Evidence
1 no DarkChip4
2 no 12-14 degree advancement
3 no new color wheels shown, I expected Projection design to demo rgbcym.
4 no DynamicBlack
5 no smaller mirrors
Dlp is doing well anyway but dlp could improve even more.

What do we make of this?
Is DarkChip3 as good as it gets?
Is 14 degrees not feasible?
The 100000:1 LED rptv must use some kind of dynamic light regulation but they do not mention DynamicBlack. Perhaps since DI´s reputation is not that good. TI might chose to do it and not talk about it.
When will we see smaller 1080p dmds?

Evidence
1 no DarkChip4
2 no 12-14 degree advancement
3 no new color wheels shown, I expected Projection design to demo rgbcym.
4 no DynamicBlack
5 no smaller mirrors
Dlp is doing well anyway but dlp could improve even more.

What do we make of this?
Is DarkChip3 as good as it gets?
Is 14 degrees not feasible?
The 100000:1 LED rptv must use some kind of dynamic light regulation but they do not mention DynamicBlack. Perhaps since DI´s reputation is not that good. TI might chose to do it and not talk about it.
When will we see smaller 1080p dmds?

Those are some good questions. In my opinion 14 degree tilt might be too much right now for ti to handle at this moment, but who knows something might be in the works. Keep in mind they have already made improvements on their 1080p chips with regards to speed to reduce dithering etc. I think Darkchip 4 will eventually be developed but at this moment I have a feeling they are very busy with their current production of 720p darkchip 2&3 and 1080p chips, not to mention rptv chips and digital cinema. When will LED lamps become powerful enough to work with projectors and when will manufactures start making projectors with them? Then there is the question of digital cinema chip improvements. Ti already has a stronghold on that market, however with JVC's new lcos chips, what will ti respond with if JVC decides to enter that market? Only time will tell.

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When will we see smaller 1080p dmds?

I doubt that they can make them any smaller without making the fill factor much worse. And the only benefit I can think of to smaller dmds is that TI's profit margin would go up since they would get more yield from each wafer.

IMHO, improving the light trap and replacing the color wheel with either LED or Laser light sources are where the big improvements in DLP are likely to be.

IMHO, improving the light trap and replacing the color wheel with either LED or Laser light sources are where the big improvements in DLP are likely to be.

Here is an interesting new material.
Blackest black on earth (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2732487.stm)

Combine this material with LED in a DLP front projector. Now That would be interesting.

Here is an interesting new material.
Blackest black on earth (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2732487.stm)

Combine this material with LED in a DLP front projector. Now That would be interesting.

It's SUPERBLACK!!!

www.npl.co.uk/optical_radiation/superblack.html

...and what happened to getting rid of the dimple?

Is the fill factor any better on the 1080p chips? More pixels, with same sized gap means more "gap".

Mark

Here is an interesting new material.
Blackest black on earth (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2732487.stm)

Combine this material with LED in a DLP front projector. Now That would be interesting.

Especially if you can coat your ceiling and walls with that stuff, and make carpet out of it! Next would be to make a screen with it... one of those smart "I only reflect light from a projector" screens. :)

I remember reading that they were hitting some limits on the mirror tilt angles.

Shrinking the DMD would lead to lower fill factor, but it will still happen, at least for 1080p. Costs are too high currently. If the fill factor is lowered too much, the cost savings could be offset by the need for MLA type devices as utilized by Epson.

I think a two DMD system could be interesting as an alternative to DI. The first DMD would be a per-pixel light dimming device that would multiply contrast on a per-pixel level and the second DMD would be post color wheel, the way it is now. Or they could both be post color wheel, but the idea is to have two sinks to multiply the contrast ratio - this would potentially lead to a huge increase in contrast (although it would not adress any sequential color issues.) This system would have no brightness compression issues and would work like a rise in native contrast. Of course this would be a lot more expensive than a DI system, which is probably why it is not being implemented.

Anything TI can do to increase contrast for FP will be good - they're no longer king of the hill on native on / off contrast.