today’s high resolution digital sources such as DVD, a digital set-top box, SVGA or with a VGAinput, a computer.

In order for a computer to recognize a monitor it must have DDC2B support, which you’ll find in our DL5500 model.

This allows the computer to recognize the resolution capability of that monitor and then automatically set itself to that

level without manual adjustments.