Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE:TXN) today announced that its DLP Cinema(R) technology has surpassed the 5,000 screen milestone on a path to doubling that next year. There are 5,260 DLP Cinema enabled theatres installed across the globe, an increase of 140% from the same period one year ago.

The pristine picture quality and ideal combination of contrast, color and brightness created by DLP Cinema allowed DLP Cinema technology to quickly become the industry standard. DLP Cinema(R) technology is deployed throughout 99% of the digital cinema market and is in every continent in the world except Antarctica. DLP Cinema expects to surpass...

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When film finally disappears from the cinema I'll disappear too.

Considering how badly film is reproduced by the average local cinemaplex I left the theater years ago for my own...

Yes there are those cinaplexes out there that don't take the time to keep their film paths clean and calibrated. Case in point the Crowne Theaters in Annapolis MD, I've never seen so much film judder on stationary credits in my life. But for the most part the projection of 35mm has been a very enjoyable experience.

I agree a dedicated light controller Home theater can be a truly remarkable experience with a well calibrated 8 or 9" FPTV CRT however nothing beats the contrast ratios of film based projection !

Using the complete experience as the reference point I would rather suffer one issue, less contrast ratio with DLP, then the dozen or more others I'll get at the local cinemaplex. I am also running a 2.35 constant height system... why would I go back?

I would go back to see what an image should like without any video processing. Film is a huge reference point from that aspect!