Rich-n-Texas
02-25-2009, 12:36 PM
Texas Instruments out-picos itself with newer, tinier projector chip.
We love pico projectors (http://www.engadget.com/tag/pico/), we love phones -- so the combo pack known as the Samsung Show (http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/27/video-samsung-show-w7900-projector-phone-gets-specced-demoed/) stopped us in our tracks when we first spied it at CES. Well, Texas Instruments, makers of the DLP projector chip that runs the Show, if you will, have just announced the second generation DLP chip which is -- you guessed it -- smaller! The second-gen chip is about 20 percent smaller and thinner in fact, and it boasts the ability to display WVGA resolution (the previous model has HVGA resolution), all while delivering a brighter display! TI's press specifically mentions mobile phones, so don't be surprised if the Show doesn't have a host of comptitors to deal with any day now. Texas Instruments is on hand at MWC (http://www.engadget.com/tag/MWC/), and their press conference is tonight, so we'll be watching, magnifying glass in hand, to see what else they have in store for us.
The projector will also be used in the Samsung W7900 pico projector cellphone.
We love pico projectors (http://www.engadget.com/tag/pico/), we love phones -- so the combo pack known as the Samsung Show (http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/27/video-samsung-show-w7900-projector-phone-gets-specced-demoed/) stopped us in our tracks when we first spied it at CES. Well, Texas Instruments, makers of the DLP projector chip that runs the Show, if you will, have just announced the second generation DLP chip which is -- you guessed it -- smaller! The second-gen chip is about 20 percent smaller and thinner in fact, and it boasts the ability to display WVGA resolution (the previous model has HVGA resolution), all while delivering a brighter display! TI's press specifically mentions mobile phones, so don't be surprised if the Show doesn't have a host of comptitors to deal with any day now. Texas Instruments is on hand at MWC (http://www.engadget.com/tag/MWC/), and their press conference is tonight, so we'll be watching, magnifying glass in hand, to see what else they have in store for us.
The projector will also be used in the Samsung W7900 pico projector cellphone.