DLP tech: Past Present & Future

[Rich-n-Texas]

Why would I not get defensive when someone constantly bad-mouths my employer every time I bring up our technology? And now you're telling me TI's DLP has no future in the medical arena? Is that what you're saying? Keep it simple? No such thing in the semiconductor industry dude.

[GMichael]

Why would I not get defensive when someone constantly bad-mouths my employer every time I bring up our technology? And now you're telling me TI's DLP has no future in the medical arena? Is that what you're saying? Keep it simple? No such thing in the semiconductor industry dude.

Are you saying that you can't build semiconductors out of twigs and branches?
I'll be right back. I've got to call my buddies at IBM Research and tell them the bad news.

[pixelthis]

Why would I not get defensive when someone constantly bad-mouths my employer every time I bring up our technology? And now you're telling me TI's DLP has no future in the medical arena? Is that what you're saying? Keep it simple? No such thing in the semiconductor industry dude.

I'm saying that NO type of rear projector has any type of future.
Doesn't mean that front projectors are in trouble. Talk to your marketing dept, they are probably concentrating on that area.
And maybe DLP does have some medicinal uses, but they are ancillary, I'M SURE.
As for the KISS principle, DLP chips have hundreds of thousands of tiny mirrors on hundreds of thousands of tiny hinghes, and still needs a color wheel spinning
really fast to get color.
AND prizms.
AND a mercury bulb that lasts a couple of years at most.
Gotta be a better way, Rich.
Like a LCD high rez flat panel run by a cool (or cooler) flourescent, with a projected life of 20,000 hours, at least.
Thats what the market is saying, at least.
BUT A LOT HAS TO DO WITH my BIAS, I don't like electrostatics for the same reasons.
Just too complicated when something else out there is simpler, and does the job just as well, if not better.
Not to mention that its a lot easier to place your center speaker when your set is up out of the way