Texas Instruments announced at ShoWest, the American cinema expo, that it has deployed 1,195 DLP Cinema projectors worldwide, from manufacturers BARCO, Christie and NEC. The figure is seen as a milestone in the movie industry’s inevitable conversion from film to digital projection. To date, there are 342 digital projection systems in Europe, 579 in the [...]
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Digital cinema moves forward at ShoWest expo
March 14th, 2006 · No Comments
Toshiba launches ‘super close’ projectors
March 13th, 2006 · No Comments
In an effort to popularize projection, Toshiba is introducing a pair of so-called ‘super close’ home cinema projectors. The ET10 and ET20 models are able to project a 0.65m image from just 20cm away from a wall; at 1.6m the image size jumps to 2.9m (diagonal). This makes them ideal for small rooms and dens. [...]
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Sim2 confirms 1080p projection plans
March 11th, 2006 · No Comments
Alan Roser, Managing Director of Sim2 UK, has confirmed that the brand’s first 1080p projector, will be available in the UK from April. “For us it’s already been an impressive year, with the launch of the three chip C3X, but something we’ve been asked time and again is: when are we going to do 1080p. [...]
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Blu-ray Vs HD DVD. Who’ll win?
February 4th, 2006 · No Comments
HD DVD Blu-ray Top UK tech magazine T3 recently asked me for an opinion piece on the Blu-ray vs HD DVD format war. They wanted to know who I thought was going to win. I suspect that my advice wasn’t as clear cut as they wanted… HD DVD or Blu-ray? My advice is to [...]
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