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News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2006-)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
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CES 2007 demo combines DLP with OMAP
Texas Instruments delivers portable access to personalised content, as well as the flexibility to share and view it with friends, family, colleagues and classmates.
Opening the door to new product combinations for consumers, Texas Instruments delivers portable access to personalised content, as well as the flexibility to share and view it with friends, family, colleagues and classmates With DLP and OMAP technologies from TI consumers can now use their cellphones to capture and store content, including high-quality digital movies and console-quality video games, and then watch the content with others via a connection to mobile, palm-sized DLP pocket projectors, that are full-featured, yet weigh less than one pound
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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This week at CES (Booth 8204), TI is demonstrating DLP and OMAP technologies together, showcasing the visual excitement and the future of how consumers will be watching their personalised portable entertainment content.
The ability to share content between the handset and DLP display should drive increased content sharing as consumers, in particular video gamers and movie fans, will have easy on-the-go access to their personalised high-quality video content and live TV (sports, news etc).
Consumers can quickly and seamlessly display their video content in larger, more enjoyable screen sizes by connecting a DLP pocket projector to the video-out feature on OMAP-enabled handsets.
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Additionally, gamers can share their multidimensional video graphics, normally available only in consoles, with their friends anywhere a DLP display is available.
"As consumers around the world continue to embrace mobile video, TI is combining two of its core technologies, DLP and OMAP, to improve the mobile viewing experience", said John Van Scoter, Senior Vice President Texas Instrument and General Manager DLP Products.
"Just as audio entertainment has successfully become a portable 'hi-fi' experience, we expect to see a similar trend with mobile video devices".
"And by simply connecting one of these devices to a tiny DLP pocket projector, 30-50in projected images are possible, which truly delivers on the promise of mobile 'big screen' entertainment", added Van Scoter.
The mobile phone has become the ultimate mobile entertainment centre, and with the ability to share this using a DLP display, TI is providing the foundation for seamless content sharing between handsets and display devices.
Using the -55 DLP chip, these micro-projectors weigh less than 450g and offer incredible mobility.
Pocket projectors from Mitsubishi, Samsung, Boxlight, Toshiba and ViewSonic are available at major retailers today.
TI's OMAP processors deliver low-power, high-performance multimedia processing to enable the kind of high-end user experience consumers expect while watching videos or playing games at home.
The OMAP platform has been integral in defining mobile entertainment, with OMAP processors used in high-quality mobile video applications to deliver high-performance and power efficiency, allowing handset manufacturers to bring the entertainment centre to the handset.
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