As one of the first companies to
popularize “home theater” 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 theater line includes
a number of high performance products,
including projectors, DVD players and a
plasma monitor, but in terms of our
home theater receivers, we design them
to deliver the finest possible video signal
to the display component.
Video Up Conversion
(RX-Z9, RX-V2400, RX-V1400, RX-V750, RX-V650
and RX-V550)
One way of ensuring the highest video
quality for your home theater 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. The
RX-V650 and RX-V550 can provide
composite video and S-Video up
coversion.
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
Highest Picture Quality
10
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
analog 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 Color Suppression,
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.
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
