DPI Chosen As Exclusive Provider To Tribeca Film Festival

May 3, 2006

In the company's largest film festival venture thus far, Digital Projection International (DPI), an Emmy(r) Award-winning manufacturer of high-performance projection systems, announced the exclusive agreement to provide a fleet of DLP projection systems to the Tribeca Film Festival for the third consecutive year. Digital Projection will be providing projectors for twenty-three different venues at the 2006 festival, encompassing a variety of theatres and screen sizes. A majority of DPI's product line will be utilized for the annual New York City event ranging from the single-chip DLP iVision series to the powerful three-chip LIGHTNING Professional series displays. Of the 340 films being shown at Tribeca this year, 60% of these films will be shown on a projector from Digital Projection International. Festival films will be shown on screens ranging from 14' to 50' in size, with audiences from 150 to 700 people in attendance. Utilizing preexisting venues such as Loews, AMC, and Regal Theatres, 3 art house venues and 2 custom built theatres, the Tribeca Film Festival will employ the full scope of DPI's product line including the iVision HD, dVision HD, Mercury 5000 HD, HIGHlite 12000Dsx+, and the LIGHTNING 35HD-T. "In our third year exclusively using DPI projectors for digital screenings, the Tribeca Film Festival can confidently rely on the superior image quality and unmatched reliability of the Digital Projection product line," said Mark Steele, technical director to the Tribeca Film Festival. "Our audiences demand the highest standards, and we can depend on Digital Projection to meet these expectations year after year" Steele added. Chuck Collins, Senior Market Development Manager for Digital Projection commented; "DPI is thrilled to be supporting the esteemed Tribeca Film Festival for a third consecutive year. As the exclusive provider of digital projectors, we are honored to have the opportunity to deliver powerful imagery and product reliability to the filmmakers and audiences of the Tribeca Film Festival." According to Steele, notable Hollywood films making a premier at this year's Tribeca Film Festival are "Mission Impossible 3," "United 93," and "The Poseidon Adventure." More information on DPI's line of single-chip and 3-chip DLP projection systems can be found at www.digitalprojection.com. About Digital Projection International Founded in 1989, Digital Projection International (DPI) has been instrumental in the development and application of Digital Light Processing™ technology by Texas Instruments for projection systems. DPI introduced the world's first 3-chip DLP™ projector in 1997, and has since delivered expert system engineering and world-class customer services, thus maintaining its position as a digital imaging pioneer. DPI's groundbreaking projection research and development has garnered the admiration of industry professionals around the world. This has earned the company many awards, including two Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. DPI remains the first and only projector manufacturer to win the coveted award. Today, DPI manufactures and distributes an extensive line of ultra high-performance 3-chip and single-chip DLP™ projection systems. These projectors are the reference standard for demanding applications such as large-venue, live-event staging, fortune 5000, homeland security, education, medical and scientific research, command and control, digital cinema, commercial entertainment, worship and elite home cinema. About the Tribeca Film Festival The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff as a response to the attacks on the World Trade Center. Now entering its fifth year, the Festival's mission is to promote New York City as the world's independent film capital and to foster the economic and cultural revitalization of Lower Manhattan through an annual celebration of film, music, and culture. For more information, please visit www.tribecafilmfestival.org.

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