Christie will demonstrate its laser projection system 6 Primary at NAB and CinemaCon 2014

NAB y CinemaCon 2014 These are the scenarios chosen by Christie to show the capabilities of its innovative laser technology 6 Primary 4K.

Christie will demonstrate laser projection architecture and Dolby3D in its Innovation spaces at CinemaCon 2014 (to be held at Caesars Palace 24 a 27 March) and at the National Association of Broadcasters NAB Show (to be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center 5 al 10 April). These are the first 6P laser events held for the greater film community, from film directors to exhibitors.

Christie DLP Cinema Laser Projectors, that use color laser modules 6 Primary (6P) that will begin to be mass produced at the beginning of 2015, will highlight that it is possible to improve 3D lighting levels, image uniformity, the comfort of viewing and the feeling of immersion, especially in combination with advanced separation technology such as Dolby 3D, in relation to conventional 3D systems currently used in movie theaters around the world.

“The drop in the number of spectators at 3D movie theaters, which has recently been detected, would indicate not only that the novelty has ceased to be: also a lower willingness of the viewer to pay more for what they see, often, It's a rather mediocre experience.. The poverty of this experience is the result of a series of technical limitations in current 3D architectures.. The most serious is the limited light levels, between a 10% and a 30% of those achieved with 2D presentations. The movies are too dark, leaving the public the task of distinguishing important details that make up the image that unfolds before their eyes.”, declara Don Shaw, Senior Director of Product Management at Christie Entertainment Solutions.

Christie's latest laser projection technology, which uses six specific primary colors instead of filtered or polarized broad-spectrum white light, improves the efficiency of 3D projection systems, regardless of the screen size of large movie theaters.

Christie 6P laser projectors, that double the efficiency of the best current 3D, give rise to a proprietary mix of photooptically optimized light wavelengths for each eye directly from the source, eliminating the need to go through a stadium, highly inefficient, filtering or polarizing the light coming out of the projector.

In the demos, Christie will use Dolby 3D glasses prepared to couple to 6P laser light wavelengths and thus achieve lighting efficiency close to 90%.

As Shaw points out, “Professionals in the sector see this color separation technique for 3D as a key reference.”, especially for its chromatic realism, compatibility with low gain white screens and good crosstalk performance. Added to all this is that it can now be incorporated into a system that is infinitely more efficient from a lighting point of view.”.

In line with the efforts made to date in the development of laser projectors 3 Primary (3P), which for Christie have solved important needs of several non-film industries, Christie laser projectors are designed to provide brightness that, with up to 72.000 lumens per projector head, will be at the forefront of the industry, as well as a broader color spectrum, Higher contrast and radically lower maintenance requirements.

Christie announced last year that it had supplied the Seattle Cinerama Theater with the world's first commercial laser projection solution., and its subsequent installation, and that its system has been the first to receive variance approval from the US FDA for the sale and installation of laser projectors in movie theaters and other high-end projection spaces.