Is it just me, or are DMD chips (Digital Micromirror Devices) just the coolest?

[Random Variable]

How are they (Texas Instruments to be precise) able to place 1.3 million little hinged-mounted mirrors on a chip. :Q

 

[ElFenix]

what do you do with it?

 

[NogginBoink]

Yes, technologically they're quite cool.

However, they're still not up to the quality bar for high grade video. The chief drawback is that they can't go true black; there's still light leaks. So the picture you get from 'em doesn't have a black black.

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
what do you do with it?

They manipulate light digitally.

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
what do you do with it?

You make high-priced DLP projector systems (like the kind used to digitally project "Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones".) Eventually this technology will make its way down to the consumer level. These will make high-definition Ultra Big Screen projector TVs a reality (like in the 80" to 100" size range!!!)

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: NogginBoink
Yes, technologically they're quite cool.

However, they're still not up to the quality bar for high grade video. The chief drawback is that they can't go true black; there's still light leaks. So the picture you get from 'em doesn't have a black black.

They're getting better.

 

[SerraYX]

Yes....quite cool..

 

[Random Variable]

n/m

 

[MaxDSP]

I just saw "Signs" in a theater that had a DLP screen. My friend and I were simply amazed at the awesome quality of the picture. You could see every pore on Gibson's face

 

[AaronP]

I think DLP is WAY overrated, and its only a stopgap digital technology until something better comes along. The DMD chips are cool though. One problem with them however, is that something like a tiny dust particle can get in there, and cause a mirror, or a whole row of mirrors to get stuck.

THe biggest problem with DLP projectors is the eyestrain and headaches they cause. I can not watch them without getting a headache, and many people over on AVSforum say the same thing.

THe newest generations of LCDS, the ones with MLA, and high contrast ratios are the digital option right now, however they also get stuck pixels.

CRT IS STILL KING BABY! Give me a Sony G90 or Ehome Marquee 9500LC any day!

<- Going to Cedia next week BOOYA!

 

[Moonbeam]

Sorry, AaronP, but I'm not giving you squat.

 

[RayH]

Here's some sample shots from an NEC LT150 DLP projector which was the hot "budget" (<$3k) projector last year.

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: AaronP
I think DLP is WAY overrated, and its only a stopgap digital technology until something better comes along. The DMD chips are cool though. One problem with them however, is that something like a tiny dust particle can get in there, and cause a mirror, or a whole row of mirrors to get stuck.

THe biggest problem with DLP projectors is the eyestrain and headaches they cause. I can not watch them without getting a headache, and many people over on AVSforum say the same thing.

THe newest generations of LCDS, the ones with MLA, and high contrast ratios are the digital option right now, however they also get stuck pixels.

CRT IS STILL KING BABY! Give me a Sony G90 or Ehome Marquee 9500LC any day!

<- Going to Cedia next week BOOYA!

Some people on that fourm are such diehard CRT projector fans that they would most likely never admit that any DLP projector might be better.