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Integrating an additional resolution gives cinema operators worldwide new options tailored precisely to their needs and screen sizes. TI will also continue to innovate and develop its industry-standard DLP 2K chips, which are used at more than 11,000 locations worldwide.
Texas Instruments will supply the enhanced DLP Cinema 4K chip to licensees Barco, Christie Digital and NEC. They will therefore expand their cinema-operator product ranges to more than twelve projector models. Regardless of resolution, every projector based on the DLP Cinema electronics platform will offer the characteristics for which DLP Cinema products are known, including DCI-compliant colour, superior contrast and high light output. This enables optimum service even for the world’s largest auditoriums: the resolution supports screens up to 30 metres wide in 2D and 22.8 metres in 3D, previously a major challenge for competing technologies.
Alan Stock, CEO of Cinemark, says: “Based on our ten years of experience with DLP Cinema technology, we use the system as our exclusive platform for 4K because of its absolute reliability. With no resolution restrictions, Cinemark can deliver images of the highest quality to customers.”
“Texas Instruments is proud of its contribution to the cinema industry and will remain fully committed to innovation through DLP Cinema,” says Kent Novak, Senior Vice President and General Manager of DLP Products. “DLP Cinema will continue to put customers first. The shipment of millions of units also gives us a significantly more favourable cost structure than our competitors.”
The next-generation DLP Cinema electronics platform, first announced at ShoWest 2009, combines the three circuit boards required for image generation on a single board. The result is a more economical solution for DLP Cinema’s three OEM licensees. The platform integrates seamlessly with more than eight server solutions and multiple 3D platforms.
DLP Cinema is used on more than 11,000 screens on every continent except Antarctica. More than 4,300 cinemas worldwide now offer 3D films, using every individual pixel array for the best possible image reproduction, unlike other technologies. Since their launch last year, IMAX® digital projection systems using DLP Cinema projectors have been installed at 83 locations worldwide.
