A bright future for Digital Projection

Digital Projection has introduced what the company believes to be two of the most advanced laser projectors to date. The E-Vision 16000i WU boasts an upgraded electronics platform that shares much of its functionality from the TITAN series. The E-Vision platform caters for classrooms to projection mapping.

Central to the new design is the implementation of Texas Instruments’ 0.8-inch High Efficiency Pixel (HEP) DMD, which allows for a higher brightness than was previously achievable on the 0.67-inch DMD, as well as colour and contrast. The updated DMD is optimised for solid state illumination, meaning that the brightness is at 16,000 ISO lumens. An increased tilt angle on the DMD mirrors allows for a wider colour gamut, helping to achieve “blacker blacks” by diverting light away more efficiently from the lens when the mirror is in the “off” position, giving an improved native contrast. The laser-phosphor projector is charged with ColorBoost + Red Laser technology to provide more realistic and saturated colours.

In contrast, the E-Vision 10000i boasts 9,600 lumens of brightness and 20,000:1 dynamic contrast, but shares the same advanced capabilities as the E-Vision 16000i.

Digital Projection has also added to its Satellite MLS range with 20,000- and 30,000-lumen versions to complement the original 10,000-lumen light source, said to make installations easier than before by removing the need for “many-to-one” fibre configurations. The new fibres have a decreased diameter and higher light transmission efficiency so that when they’re coupled with the new light sources, they offer a large reduction in the system cost.