Canon Expands Line of High Resolution REALiS Multimedia Projectors with Powerful Features for Multiple Market Needs : Home Theater

Canon one of the most respaected brands and one of Fortune's Most Admired Companies, announced three new Multimedia Projectors, the REALiS SX6, REALiS SX60, and REALiS X600 models, which now joins the award-winning REALiS SX50 projector. The new Canon REALiS projectors provode large, high-resolution digital images with precise color. The Canon REALiS projectors is targeted at the Home Cinema enthusiasts, though it meets the needs of others like professional potographers, business presenters with the outstanding image quality and detail. The Canon REALiS Projectors makes use of it's very own latest generation AISYS (Aspectual Illumination System) optical system, which enhances LCOS technology to achieve crisp, color-rich, intricately detailed images by efficiently utilizing and equalizing light from the projector lamp. Now lets take a look at the Projector models one-by-one.

Canon REALiS SX6 Multimedia Projector
Leading the pack of three is the SX6 projector which provides astonishing color reproduction with Adobe RGB and sRGB color support for professional artists, photographers, and printing professionals, where accuracy in needed. It is a 3500 ANSI lumens projector, which features a 1400 x 1050 Super High Resolution (SXGA+) and 1000:1 contrast ratio. Now wonder it is the cream of the three models. The SX6 projector will be availble in May 2006 at a suggested price of $6,999.

Canon REALiS SX60 Multimedia Projector
The SX60 is basically known for its whisper free operation. It is mainly targetted and designed to meet the needs of those professionals who desire critical viewing applications. It is a 2500 ANSI Lumen projector. Its 27dB noise level makes the SX60 exceptionally quiet for its class, much to the delight of Home Cinema Buffs. It also includes Home Cinema mode which provides a contrast ratio of 2000:1 for display of crisp blacks essential to defining cinematic images with depth and dimension. It is also available in May 2006 at a suggested price of $5999.

The REALiS X600 Multimedia Projector.
The X600 is the least expensive of the three models. It carries a TAG of being the world's first XGA, LCOS projector. It offers high quality and exceptional color reproduction at an affordable price. Like the SX6, it is also a 3500 ANSI Lumens projector.It operates at 31db, ensuring whisper free operation. It also boasts of XGA (1024 x 768) resolution display and 1000:1 contrast ratio. The REALiS X600 Multimedia projector is priced at $3,999 and will be available in end of May.

Canon's REALiS Multimedia Projector Features Include:

a wide, 1.7x Powered Canon Zoom Lens that increases the range of projector placement;

Auto Set-Up, which instantly identifies and selects the input source, corrects keystone distortion, sharpens focus, and adjusts for wall color; and

Off and Go, which allows users to simply unplug the power cord when they finish a presentation and start packing up while internal circuitry runs the fan and cools the projector.

HDCP Compliant DVI-I terminal, Motion Adaptive IP conversion and Film Mode (2-3 Pull down)