The way wide-screen was intended to be!

High performance PC graphics card with special drivers for wide-screen plasma display panels, LCD and CRT monitors - including screen rotation for portrait mode.

New Features:
Hardware rotation for zero performance reduction in portrait mode
Hardware assisted DirectX 9 and MPEG-2 decoding
Dual-head - different resolutions and rotations on both screens
Digital (DVI), analog (VGA), video and HDTV video outputs

Model No: GC-S8A-256

The Pixel Perfect™ graphics card allows you to display your material in wide-screen landscape AND portrait modes on plasma display panels (PDPs), LCDs, projectors and CRTs in 'pixel perfect' resolutions - WITHOUT any performance reduction!

Pixel Perfect uses the new DeltaChrome™ S8 Graphics Processor Unit from S3 Graphics - a 128-bit 2D and 3D graphics processor that delivers stunning 3D effects and top-end 2D performance including full scene anti-aliasing and alpha blending.

The new Pixel Perfect card boasts 256MB of high performance DDR memory and dual-head capabilities for Windows 2000 and XP. Analogue (VGA) and digital (DVI-I) outputs drive all current makes and models of professional displays. Analogue HDTV output is also available to drive the new generation of high definition compatible displays.

Multi-display screen rotation control

On Windows XP the Pixel Perfect Display Manager is now able to control 2 separate displays each of which may be running at different resolutions and orientations (portrait or landscape). In addition it is possible to mix wide-screen and standard 4:3 resolutions and even support panels from several manufacturers requiring different timing specifications simultaneously. Individual control for orbiter and burn reduction features is also supported.

Practical examples

An array of Pansonic 42" PDPs being driven by Pixel Perfect at 852x480 resolution.		A Sony 42" PDP being driven by Pixel Perfect at 480 x 852 resolution.

Orbiter and Burn Reduction software for Pixel Perfect Display Manager

Orbiter helps prevent and reduce Image Retention and Phosphor burn on Plasma Display Panels by slowly shifting the image around the display. This allows pixel elements to be rested or show a different colour periodically. Applications showing static text or images will cause less wear or aging to the Plasma Display when Orbiter is enabled. The life of the display can therefore be extended.

If the nature of the application and displayed images is such that it is not possible to prevent Image Retention or Phosphor burn then the Burn Reduction control can be used to reduce the impact of display degradation. This works by exercising all pixels to an equal degree thus minimising the visible difference between screen areas affected by 'burn-in' and those lesser used areas of the screen. The scheduler facility allows the Burn Reduction procedure to be setup once and thereafter run at the specified intervals without further user intervention.

Used and recommended by Samsung, Pioneer, Fujitsu, NEC, JVC, Panasonic and many other display manufacturers

PIXEL PERFECT recommended and used by:

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model no: GC-S8A-256. AGP graphics card with wide-screen drivers

The Pixel Perfect is a PC AGP graphics card based on the high performance S3 Graphics DeltaChrome 128-bit 2D and 3D accelerator graphics chip. The cards are supplied with Windows driver software for wide-screen plasma display panels (PDPs), LCDs, projectors and CRT monitors at "pixel perfect" resolutions. VESA standard 4:3 resolutions are also included.

FEATURES:

* Graphics processor unit: S3 Graphics DeltaChrome S8
* Memory: 256MB high speed DDR
* AGP 4x / 8x bus interface.
* 2D operations include GUI accelerator, alpha-blending, hardware clipping and BiTBLT
* 3D operations include 32 bit texturing, translucency, Gouraud shading, specular lighting,
full scene anti-aliasing.
* Integrated true-colour 400MHz 10-bit RAMDAC and clock synthesiser
* 128-bit 2D and 3D graphics engine with integrated Z buffering
* DirectX 9 hardware assist and compliant drivers
* Hardware-assisted screen rotation for zero performance degradation
* Dual-head - different resolutions, colour depth and rotation (Windows XP only) on each output
* Hardware accelerated MPEG-2 decode assist
* 15HD (VGA) analog monitor connector
* DVI-I digital and analog interface connector
* 7-pin mini-DIN connector for HDTV (component), composite and S-video outputs
* Software included for anti-screen burn and orbiter scheduling to minimize screen burn, EDID override, test patterns for display setup and adjustments.
* PCB dimensions: 175 x 105mm approx

All the above resolutions may be rotated through 90, 180 and 270 degrees in Windows 2000 and XP for portrait display applications.

Link to Pixel Perfect support FAQ section

Link to Pixel Perfect Drivers

Download the 6-page Pixel Perfect brochure (3.4MB PDF file)

DVI-I CABLES 2, 3 and 5m DVI-I to DVI-I cables now available:

PIXEL PERFECT^(tm) is a trademark of Pixels UK Ltd. All other trademarks and registered trademarks acknowledged.