Esoteric UZ-1

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The "Elegance Series,"
an audio/video product line, designed and manufactured by Esoteric ®, an award
winning world leader in high end audio and video systems engineering.  Unique aesthetics for unique lifestyle
environments, implemented with state of the art, leading edge technology,
designed and engineered for your enjoyment throughout the 21st century

A low-profile cabinet design

All three models are only 3 inches in height. This low-profile design
highlights their simple beauty without sacrificing performance. Arrange them in
line and you will find them highly attractive, designed to compliment each
other within the environment or setting that you find most appropriate for
product placement.

State-of-art front face
architecture and disc tray designs

 Exquisitely crafted front panel
expresses sensitivity with detail that cannot be found in any mass market
production design. The front panel is crafted from a 1.6 inch thick aluminum
block, using 1-micrometer-precision 3D processing machines, taking a total of 8
hours to produce one panel. The rounded face is lined by a curved edge aluminum
surface, and the design continues on to the top and sides of each individual
cabinet. The cut aluminum disc tray (being processed from a similar block of
aluminum), takes up to 4 hours to produce and contributes to the artistic
excellence of the front panel. Each aluminum disc tray is further enhanced to
allow precise and careful handling of any audio or video disc that may be
loaded and played.

Simple interface

The interface of this new series is quite unique. The rounded push
panel switches placed on the streamlined front panel is operational keys used
for commands to play, stop, pause, track select, open disc tray, etc.

Leather finished aluminum remote
control with backlit keypad

Leather finish on the rear and sides of the remote controller allow the
device to fit comfortably in your hands with little to no “user fatigue.” The
remote control also features illuminated push buttons for basic operational
control in low or no light situation.

Analog
Devices video D / A converter for high resolution picture quality.

The
UZ-1 is equipped with Analog Devices 14 bit / 216 MHz video D/A converter
(ADV7314), providing excellent quality video signal conversion. This converter,
combined with NSV processing (Noise shaping video), moves the playback
signalA*fs noise levels to areas of unused bandwidth. This process achieves a
very high S/N ratio providing improved playback capability. Newly developed
high performance analog circuitry also provides very high-resolution video
images, reproducing very fine detail often present in higher quality video
signals.

Faroudja
IC chip for I/P conversion

The
UZ-1 incorporates a Faroudja video chip set for I/P conversion. Using DCDi
technology, this chip set enables the UZ-1 to reproduce smooth and finely
detailed progressive scan video. This technology also improves resolution by
reducing or eliminating the presence of unnatural "jaggies," or
uneven edges that often appear in progressive scan playback of a DVD video.

HDMI
digital output interface

HDMI interface enables the UZ-1 to transmit both audio and
video signals to receiving equipment such as a plasma TV display or LCD display
by connecting with just a single cable. The UZ-1 can output 480i, 480P, 720P or
1080i digital video signals, through its user selectable up conversion feature.
This provides better clarity and saturation of the video signal.