The good news is that after 10 years of TI doing the yeoman work of making the digital cinema industry happen, they finally have gotten two of their OEMs past the goal.
They also announced that there are now 300,000 3D capable projectors in the field. But that was a different group making noise for a different industry.
Congrats to TI. Next up, a server company…bets anyone?
[Update: Christie PR was able to help parse the noise…]:
Yes, there is a difference in our announcement. Barco’s announcement says only that they’ve passed the “procedural” portion of the CTP. Christie is announcing they’ve passed everything, which includes the procedural AND design aspects, so we’re much closer to receiving complete DCI compliance certification.
Here’s Barco’s announcement:
Kortrijk, Belgium, 17 March 2010 — Barco, a global leader in digital cinema announced today that its ‘Series 2’ digital cinema projector has successfully passed the procedural test for DCI compliance administered by CineCert, the leading 3rd party authorizing test facility.
Kortrijk, Belgium, 17 March 2010 — Barco, a global leader in digital cinema announced today that its ‘Series 2’ digital cinema projector has successfully passed the procedural test for DCI compliance administered by CineCert, the leading 3rd party authorizing test facility.
Hope this helps.
So there. We now know better what to watch for.