The Digital Advantage

Texas Instruments Digital Light Processing™ technology is an entirely digital display solution that enables projection systems to unleash the full potential of video and graphics in business, home entertainment and cinema. DLP™ projection manipulates light to produce an all-digital image that’s bright in any light and sharp at any resolution, time and time again.

DLP™ technology relies on the Digital Micromirror Device (DMD), a thumbnail-sized semiconductor. The DMD device acts as a light switch consisting of up to 1.3 million microscopic mirrors, each of which is able to tilt back and forth (on or off) at up to 5,000 times per second.

Incoming video or graphic signals are turned into a digital code of binary data (0s and 1s) that tilts the DMD mirrors accordingly. When the DMD panel is coordinated with a lamp, color wheel and projection lens, these tilting mirrors combine to reflect a seamless digital image onto a presentation wall, movie screen, or television screen.

• Brighter: DLP™ projectors are among the brightest available because DLP™ technology brings more light from lamp to screen, resulting in more effective presentations—even when ambient light is difficult to control

• Sharper: DLP™ projection’s unique reflective technology comes closest to producing the exact mirror image of an incoming video or graphic signal, resulting in projection that’s seamless at any resolution

• Versatile: DLP™ technology allows projectors to be small and light, often weighing as little as 2 lbs - making them versatile enough for use in conference rooms, living rooms and classrooms

• More reliable: Display systems using DLP™ technology are able to recreate their incoming source material with each projection, ensuring a full-impact projection experience that will not fade over time