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Sure, some HDTVs are boasting dynamic contrast ratios of 500,000:1. Be prepared to be humbled. Lens giant Carl Zeiss has developed a projector that blasts that number into the stratosphere.

The new powerdomeVELVET Planetarium Projector has a contrast ratio of 2,500,000:1. Yup - that's the right number of zeros. It uses BrilliantColor DLP technology from Texas Instruments to provide a stellar black backdrop.

Want one for your home theater?

The projector is strictly for the planetarium business, and the price will be out of this world. It's due out next year. Just imagine how amazing Discovery's Planet Earth would look on this baby? Astronomical, I tell ya. -Leslie Shapiro

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