Yamaha RX-Z9 manual Alis Method Panel Technology PDM-5520, Alis Method Panel Technology PDM-4210

Plasma Display Monitors / Cinema Projectors

The wide range of Yamaha features ensure that your viewing, listening and operating experience is the very best that it can be.

Yamaha Plasma Display Monitors use the most advanced technologies to deliver superb performance.

e-ALIS Method Panel

Technology

(PDM-5520)

The PDM-5520 uses a highly advanced e-ALIS Method (extended Alternate Lighting of

Surface) panel whose pixels are defined electronically rather than physically, allowing each picture element to be smaller than normal. This creates a higher pixel count for a smoother, seamless picture. The panel employs new plasma gas and luminescent material that are more effective than previous types, and the area coated with the luminescent material is greater. This results in the industry’s highest level of brightness, 1,000 cd/m2, with the ability to display 1.07 billion colours for spectacular colour richness and purity.

e-ALIS Method Panel

	Address		Display
Odd	Line	Even Line			Address Electrodes
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2					Display Electrodes
3
4					Scanning Display
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6	.	.		.	electrodes (384)
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765	.	.	.
766
767
768

Displays 768 lines with 384 scanning electrodes

e-ALIS Method Panel Technology

The e-ALIS (extended ALIS) Method Panel technology was developed to enable the use of the ALIS Method on large screens. Adopting the shared electrode structure that is a special feature of ALIS on the front panel permits the display of highly detailed images of 768 lines with 384 electrodes. 1/60 second (1 field) is divided twice into odd number lines and even number lines to perform address, then emits all pixels. During the next 1/60 second, the same operation is done to display a 1/30 second image (1 frame).

ALIS Method Panel Technology (PDM-4210)

This plasma display panel uses an advanced ALIS (Alternate Lighting of Surface) Method to deliver a sharp, clear picture with the smooth, high-definition quality you see in a movie theatre. The ALIS Method employs a screen surface comprised of vertical channels of continuous phosphor material. The pixels are defined electronically rather than physically, allowing each picture element to be smaller than normal. This creates a higher pixel count for a smoother, seamless picture, with edges and curves clearly defined. The PDM-4210 uses the ALIS Method technology, which features new plasma gas and luminescent material that are more effective than previous types. The result is a brighter picture (1,100 cd/m2) and higher colour temperature, which makes white areas such as clouds in the sky stand out more vividly. The panel can also display a wider range of colours (16.7 million), with enhanced colour purity.

Conventional Panel		ALIS Method Panel
Electric		Electric
		discharge
discharge		Electrode
Electrode
	1/60 sec 1/60 sec		1/60 sec 1/60 sec
Two rows of phosphors		Phosphor rows emit light alternatively,
emit light together.		doubling the life of the panel.

Natural Black Drive System

The Natural Black Drive

System automatically

determines the brightness of the screen and applies the gray scale (contrast) best suited to the scene in order to reproduce both bright and dark areas with small details clearly visible. The contrast ratio is an outstanding 1,000:1, making it possible for the Yamaha Plasma Display Monitors to deliver sharp, natural-looking images.

(red, green, blue) for optimum colour reproduction in every scene from very dark to very bright. The sharpness and tint of each colour are independently controlled, so you can adjust tint more precisely.

Long Life of 60,000 Hours

Another benefit of the e-ALIS/ALIS Method Panel technologies are lower power consumption and longer panel life. The Yamaha Plasma Display Monitors will provide high quality images for 60,000 hours,* about twice as long as a typical CRT monitor.

* Until panel brightness reduced to 40%. Yamaha measurement.

Mode Selection for Best Picture Quality

The Yamaha Plasma Display Monitors offer several modes that allow you to adjust the picture to obtain maximum quality. There are two Picture modes (Day and Night), four White Balance modes (Normal, Cool, Warm, Black-White), and a Film mode for watching movies.

High Quality Sound

A digital amplifier supplies 12W + 12W of low-distortion stereo sound. SRS TruBass and Matrix Surround are provided, as well as four audio modes (Movie, Music, Speech, Favourite).

HDTV Capability (PDM-4210)

The PDM-4210 is fully HDTV capable, meaning that 1080i high definition images can be displayed line for line without vertical scaling. The 1,024 x 1,024 resolution provides a completely clean HDTV picture, with no noise at the edges.

True HDTV Picture Quality

1080i input	Effective	ALIS Method Panel
	screen 95%

e-ALIS Method Panel Structure
Shared Electrode	Front Panel
Transparent	G
Electrode	B
Back Panel	R
Dividing Wall	Address
	Electrode

e-ALIS Method Panel Structure

The back panel of the e-ALIS Method Panel has a lattice-shaped rib structure. Supplementing its high aperture rate by increasing the area coated with fluorescent materials results in higher brightness, achieving the industry’s highest class of 1000cd/m2 on a 55V high definition PDP.

The Natural Black Drive System allows the PDM-5520 and PDM-4210 to outperform other plasma displays with deeper blacks and sharper overall contrast.

Digital Linear Colour Control

Digital Linear Colour Control continually maintains

the ideal balance between the three main colours

1080 lines 1024 lines 1024 pixels

1080i is the HD broadcasting standard. However, it uses overscanning, so the actual screen is 95%, or 1,024 lines. Therefore, the ALIS Method Panel with 1,024 pixels reproduces the true image, without noise at the edges.

Other Notable Features

•Side-by-Side Picture

•Picture-in-Picture

•Multi-language on-screen display

•Timer functions

•Five video and five PC size modes

•Simple remote control unit

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