A Projector for Gaming and Home Theater
The Panasonic PT-AX200U is an innovative new projector that is poised to revolutionize projectors for video gaming. Panasonic set out to create a projector that can handle the swift pace of gaming, while dramatically improving detail in dark scenes and shadows common in the most popular games today. Endorsed by professional gaming group Major League Gaming, the Panasonic PT-AX200U has impressed even the most demanding critics.

The PT-AX200 is ideal for watching sports events or playing video games in daytime conditions and surely for viewing movies in a dark room. Powerful 2,000-lumen brightness and new Light Harmonizer 2 technology make it easy for people to enjoy vibrant, dynamic images even if they don't have a special theater room. Panasonic’s advanced technologies improve color reproduction accuracy in movies, to deliver images with a refined "Hollywood picture quality," making this projector ideal as the heart of a home cinema system.

The Panasonic PT-AX100U was the best selling 720p projector in 2007, so Panasonic has kept the same robust feature set (lens shift, 2X zoom, HDMI) and added a second HDMI port, a redesigned auto iris, an enhanced Light Harmonizer that automatically adjust brightness of your image based on ambient light in the room.

Features of the Panasonic PT-AX200U

2,000 - Lumen Brightness - Brightest in its Class*
Panasonic developed an extremely powerful lamp to realize an outstanding brightness of 2,000 lumens, brightest in its class.*
* LCD projectors with native resolution of 720p, as of August 1, 2007.

Light Harmonizer 2 Brings Crisp Picture in Various Lightings
Together with the 2,000-lumens brightness, Panasonic's Light Harmonizer 2 technology produces vivid and easy to see images even in the kind of bright lighting that makes images from other projectors look whitish, faded or lacking in detail. In addition, it has a built-in ambient light sensor (ALS) that measures the amount of light in your room to optimize the picture quality at different lighting conditions.* Light Harmonizer 2 circuit not only adjusts the gamma curve, but also controls iris setting, lamp power, and picture sharpness to maintain easy, comfortable viewing at all times.
* The Light Harmonizer 2 is set to Auto at the factory. There is also a Manual mode if you want to finetune the picture yourself.

Game Mode for Stress-Free Playing
The PT-AX200 features a "Game" mode that improves signal processing for better response, allowing you to play games with minimal stress. It also reveals gradation in saturated areas to show detail that are otherwise lost in very dark areas.

Cinema 1 Mode Offers Hollywood Picture Quality
Panasonic worked with experts in Hollywood—the movie capital of the world-to create the ideal image reproduction for viewing movies. This allows the PT-AX200 to deliver true Hollywood picture quality, with images that faithfully express the director’s artistic intent.

Pure Color Filter
The Pure Color Filter was born from Panasonic's pursuit of optical technology that delivers true Hollywood picture quality. The light spectrum is adjusted to produce a level of light that maximizes the performance of the LCD panels, which expands the color range and produces truer blacks.

Smooth Screen Technology
Developed exclusively by Panasonic, this effectively reduces the black lines between pixels that mar picture quality. The high definition picture of the PT-AX200 is remarkably smooth and film-like, while remaining amazingly sharp and detailed.

Dynamic Iris
Dynamic Iris has been refined to provide deeper, richer blacks needed for true image reproduction with stunning smoothness. This technology adjusts the lamp power, iris, and gamma curve according to data obtained from frame-by-frame histogram analysis of the image brightness level.

Advanced Dynamic Sharpness Control
The new Advanced Dynamic Sharpness Control determines image areas that need to be sharpened at varying degrees by examining small changes in brightness levels within the image. This greatly reduces noise amplification and delivers clear and natural looking images.

2x Optical Zoom Lens
The 2x optical zoom lens provides a wide throw range that gives you outstanding setup flexibility, letting you enjoy large-screen viewing in different sized rooms. Position it on a table in front of you, suspend it from the ceiling, or place it on a bookshelf behind you.

Vertical and Horizontal Lens Shift
Adjust the positioning of the picture vertically and horizontally by simply operating a joystick. The shift range is 63% of the screen height for vertical adjustment, and 25% of the screen width for horizontal adjustment.

Two HDMI Inputs
Two HDMI inputs let you connect two devices, such as a BD player and game console, at the same time, using HDMI cables. This eliminates the need for an HDMI switcher.

Simple, Convenient Remote Control
The remote control is intuitively laid out for ease of use. The picture mode select buttons are divided into "Theater Room" and "Living Room" to separate the modes into those recommended for dark room viewing and bright room viewing respectively.

Ecology-Conscious Design
Panasonic strives to minimize environmental impact caused by its products through careful consideration of design, production, delivery, process and product life cycle. The PT-AX200 reflects the following ecological considerations.

• Lead-free solder is used to mount components on the printed circuit boards.
• No halogenated flame retardants are used in the cabinet.
• No polystyrene foam is used in the packing materials.
• Lead-free glass is used for the lens.
• The packing case and operating manual are made from recycled paper.
• Lamp power switching further reduces power consumption.
• Standby power consumption is a mere 0.08 watts in the standby mode.