May 31, 2001 - Luxeon today announced its premium three-pound DLP-based digital projector, providing true portability without compromising performance. The Luxeon Z5 incorporates Digital Light Processing technology from Texas Instruments and offers outstanding video reproduction and color clarity. With digital video connectivity, the Z5 offers the best image quality possible without compromises on performance, carrying weight or features.

Encased in a lightweight magnesium alloy housing, the 3.1 lbs. Z5 provides a sturdy construction to protect this highly portable unit without the added weight. True 1024x768 (XGA) resolution coupled with 1200 ANSI Lumen in brightness and a whopping 400:1 contrast ratio, enables detailed video presentation, clear and crisp images and brilliant color images even in bright ambient environment.

Ideal for business and multimedia presentation, even in a small package, the Z5 has a built-in speaker system to provide excellent audio to presentations. With included attachment module, RCA and S-Video inputs, the unit can also be hooked up to an array of electronics equipment like DVD, VCR, Gaming Console and camcorders. In essence, the Z5 offers complete multimedia capabilities and feature sets to stage maximum visual and auditory experiences.

Additional customer-pleasing features like optical zoom, digital keystone correction and unique Color Imaging System allow users to customize the best presentation settings under various ambient environments. Remote control with mouse function, digital zoom, panning, electronic blanking and video freeze allows the presenter to create the maximum visual impact. Other notable features are versatile mounting options for permanent conference room use; the mounting mechanism allows ceiling, front and rear projection installation. To further protect your investment from being obsolete and to maximize ROI, the Z5 is HDTV ready from 480p, 720p to 1080i via DVI-I connector.

Portability and performance are the key design factors for the Z5 projector. DLP-based optical engine, superb video quality, uncompromising performance, future-ready connectivity and other premium features are great assets for the projector and don’t sacrifice portability or cost. The durability and longevity of 1000-hours lamp life (130W VIP, user replaceable) also provide peace of mind to the user, without worries about degrading presentation performance over a short period of time.

Luxeon offers a high level of service and support with a three-year limited warranty on the projector, a 90-day limited warranty on the user-replaceable lamp module.

About Luxeon
The Luxeon brand will be used to market a series of digital front and rear projection displays. With divisions located in Beaverton, OR and Los Angeles, CA, Luxeon will engage in the sales, marketing, engineering and support for its customers and product lines. The full product line will include front projection products ranging from SVGA to SXGA capability starting from 1000 ANSI Lumen to 3000 ANSI Lumens of brightness. These levels are suitable for education, business, large venue and home theatre applications.

Luxeon’s rear projection product line will include 36” to 60” LCD, DLP based digital projection displays with 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratio’s capable of computer and a variety of video inputs to satisfy the needs of mix-mode operation, convergence, interactive TV and HDTV requirements.

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