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== Digital cinema ==

{{Main|Digital cinema}}
[[File:DLP CINEMA. A Texas Instruments Technology - Photo Philippe Binant.jpg|thumb|DLP Cinema. A Texas Instruments technology]]
[[File:Texas Instruments, DLP Cinema Prototype System, Mark V, Paris, 2000 - Philippe Binant Archives.jpg|thumb|Texas Instruments, DLP Cinema prototype projector, Mark V, 2000]]
[[File:NEC Cinema DLP Beamer cebit2006.JPG|thumb|right|220px|The NEC Cinema DLP [[projector]] in 2006]]

DLP Cinema systems have been deployed and tested commercially in theaters since 1999. In June 1999, ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'' was the first movie to be entirely scanned and distributed to theaters.<ref name="cinematreasures/10547">{{cite web |title=AMC Burbank 14 in Burbank, CA |url=http://www.cinematreasures.org/theaters/10547 |website=[[Cinema Treasures]] |access-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529122931/http://www.cinematreasures.org/theaters/10547 |archive-date=29 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mathews |first1=Jack |title=BURBANK 10: A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-15-ca-2862-story.html |access-date=6 January 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=15 December 1986 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106200051/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-15-ca-2862-story.html |archive-date=6 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="projectorcentral/94">{{cite web |title=Phantom Menace To Be Screened Digitally |url=https://www.projectorcentral.com/news_story_94.htm |website=ProjectorCentral |access-date=6 January 2023 |language=en |date=June 3, 1999}}</ref><ref name="installation-international/dlp-cinema-installations">{{cite news |last1=McMurray |first1=Ian |title=136% growth in EMEA DLP Cinema installations |url=https://www.installation-international.com/business/136-growth-in-emea-dlp-cinema-installations |access-date=6 January 2023 |work=Installation |publisher=[[Future Publishing Limited]] |date=18 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="ebay/225285600657">{{cite web |title=1st Digital Screening STAR WARS: Episode 1 The Phantom Menace Brochure |url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/225285600657?nma=true&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc |website=[[eBay]] |access-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106185539/https://www.ebay.com/itm/225285600657?nma=true&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc |archive-date=6 January 2023 |date=1999-06-18}}</ref> Four theaters installed digital projectors for the movie's release.<ref name="theswca/78865">{{cite web |title=Episode 1 Digital Premier Counter Top Display |url=http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=78865 |website=Star Wars Collectors Archive |access-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817021058/http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=78865 |archive-date=17 August 2014}}</ref> The same was done for the animated film ''[[Tarzan (1999 film)|Tarzan]]'' that [[1999 in film|same year]].<ref name="hollywoodreporter/171772">{{cite news |last1=Giardina |first1=Carolyn |title=Digital Cinema Displaying Rapid Global Growth |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/digital-cinema-displaying-rapid-global-171772/ |access-date=6 January 2023 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=27 March 2011}}</ref> Later that year,'' [[Toy Story 2]]'' was the first movie to be entirely created, edited, and distributed digitally, with more theaters installing digital projectors for its release.  DLP Cinema was the first commercial digital cinema technology and is the leading digital cinema technology with approximately 85% market share worldwide as of December 2011.{{citation needed |date=July 2024}} Digital cinema has some advantages over film because film can be subject to color fading, jumping, scratching and dirt accumulation.  Digital cinema allows the movie content to remain of consistent quality over time. Today, most movie content is also captured digitally. The first all-digital ''live-action'' feature shot ''without'' film was the 2002 release, ''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones''.{{citation needed |date=July 2024 |reason=Also, this is an article about DLP, not digital cinema.}}

DLP Cinema does not manufacture the end projectors, but rather provides the projection technology and works closely with Barco, Christie Digital and NEC who make the end projection units.  DLP Cinema is available to theater owners in multiple resolutions depending on the needs of the exhibitor.  These include 2K – for most theater screens, 4K – for large theater screens, and S2K, which was specifically designed for small theaters, particularly in emerging markets worldwide.

On February 2, 2000, Philippe Binant, technical manager of Digital Cinema Project at [[Gaumont Film Company|Gaumont]], in France, realized the first digital cinema projection in Europe<ref>''[[Cahiers du cinéma]]'', n°hors-série, Paris, April 2000, p. 32.</ref> with the DLP Cinema technology developed by Texas Instruments. DLP is the current market-share leader in professional digital movie projection,<ref>[http://www.texasbusiness.com/plano-cinema-firm-to-open-theater-with-digital-projection-self-serve-snacks-cms-2820 Texas Business] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126210938/http://www.texasbusiness.com/plano-cinema-firm-to-open-theater-with-digital-projection-self-serve-snacks-cms-2820 |date=2012-01-26 }}</ref> largely because of its high contrast ratio and available resolution as compared to other digital front-projection technologies. As of December 2008, there are over 6,000 DLP-based digital cinema systems installed worldwide.<ref name="Mediasalles">{{cite news
  | author=TI
  | url=http://www.mediasalles.it/yearbook.htm
  | title= European Cinema Yearbook
  | publisher=Mediasalles
  |date=2008-02-15
  | access-date=2008-02-15
}}</ref>

DLP projectors are also used in [[RealD 3D]] and newer [[IMAX]] theaters for [[3D film]]s.