What is DLP™ technology?
Digital Light Processing™, or DLP™ technology is an all-digital technology used to project and display images. Invented by Texas Instruments, DLP™ technology is based on an optical semiconductor called the Digital Micromirror Device, or DMD.

How does DLP™ technology work?
Digital Light Processing™ technology is based on the Digital Micromirror Device, or DMD, an optical switch semiconductor. The DMD is comprised of a standard memory cell on top of which is mounted a rectangular array of up to a million hinged, microscopic mirrors.

In a DLP™ projection system, red, green, and blue light is shone alternately onto the DMD mirrors, which switch on and off in response to a video or graphics signal being fed into the underlying memory chip. The mirrors can switch at a rate of up to 5,000 times per second; the light they reflect is directed through a lens and onto the screen, creating an image.

In projectors for high brightness applications, three DMDs are used-one each for green, red, and blue. Light from the lamp is split by a prism into these three colors and directed towards the appropriate DMD. The image is then created by recombining these reflections from the corresponding pixel on each DMD.

What are the advantages of DLP™ technology?
DLP™ technology enables business projectors, home theater systems, digital televisions, and large venue projectors to deliver the clearest and sharpest images available.

Because it's an entirely digital display solution, the performance of a DLP™ projection system remains consistently outstanding throughout the life of the projector, bringing exceptional reliability to the display electronics you use every day.

And because DLP™ technology is semiconductor-based, its lightweight nature enables manufacturers to develop products that are smaller, lighter and more elegant than is possible with alternative technologies. Portable projectors featuring DLP™ technology can currently deliver an output of 2,000 lumens or more with a total weight of as little as two pounds. And the new generation of wide screen HDTV's featuring DLP™ technology are as shallow as 7 inches.