TI showcases 3D projector and DLP Pico chipset at InfoComm
By Darren Murph 
posted Jun 18th 2008 9:00AM
posted Jun 18th 2008 9:00AM
Texas Instruments DLP® Products Demonstrates Innovation Leadership with New Prototypes Including Lamp-Free Projector
DLP unveils the world's first 3-D Front Projector and shows the first DLP Pico chipset product
Las Vegas – June 18, 2008: Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today at InfoComm DLP® Products introduced the industry's first home theater lamp-free projector that utilizes a PhlatLight™ LED light source and a BrilliantColor™ 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™ 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
o 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® Link 3-D shutter glasses. The F10 AS3D can be found on the projectiondesign booth, N5541 at InfoComm.
o World's first DLP Pico-Projector Product
Optoma has announced plans to build a miniature stand-alone projector using the DLP Pico™ 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 www.dlp.com or booth #C909, Central Hall at InfoComm.
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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®). 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 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: www.ti.com.
DLP and DLP Cinema are registered trademarks of Texas Instruments.
Knock....Knock......Who's there.....candygram
The guy in the black shirt looks like a bell end.
Photoshop!!!
Actually, that's a terrible photoshop. Where are they looking? Why is the projector hovering? What shape is the screen and why doesn't it fit on the floor?
Someone needed a lesson in perspective before they were let loose on Teh Pohtoshop.
only thing missing fromt he pic is "mosh girl"
I hear your cries of 'photoshop', but is there any explaination for the look of terror on that ladies face other than a geniune 3D shark?
LAME!
Did anyone else get the overwhelming urge to shout 'I'M A SHARK I'M A SHARK (etc)' when seeing this picture....?
get back to 4chan, retard.
I don't know if the sharks or the horrible Photoshop is scarier.
I think we're going to need a bigger living room....
You're going to need a bigger room.
Finally! No more $350 - $999 lightbulb replacements! This couldn't come out fast enough. Then again, a burned out light bulb gives a person a good reason to upgrade. Now that will be gone.
SHAAAAARKKKKK !!!!! Save your selves !!
Seriously, 3d goggles are so 2007 ;)
IM A SHARK!
IM A SHAAAARK!
SUCK MY DIIIIIIICK!
IM A SHAAAAARK!!!
When did a shark popping out of your screen at you become entertainment? That's just asking for a coronary.
In Back to the Future of course! :D hehe
just to say the obvious thing, while we're in back to future territory: shark still looks fake :D
I don't so much care about the 3d or the sharks. What I want to know is can I retrofit my DLP tv with this LED setup when the bulb burns out in the next few years.
Of course you can. Any reputable repair shop that offers plasma gas refills for plasma tv's should also carry the retrofit kits.
@Hooterman
Good to know, I wonder by any off chance the place might also have some headlight fluid? That shit is hard to find.....
Probably not, not sure where to get that anymore. I already got the retrofit DLP kit to upgrade my headlights. The warm-up time kinda sucks but you should see my contrast!
" Elbow grease? how stupid do they think I am? when I get back to the base with that headlight fluid I'm going to tell the Sargent about this!"
This would be a great demo for Mitsubishi's laser TV...
Vegas? Why not Plano TX?