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Christie Named First OEM To Manufacture Digital Cinema Projectors Using Texas Instruments' DLP Cinemaô Projection Technology
Christie Systems, Inc. announced that it has been selected as the first OEM to manufacture digital cinema projectors using Texas Instrumentsí DLP Cinemaô technology. The agreement will allow Christie to develop the Christie DigiProô series of digital projectors using DLP Cinemaô projection technology. According to Glenn H. Sherman, President and CEO of the Cypress, California-based company, ""Our subsidiary, Christie, Inc. is the world leader in conventional film projectors, and it is our intent to be the world leader in digital cinema projectors. The acquisition of Electrohome Projection Systems, now renamed Christie Digital Systems, Inc. was a major first step in this strategy, and our agreement with Texas Instruments is the equally important next step."" According to Jack M. Kline, President of Christie, Inc., ""We are very excited to be chosen to play a leading role in digital cinema projection. We were selected because of our reputation for performance and quality, and our worldwide sales and marketing capabilities in the film exhibition market. We will bring the same quality and service to the digital revolution that is taking place today that we have to film over the last 70 years."" Christie, Inc.'s proven manufacturing and marketing resources and Christie Digital Systems' sophisticated technology platforms and on-going engineering expertise with Texas Instruments DLP Cinema technology will set new standards in the digital cinema marketplace. In highly acclaimed presentations of ""Toy Story 2"" and ""Bicentennial Man"" over the past several months in sixteen locations around the world, a combination of a Texas Instruments DLP Cinema prototype projector, a Christie Reference Console and a QuBit server were used to demonstrate the enormous strides made towards the all-digital cinema of the future. ""One of our key objectives in these real world trials was to evolve digital movie delivery and demonstrate to movie patrons and the movie industry what is possible with digital presentations today,"" stated Doug Darrow, Business Manager for Texas Instruments DLP Cinema. Now poised to become the digital powerhouse in the rapidly evolving digital projection technology, Christie's continuing goal is to assist the studios in the transfer of digital information. Christie will work closely with studios, distribution companies and the developers of the software required for encryption and compression technologies. Paul Breedlove, Business Development Manager for Texas Instruments DLP Cinema, summed it all up by saying, ""We selected Christie to work with us on the development of digital cinema projectors using DLP Cinema technology for a variety of reasons, not least of which was that they are one of the world's leaders in film exhibition."" About Christie, Inc. Christie, Inc., was founded in 1929 and is a leading manufacturer and distributor of theatre projection equipment, including award-winning gearless projectors, EPIC electronic film projectors, xenon consoles, industry-standard Autowindô film handling systems, and Xenoliteô bulbs. Christie Digital Systems was founded as Electrohome Projection Systems in 1979 and is a leading visual communications specialist, manufacturing and marketing high-brightness and high-resolution projection systems used in control rooms, large-audience venues and Fortune 500 meeting rooms. Christie Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ushio America, Inc., was founded in 1999 as the holding company for Christie, Inc. and Christie Digital Systems, Inc.