Schneider Optics, Inc. has recently announced Cine-Digitar Anamorphic 1.33x Lenses for Home Cinema offering Cinemascope experience to home theaters. The lens is now included in the JVC "Hi-Def Experience" tour. The tour will visit country fairs, sir shows, NASCAR events etc. from May22, 2008 till Oct, 2008

"We chose the Schneider lens for our projector demonstration because of its superior optics", said Rod Sterling, Chief Engineer, JVC North America R&D Center. "We're very proud of our projector and its performance capabilities, and we'll be showing it off to thousands of people during this tour, so it's important that we use a lens that delivers the best possible performance. After evaluating what was available, we decided that the Schneider lens offered the best optical performance combined with a well-designed mount."

You can now enjoy the Cinemascope images without letterboxing using Cine-Digitar Anamorphic 1.33x Lens. Schneider offers one lens which can expand 4;3 images to 16:9 aspect ratio. HD video can also be projected at an original aspect ratio using the lens with same image quality. Schneider's Kino-Torsion and Kino-Linear deployment mechanisms can be adjusted for pitch, yaw and roll etc.

The 53-foot straight tractor trailer truck and 48 foot double expandable tractor trailer truck will cover 19 states and 30 events with 12.7 million people expected to attend it. You can enjoy touch screen matching games and presentations on how to edit, shoot and share video footage shot with Everio Camcorder. For more information, you can visit www.jvchdtour.com