Texas Instruments' projectors and televisions featuring its Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology were chosen for use at the 75th Annual Academy Awards held earlier today.

This marks the fourth consecutive year that DLP technology lit up screens at the world's most famous awards ceremony. In India, the show aired live on Star Movies. The channel will have a repeat telecast of the Oscars at 9 pm.

An official release informs that 12 DLP technology-based DP28sx projectors from Digital Projection were featured at the Oscar ceremonies. They delivered an image measuring 70' x 20' on the main screen and to project the proceedings onto side screens, allowing the audience front row viewing. In addition, five Samsung HLM507W 50" televisions, also featuring DLP technology prominently displayed live high-definition images of the ceremony throughout the Kodak Theatre, including to presenters and award winners in the green room and attendees in the lobby areas.

DLP technology delivers clear, sharp, bright and accurate images in a broad range of projection and display applications including business projectors, home entertainment projectors, large screen tabletop TVs, video walls and projection systems used in commercial entertainment, says the release. It is also the most reliable projection/display technology: its digital nature and excellent thermal characteristics means that its image does not degrade over time, and it does not suffer from the 'burn in' that afflicts other technologies and impairs image quality.

The release states that at the heart of the DLP technology is the Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) optical semiconductor chip. The DMD switch has an array of up to 1,310,000 hinged, microscopic mirrors which operate as optical switches to create a high resolution, full colour image.

A development of DLP technology -- DLP Cinema technology -- delivers large screen images that are superior in many respects to film, and is helping revolutionise the movie industry .