Consumer Electronics Show 2005: AT's Coverage
by Anand Lal Shimpi on January 10, 2005 3:49 AM EST- Posted in
- Trade Shows
1080p DLPs Coming in April
Texas Instruments was quite eager to showcase all of the DLP based rear projection TVs that use their DLP chips.
Panasonic's 720p DLP
The most exciting thing at the TI booth however were the handful of displays that used TI's new xHD3 DLP - their first 1080p (1920 x 1080 progressive) DLP solution.
A 1080p image
A 70" 1080p DLP
LGE's 1080p display
Samsung's 67" 1080p DLP priced at over $6000 and available in April
Samsung will also offer a 61" 1080p DLP
Samsung's 56" 1080p DLP also due out in April
TI also gave us a rundown of their current DLP lineup to clear up any confusion there may be over the cost/features of various TI solutions in DLPs today:
HD2 - TI's older DLP measures 0.8" diagonally and is a rectangular grid 720p DLP.
HD2+ - A higher contrast version of the HD2. The higher contrast was made possible through process improvements allowing for closer positioning of the individual mirrors, smaller mirrors and darker coatings to help absorb unwanted light inside the DLP.
HD3 - A 0.55" diagonal die not on a rectangular grid using half the mirrors of the HD2/HD2+ but still a 720p solution. Using mirrors that can move and stabilize at twice the speed of the HD2+ solution, TI was able to use each mirror for two pixels in the HD3 chip by shifting each individual mirror very slightly and very quickly to paint two pixels (think of it as a serial DDR approach to DLPs). The benefit of using half the mirrors is that it drives down the size of the DLP (0.55" vs. 0.8") and thus reduces the price of the TVs. The DLP also somewhat overlaps the two pixels it paints using a single mirror to get rid of pixelization, to provide for a smoother, more film-like image (which some may or may not prefer). TI calls this 2 pixels per mirror technology their Smooth Picture Technology, so whenever you see that phrase used it means that the TI DLP is only using half the necessary mirrors and using each mirror to drive 2 pixels.
xHD3 - A larger chip with a 0.85" die, the xHD3 is basically a HD3 that does 1080p. It also features Smooth Picture Technology.
Samsung displays based on the xHD3 DLP will be out in April, and available in sizes ranging from 56" up to 67".
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thraxes - Monday, January 10, 2005 - link
bhtooefr - Monday, January 10, 2005 - link
Me like the Shuttle set-top...Now, can we just get more ordinary P-M boards?
Chuckles - Monday, January 10, 2005 - link
Was VIA demoing their processors and boards?miketheidiot - Monday, January 10, 2005 - link
efficeon looked good, to bad transmeta might be going belly up.linuxOwnzIfUrLeet - Monday, January 10, 2005 - link
"we had a 46" samsung and gave it right back, viewing from the side looks dark"Do you know anything about plasma vs DLP?
DLP's only life problem is you'll have to buy a new bulb.
plasma's problem is that it will continue to go darker and darker until the gas runs out of energy.
You don't like the dark of dlp you aint gonna like the dark of plasma.
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Plasma - can't change the gas- no refills - no recharging. Continue to get darker picture.
Dlp - change a bulb.
Plasma - spend lots of money know and throw away soon.
Today, I can get a 76" dlp for $1400 with <2cm display thickness.
Illissius - Monday, January 10, 2005 - link
"The Radeon X800 will be available in the first week of February"That's odd. What's this, then?
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?desc...
Ardan - Monday, January 10, 2005 - link
Thanks for that link :D. I thought those MGE cases looked great as well and made me interested in what they have been making lately.KristopherKubicki - Monday, January 10, 2005 - link
danidentity: http://www.xgbox.com/Kristopher
Houdani - Monday, January 10, 2005 - link
Was the second image on the very last page messed up for anyone else? I could only see the top 10% of the image and the rest was blacked out. The image is supposed to show the MGE cases. The text just above the image is..."MGE also demonstrated a more sleek lineup of cases, a welcome change from the overly busy gaming cases that we've seen far too much of lately:"
snorre - Monday, January 10, 2005 - link
"The entire Sound Storm division at NVIDIA has been shut down and thus NVIDIA's Intel solution will have HD Audio support, but we will not see the return of Dolby Digital Encoding support or NVIDIA's Sound Storm DSP."I don't believe this for a second. Can someone please confirm or deny this claim? Thanks!