JVC designs tiny 4k D-ILA chip
by Erik Hanson 
posted Jun 20th 2007 at 11:16PM
JVC announced at InfoComm 2007 a 1.27-inch 4K2K D-ILA chip for use in projectors that offer up more than four times high-definition resolution. Intended initially for medical, modeling, and simulation use, the chip can produce a ten-megapixel 4096x2400 pixel image with a 20,000:1 contrast ratio. While DLP-based 4K projectors are currently in use in some digital cinemas, the JVC chip will be used in D-ILA, a variant of LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon), and has a higher pixel density. Much like professional racing technologies trickle down to the average sedan on the street, the research that goes into 4K projectors can also make their way to HDTVs in the home, bringing smaller, higher-definition sets to a living room near you. We say bring on the quad-split-screen HD!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Eric V @ Jun 20th 2007 11:55PM
Televisions/video displays have to be the fastest evolving technology ever. This thing is as tiny as a quarter... Now if it only cost a quarter to manufacture we'd all be in luck!
JohnTitor @ Jun 20th 2007 11:58PM
great, but where's the content coming from?
the only that may be able to use this is a really high end PC upconverting HD videos and playing games at deadly resolutions
chris joseph @ Jun 21st 2007 12:29AM
who cares about content that High Def at the consumer level... imagine the computer displays. HD video playing in a window while surfing the web and messing in photoshop... all on the same, very large desktop.
firebat45 @ Jun 21st 2007 12:42AM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this only ~2.4X HD, not 4X? Hd is 1080 vertical lines of resolution, this is 2400. The 4096 is the horizontal resolution...
paloooz @ Jun 21st 2007 12:49AM
Yes. 2.4x the vertical resolution ... but you aren't accounting for the gained horizontal resolution. They don't just make it taller, they make it wider. It is 4x the pixels.
Conda @ Jun 21st 2007 12:50AM
2x vertical times 2x horizontal = 4x in both dimensions ;)
CMfly @ Jun 21st 2007 11:26AM
There are actually 4.74 times more pixels.
1920 x 1080 = 2073600 pixels
4096 x 2400 = 9830400 pixels
9830400 / 2073600 = 4.7407407407407407407407407407407
firebat45 @ Jun 21st 2007 2:30PM
Ah, of course. Must not have been thinking straight last night.
routman @ Jun 21st 2007 1:58AM
I saw this at InfoComm today and I must say, it was probably one of the most impressive items at the show.
Charbax @ Jun 21st 2007 2:30AM
Does someone have the top secret industry info about how expensive it is to build a 4K projector/TV compared to building a 1080p projector/TV?
I tried to figure it out once there was the industry upgrading from 720p to 1080p, and I was talking to an engineer at a famous screen manufacturing company, that the cost difference between 720p and 1080p is just about 25-30 dollars. IS there a same cost difference in manufacturing 4K instead of 1080p?
Cause I think some people might like to know before investing in a 1080p projector or screen if there could be a 4K projector/screen made for 30 dollars more. But that it may just be a industry strategy first to sell out 1080p and wait patiently before releasing and manufacturing 4K technology.
I have seen 4K TVs at tradeshows, and it's simply totally amazing. Though 1080p is kick ass awesome also.
Charbax @ Jun 21st 2007 2:32AM
Does someone have the top secret industry info about how expensive it is to build a 4K projector or TV compared to building a 1080p one?
I tried to figure it out once there was the industry upgrading from 720p to 1080p, and I was talking to an engineer at a famous screen manufacturing company, that the cost difference between 720p and 1080p is just about 25-30 dollars. Is there a same cost difference in manufacturing 4K instead of 1080p? Cause I think some people might like to know before investing in a 1080p projector or screen if there could be a 4K projector made for 30 dollars more. But that it may just be a industry strategy first to sell out 1080p and wait patiently before releasing and manufacturing 4K technology. I have seen 4K TVs at tradeshows, and it's simply totally amazing. Though 1080p is kick ass awesome also.