Texas Instruments DLP(R) Products Demonstrates Innovation Leadership with New Prototypes Including Lamp-Free Projector
Posted on June 18, 2008
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LAS VEGAS, June 18 /PRNewswire/ — Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN)
today at InfoComm DLP(R) Products introduced the industry’s first home
theater lamp-free projector that utilizes a PhlatLight(TM) LED light source
and a BrilliantColor(TM) chipset. This technology demo delivers a superior
1080p picture for which DLP technology is known, while eliminating
maintenance costs such as lamp replacements and filter changes required by
some competing projector products. Multiple DLP customers have plans to
develop DLP lamp- free LED-based projectors, including Optoma, with units
expected to ship in late 2008. Similar to the deployment of DLP Product’s
now popular BrilliantColor technology, the solid-state, lamp-free
innovation will first be incorporated into home theater units and
proliferate through corporate and education product lines thereafter.
DLP also introduced the first 3-D front projector with Norwegian
manufacturer, projectiondesign, and the brand new pico-projector
stand-alone product with Optoma. The 3-D portable high-resolution active
stereoscopic single-chip projector is designed for the demanding
visualization, simulation and entertainment environments in applications
that have not been able to achieve this level of performance in the past,
while the pico product uses a pioneering DLP Pico(TM) chipset for mobile
applications.
Benefits of Lamp-free
Due to the inherent switching speed of the DLP chip and advancements in
LEDs from Luminus, a leader in LED manufacturing, consumers will benefit
from the increased picture quality, reliability and value found in this new
projector category. The reflective nature of the mirrors on the DLP chip
allow more light to reach the screen resulting in a 50% increase in color
gamut range producing more than 200 trillion colors and a contrast ratio in
excess of 500,000:1. The proprietary combination of LED illumination,
coupled with DLP technology elevates picture quality to a new level while
eliminating the traditional projection lamp.
In addition to the expanded color and contrast performance, the
illumination system has an incredibly long life and offers up to 30% lower
power usage and, most significantly, hundreds of dollars in savings from
lamp purchases.
Due to the sealed DLP optics, DLP projectors are inherently prepared to
withstand dusty environments and unlike projectors based on other
technologies; do not require a filter to protect the optics. Most DLP
projectors are filter-free. This important value attribute will remain true
with new lamp-free DLP projectors, eliminating potential costly filter
cleaning and replacements required by other technologies.
DLP is leveraging strengths from its other leading product lines for
the new lamp-free projectors. Since 2006, lamp-free DLP HDTVs with
LED-based illumination systems have been available from Samsung. To date,
nearly 150,000 of these units have shipped.
DLP Products is featuring other market leading innovations at InfoComm
booth #C909, Central Hall, including
— World’s first DLP 3-D Front Projector Product
The F10 AS3D is designed for the demanding scientific visualisation,
simulation and entertainment environments. A full 120 Hz refresh rate
enables flicker-free 3-D image. The F10 AS3D features a resolution of 1,400
x 1,050 pixels, and it is fully compatible with 1080p inputs. It is also
compatible with both IR transmitted and DLP(R) Link 3-D shutter glasses.
The F10 AS3D can be found on the projectiondesign booth, N5541 at InfoComm.
— World’s first DLP Pico-Projector Product
Optoma has announced plans to build a miniature stand-alone projector
using the DLP Pico(TM) chipset. Product is expected to be available in
limited distribution in Europe and Asia in late 2008 with a worldwide
launch planned for 2009. There will be a demo at the DLP booth of this
hand-held projector displaying composite video from a mobile business
device.
“DLP Products has a proven legacy of “firsts” in the market and the
projectors being demonstrated this year are examples of that commitment to
innovation and commitment to our customers,” said Lars Yoder, vice
president and business manager, TI’s DLP Front Projection Business Unit.
“DLP Products is proud to enable our customers, who are the leading
projector manufacturers globally, to be the best.”
For more information on DLP and DLP products please visit http://www.dlp.com
or booth #C909, Central Hall at InfoComm.
About Texas Instruments
DLP Products DLP display technology from Texas Instruments offers
clarity down to the most minute detail, delivering pictures rich with
color, contrast and brightness to large-screen HDTVs and projectors for
business, home, professional venue and digital cinema (DLP Cinema(R)). 50
of the world’s top projection and display manufacturers design, manufacture
and market products based on DLP technology. DLP is the only HDTV
technology built from a foundation in the digital cinema where it set the
industry standard demonstrated by the deployment of DLP Cinema technology
in 6,000 theatres worldwide. At the heart of every DLP chip is an array of
up to 2.2 million microscopic mirrors which switch incredibly fast to
create a high resolution, highly reliable, full color image. DLP
technology’s chip architecture and inherent speed advantage provides
razor-sharp images and excellent reproduction of fast motion video. Since
early 1996, more than 16.5 million DLP subsystems have been shipped. For
more information, please visit http://www.dlp.com.
About Texas Instruments:
Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) helps customers solve problems and
develop new electronics that make the world smarter, healthier, safer,
greener and more fun. A global semiconductor company, TI innovates through
manufacturing, design and sales operations in more than 25 countries.
For more information: http://www.ti.com.
DLP and DLP Cinema are registered trademarks of Texas Instruments.
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