Pioneer Stereo System manual Display Panel Technologies, PDP Technology

24fps x 3 = 72fps: Pioneer's Advanced Solution

The PRO-FHD1 does not change 24fps to 60fps, thanks to Pioneer-exclusive Advanced PureCinema with 3-3 Pull Down. This function creates three full copies of each frame, for 72 progressive frames per second. This balance between frames lets you enjoy real-theater quality while sitting in your living room!

Film	PureCinema	Advanced
		PureCinema
Frame arrangement perfectly synchronized with the original film

Create a 1080p Home Theater System with Pioneer Elite Components

Pioneer Innovations in Panel-Driving Technologies

New PureDrive™ II — Fully-Digitalized Video Signal Processing for Even Higher Picture Quality

With conventional plasma display panels (PDP), input signals are converted back and forth between analog and digital before being sent to the display panels. This tends to cause noise, degrading the quality of displayed pictures. As a leading manufacturer of PDPs, Pioneer developed PureDrive™ technology, featuring all- digital video signal processing. The latest Elite PDPs come with its latest version — New PureDrive™ II.

The New PureDrive™ II features custom chipsets which ensure a wide range of picture-quality benefits, including lower noise, finer gradation, and more natural color reproduction.

(See the figure below.)

ACE IV

ACE IV (Advanced Continuous Emission Technology IV) — newly built into the latest Elite PDPs — is one of the biggest benefits of The New PureDrive™ II. This technology delivers the following advantages:

3. Elimination of False Contours

It is a Pioneer-exclusive benefit that eliminates sharp edges where there should be smooth gradation.

ACE IV

	Previous Models
Much Smoother	Elite PDPs

Gradation than

Previous Models

When a scene has only dark areas, ACE IV concentrates on gradation in the low-brightness ranges.

Much Finer Details for Dark Colors

	Further accuracy of
	gradation reproduction
	in the low
	brightness range
Brightness	Brightness
Level	Level
	Input Level

Intelligent Active DRE (PRO-1540HD/PRO-1140HD/PRO-940HD)

The New PureDrive™ II also provides Active DRE (Dynamic Range Expander). This offers wider picture control options than the previous version (which only offers High, Mid, Low, and Off).

The latest Pioneer Elite PDPs come with an even more advanced version of Active DRE — Intelligent Active DRE. This technology constantly detects variations in picture information, including low-brightness signals, and scattered peak and bottom luminance levels (like a lawn reflecting sunlight). The Intelligent Active DRE automatically optimizes the parameter settings for the displayed picture. For example, when a scene has a large shaded area, the gamma setting is automatically adjusted for finer gradations.

Intelligent Active Dynamic Range Expander

Parameter	Function
Dynamic Contrast	Emphasizes the contrast between dark and bright images,
	so that (for example) sunlight falling through trees looks
	brighter and edges of human faces become more distinct.
Black Level	Emphasizes dark areas for greater distinction from
	bright areas.
Automatic Contrast Limiter	Automatically compensates to create the optimum
	contrast characteristics.
Gamma Control	Controls gradation characteristics.

Intelligent Active DRE

For the first time in the world, a comprehensive range of components for creating a 1080p home theater system is now available — thanks to Pioneer.

1. Smoother Gradation

The new technology allows even smoother gradation — with more steps than the previous version — letting you reproduce

Input Level

Noiseless Pictures without False Contours

Use HDMI connection to combine the PRO-FDH1 with the BDP-HD1 Elite Blu-ray Disc Player and Elite A/V receiver. The Pioneer Elite A/V receiver transmits lossless, all- digital audio and video signals from Blu-ray Discs. You get high-quality multi-channel audio, plus enhanced images that feature vivid colors, blacker black, finer details, and superb contrast.

even more colors.

2. Finer Details in Low Brightness Ranges

ACE IV automatically analyzes the overall picture to optimize gradation and brightness levels. When a scene has only dark areas, such as night views and low-lit rooms, ACE IV detects this and concentrates on gradation in the low-brightness ranges, to reproduce details much finer than usual for dark colors.

Conventional Plasma Display Panel	Pioneer's Elite Plasma Display Panel
False contours lower the picture quality	Smooth, natural image without false
	contours

Intelligent Color Management (PRO-1540HD/PRO-1140HD/PRO-940HD)

OFF	ON
	Higher contrast and finer gradations

Display Panel Technologies

PDP Technology

The PDP screen is actually two panels of glass with nearly a

New PureDrive™ II

Conceptual Diagram of Video Signal Processing

								Analog Signal
Conventional Plasma Display Panel								Digital Signal
Terrestrial	A/D
Broadcast
Video	A/D	Y/C	D/A	Chroma	RGB	A/D	Digital Video		PDP
				Decoder	Decoder		Processing

Component

Pioneer Elite Plasma Display's New PureDrive ™ II

TerrestrialA/D

Broadcast

Video	A/D	3D Y/C Chroma Decoder		Digital Video	PDP
				Processing
			Digital
Component	A/D
			Selector

HDMI

Digital TV

Broadcast

The new Pioneer Elite PDPs come with Intelligent Color Management. This analyzes the color information of pictures, and automatically optimizes four color elements — red, green, blue, and skin — without losing the natural color balance of the whole picture. Gardens will have more vibrant greens, people will have more natural skin color, and much more.

Intelligent Color Management

OFF	ON
	More natural skin color

million pixels sandwiched between them. The pixels consist of tiny cells that hold gas, with electrodes on the top and bottom. Electrical discharges cause the gas to emit ultraviolet light that excites red, green and blue phosphors, which in turn radiate visible light to produce bold, color images.

Black Stripe Coating for Vivid Images

The additional black stripes help reduce the amount of external light reflected off the screen surface, which greatly improves contrast. Viewers can enjoy sharp, vivid pictures, even under bright ambient lighting, with no washed-out colors or poor contrast.

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