Exploiting the Advantages of Self-Emitting Plasma Displays
TOKYO–(Business Wire)–Pioneer Corporation (TOKYO:6773)(ISIN:JP3780200006) (President and Representative Director: Tamihiko Sudo) today unveils concepts for future plasma display technologies under the code name “Project KURO” at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. After a year where it was proved that its award-winning plasma technologies are leagues above the rest of the HDTV industry in picture quality, Pioneer engineers preview future Project KURO concepts for extreme contrast and advanced design. The extreme contrast concept realizes the reproduction of absolute black, and the advanced design concept becomes the world’s thinnest 50-inch display(1) at only nine millimeters (mm) thick.

Pioneer leaps ahead of the game when it unveils its KURO concept. With a high contrast ratio compared to previous plasmas and its thinnest design, ever, the KURO concept is one of a kind.

Contrast ratio is defined as the ratio of the luminosity of the brightest white pixel and darkest black pixel that a display can produce. Given a high contrast ratio, the greater the ability for a projector or any other system to show subtle color details and tolerate extraneous room light.

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The KURO concept is the first to achieve true absolute black, emitting no light when it reproduces a black color on its display. Pioneer has successfully delivered a truly emotional entertainment experience through their new concept. Weighing at about 41 lbs, the thin canvas, sleek design, and absolute black display dishes out the best picture not available in stores, atleast not for a few years.