Texas Instruments (TI) began shipping DLP Cinema® Enhanced 4K chips
to its licensees, Barco, Christie Digital and NEC. Projectors with
the DLP Cinema 4K chip are expected to be installed in Q1 2011 and
several industry demos are anticipated before then by DLP Cinema
licensees. Christie already announced a pre-launch demo of its new
Solaria™ Series 4K DLP Cineme projector line at IBC in Amsterdam,
Sept. 10-14.
According to TI, DLP Cinema’s 4K chip will enable its licensees to
manufacture the brightest and most energy-efficient digital-cinema
projectors in the world. All projectors utilizing the new 4K chip
will be designed to meet the Digital Cinema System Specifications
developed by Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) for established image
quality and security. Currently, all DLP Cinema 2K projector models
are DCI-compliant.
The DLP Cinema 4K solution is expected to light up theatre screens
as wide as 100 feet and 3D screens as wide as 75 feet.
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DLP ships 4K chips to licensees
Aug 31, 2010
DLP ships 4K chips to licensees
Aug 31, 2010
Texas Instruments (TI) began shipping DLP Cinema® Enhanced 4K chips to its licensees, Barco, Christie Digital and NEC. Projectors with the DLP Cinema 4K chip are expected to be installed in Q1 2011 and several industry demos are anticipated before then by DLP Cinema licensees. Christie already announced a pre-launch demo of its new Solaria™ Series 4K DLP Cineme projector line at IBC in Amsterdam, Sept. 10-14.
According to TI, DLP Cinema’s 4K chip will enable its licensees to manufacture the brightest and most energy-efficient digital-cinema projectors in the world. All projectors utilizing the new 4K chip will be designed to meet the Digital Cinema System Specifications developed by Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) for established image quality and security. Currently, all DLP Cinema 2K projector models are DCI-compliant.
The DLP Cinema 4K solution is expected to light up theatre screens as wide as 100 feet and 3D screens as wide as 75 feet.
According to TI, DLP Cinema’s 4K chip will enable its licensees to manufacture the brightest and most energy-efficient digital-cinema projectors in the world. All projectors utilizing the new 4K chip will be designed to meet the Digital Cinema System Specifications developed by Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) for established image quality and security. Currently, all DLP Cinema 2K projector models are DCI-compliant.
The DLP Cinema 4K solution is expected to light up theatre screens as wide as 100 feet and 3D screens as wide as 75 feet.
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