Texas Instruments Announces Next Generation DLP

Texas Instruments DLP Cinema announced plans for the next generation DLP Cinema electronics platform. Scheduled to be released by the end of 2009, the next generation electronics platform for DLP Cinema projectors will be deployed by its three OEM licensees, Christie, Barco and NEC at commercial theatres around the world starting in 2010. DLP Cinema projectors are installed in nearly 10,000 screens with over 97 percent of the digital cinema market share worldwide.

DLP Cinema's highly anticipated next generation electronics platform is compliant with a newly adopted set of Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) standards. The next generation electronics platform utilizes the same highly reliable DLP Cinema chipset but integrates high security requirements and specification architecture defined by the DCI while providing a cost reduction to OEM partners.

The next generation DLP Cinema electronics platform delivers value by combining the three boards needed to produce images into a single board while retaining the necessary functionary required for use. In addition, the next generation DLP Cinema electronics platform features increased bandwidth to integrate alternative content to incorporate live 3-D broadcasting.

The increasing availability of 3-D digital movies continues to serve as a catalyst for adoption of digital cinema installations. The 3-D movie format is viewed as the future of cinema and hailed as the most important technical innovation since the advent of color. This year, DLP Cinema celebrates its fifth anniversary of enabling 3-D in a single projector solution through the use of the DLP Chip capable of lighting up screens as big as 100 feet and 3-D screens as big as 75 feet.

Source: PR Newswire