As one of the first companies to popularise
“home theatre” and a leader in the field, Yamaha
is naturally committed to visual as well as audio
excellence. We want our customers’ enjoyment
of movies and other video sources to be totally
satisfying. Our home theatre line includes a
number of high performance products, including
projectors, DVD players and a plasma monitor,
but in terms of our home theatre receivers, we
design them to deliver the finest possible video
signal to the display component.
Component Video Up Conversion
(RX-Z9, RX-V2500, RX-V1500, RX-V757,
RX-V657 and RX-V557)
One way of ensuring the highest video quality for
your home theatre system is to use the best
possible video signal. The receiver automatically
upgrades the input signal (composite to S-Video
or component, S-Video to component) to the one
that your monitor/TV can accept. This means that
you simply use the best possible cable between
the receiver and the monitor/TV, and then
whatever the source is, you are assured of
getting the highest possible quality.
DCDi Processing
(RX-Z9)
The RX-Z9 is the first
receiver to offer Faroudja’s
DCDi Processing, which is
selectable and ensures that
images are smooth and
natural, without staircasing
or jaggies.
Noise Shaped Video™ (RX-Z9)
This technology, from Analog Devices, uses
oversampling and advanced techniques such as
multi-bit sigma-delta processing and bit-
shuffling to improve converter performance by
moving converter noise to an area of the
spectrum where it can be removed by an
Highest Picture Quality
analogue filter. This improves the
accuracy of signal representation,
allowing images to be displayed at much higher
resolutions.
Progressive Scan Video Output and Other Video
Technologies (RX-Z9)
The RX-Z9 is the first receiver to provide
Progressive Scan Video Output, for use with high
definition monitors. With almost twice as much
video data, it provides a sharper, noise-free picture
with clearer details. The
progressive circuit is an 3:2
Pull-Down Detection type,
and gives you the benefit of
progressive scanning even if
your DVD player does not
have it. Other video
technologies include
216MHz/12-bit Video D/A Conversion, Motion
Adaptive Noise Reduction, Cross Colour uppression,
Aspect Ratio Conversion, a Time Base Corrector
that prevents the wavy distortion seen in video
tapes and TrueLife Enhancer by Faroudja that
brings out details in the picture producing a more
lifelike image.
HDTV (720p/1080i) Compatible
Component Video Monitor Out
The frequency response of the component video
monitor out signal is an extremely wide
5Hz–100MHz (RX-Z9; RX-V2500, RX-V1500,
RX-V757, RX-V657, RX-V557, RX-V457 and
RX-V357 are 5Hz–60MHz), ensuring compatibility
with HDTV (720p, 1080i) monitors.
Image Adjustment (RX-Z9)
To ensure that the high quality image looks
precisely the way you want it to, the RX-Z9
includes an extremely detailed Image Adjustment
function. You can select three modes, Cinema,
Standard or Dynamic, and within those modes, you
can “fine-tune” five parameters: Enhancer, 3D NR,
Contrast, Brightness and Saturation. You can then
store your final
adjustments in
the user memory
for recall at any
time.
Before TrueLife Enhancer (Left) vs. After TrueLife Enhancer (Right)
DCDi Off (Left) vs. DCDi On (Right)
Time Base Corrector Off (Left) vs. Time Base Corrector On (Right)
Without Film Mode (Left) vs. With Film Mode (Right)
Digital Video Processing Board
All digital video processing circuitry is on a single
board, housed in its own separate chamber to
completely avoid interference from other circuitry.
Digital Video Up and Down Conversion
(RX-Z9)
Faroudja DCDi
processing LSI (FLI 2310)
Above images are simulated.
YGV-619 video processor
LSI (Yamaha original)
Component
Video
S-Video
S1/S2 compatible
Composite
Video
Component
Video
S-Video
Composite
Video
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