Re: Digital image quality: new technology?

[P3D bob wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I just heard part of a radio ad for a new offering (hardware? software?
>service? combination?) from Texas Instruments called "Digital Light."
>The theme of the ad was "imagine this, imagine that, etc.;" one of the
>"imagines" went something like "presentations with the quality of 35mm
>film."  They went on to say that the "imagines" are possible today with
>TI's "new technology" called Digital Light.  They gave a 1-888- phone
>number, but did not mention that more information was available on the
>Web; hard to "imagine" it would *not* be, of course, but I haven't gone
>looking for it yet.
>
>Paul Talbot

One of our TI respondees can probably supply more information, but
I believe it's basically a system of small (*really* small) mirrors which
are integrated into a silicon substrate and which can be pivoted to
different directons. Being so small they can be move quite rapidly, and
thus can produce a raster type scan image on a surface. Aim some
lasers at them and there you go.

We are looking at projector systems right now, and apparently the first
of the new technology systems based on the TI system are starting to 
appear although they are pricey at this time. The comparisions I've
seen between standard CRT technology and the Digital Light system 
look very good. There is a smoother quality (less of a scan line
aspect) to the TI image. And of course you don't look at it thru
a quarter inch of glass if projected from the front.

Can anyone clarify a bit?

--B.W.

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