* This product information is available only for the USA model.
Combining a PHL Reference Chroma Processor with advanced PHD imaging technology, Panasonic's original digital consumer electronics integration platform, UniPhier® reproduces crisp, natural colors that are extremely faithful to the original movie. UniPhier® reflects the advanced encoding and authoring technologies developed by Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory (PHL) in collaboration with film industry professionals. With UniPhier® at its heart, the SC-BT100 provides a level of image and sound quality that meets Hollywood's stringent demands – so you experience movies just the way they were meant to be experienced.
* UniPhier is a trademark/a registered trade mark of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. in Japan and other countries.
The PHL Reference Chroma Processor up-samples (4:2:0 to 4:2:2) the color information in decoded video signals. Using unique Panasonic technology, this innovative circuit faithfully reproduces the fine details and nuances of Blu-ray video streams that have been recorded with high quality image compression system. It generates images with all the clarity and depth that BD-Video movies have to offer.
PHD
processes more than 15 billion pixels per second and applies the optimal processing to every pixel. So that it can render progressive images superbly, expresses motion smoothly, and draws crisp diagonal lines.
Precise Pixel Generation
BD-Video
supports a number of formats. For example, the highest-quality
format (1920 x 1080 pixels) can be recorded at any of four
different frame rates - 59.94i, 50i, 23.976p and 24p - and
the compression format can be MPEG2, MPEG4 AVC or VC-1. The
BD-Video player must detect these instantly and perform progressive
conversion when necessary. Both for the de-interlacing and
scaling, the SC-BT100's super-high-speed PHD generates each pixel correctly according to information obtained
from up to 60 surrounding pixels. Applying progressive processing
to huge amounts of data, it delivers images of striking beauty.
16-Level Motion
Detection with Pixel-Based Motion Adaptive
For optimum
progressive conversion, the processing must suit the motion
of the image. The super-high-speed PHD categorizes the image motion of each pixel into one of 16 levels,
from stationary to super fast. For areas with stationary images,
it applies the progressive processing best suited to still
images. In other areas it applies processing that matches the
degree of motion. The results are stunningly beautiful progressive
images with minimum conversion errors.
Diagonal Processing
The ability
to create smooth, sharp diagonal lines is a key in progressive
conversion.
The PHD quickly detects diagonals and applies correction to the pixels
accordingly. In reproducing the kinds of geometric patterns often
seen in architecture, for example, the SC-BT100 provides exceptionally
smooth, sharp diagonal lines whether the image is still or moving.
Detection of 3:2
Pull-Down Progressive Processing
The PHD instantly determines whether a source is film or video and optimizes
the processing accordingly. Applying 3:2 with movie software, it makes images look natural
and true to life.
1080p* Up-Conversion
When playing a BD-Video or DVD
disc, the PHD
up-converts content recorded in the 480i/p, or 720p format to
1080p with Precise Pixel Generation that generates each pixel
from 60 surrounding pixels of information. You enjoy superb 1080p-level
image quality. * HDMI connection
required.
The SC-BT100 is Deep Color ready, which means they can reproduce images with 12-bit, 4,096-step gradation. You enjoy exceptionally rich, natural-looking colors, with smooth, detailed gradation and minimal color banding.
* The TV must also be Deep Color compatible. Other TVs will display 8-bit, 256-step grada
The SC-BT100 provides 1080/24p output. It reproduces movie images from a Blu-ray Disc in their original 24p form, with no need for conversion. You see movies in the same format used in movie theaters.
* 24p stands for 24 frame/sec.
* 1080/24p supported TV is required.
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HD imaging technology, Panasonic's original digital consumer electronics integration platform, UniPhier® reproduces crisp, natural colors that are extremely faithful to the original movie. UniPhier® reflects the advanced encoding and authoring technologies developed by Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory (PHL) in collaboration with film industry professionals. With UniPhier® at its heart, the SC-BT100 provides a level of image and sound quality that meets Hollywood's stringent demands – so you experience movies just the way they were meant to be experienced.
