Texas Instruments DLP Products Announces 5 Million Units Shipped
Texas Instruments announced that is has shipped its 5 millionth DLP™ subsystem, reflecting the increased demand and growth of DLP products within the last year. It took five years, from 1996 to 2001, to ship the first million DLP units, and just under two years to ship the second. TI announced its 3 millionth shipment in March 2004, and has shipped the last 2 million DLP units in just 8 months.
The advantages of DLP technology, including no burn-in or fading, deep rich colors, and incredible, industry-leading contrast have led more and more manufacturers to choose DLP technology. The inherent speed advantage of DLP technology also allows for a 1-chip architecture that provides razor-sharpness that will not misconverge over time, and excellent reproduction of fast video such as sports and live action, with no motion lag.
Continued manufacturer innovation and differentiation has led to increasing momentum around DLP-based projectors and DLP TVs: DLP Front Projection products have experienced nine consecutive quarters of gain bringing DLP to 40% marketshare worldwide; continued expansion in customers and products in the DLP TV category has led to more than 75 DLP TVs available on the market at more than 11,000 retail outlets; and 100% of digital cinema screens are equipped with DLP Cinema™ technology.
“We continue to be impressed with the pioneering work of our customers around DLP technology and look forward to seeing entirely new categories of products and cutting-edge designs at CES in January,” said John Van Scoter, General Manager, DLP Products, SVP Texas Instruments. “Our goal is to provide DLP imaging solutions to our customers that allow them to offer consumers an immersive visual experience. It is ultimately about the experience our customers products create.”
Texas Instruments DLP™ Products and many of its customers will be at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas January 6-9 to showcase what is new and exciting with DLP TVs and home entertainment projectors.
