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While filmmaking was transformed by digital editing, digital f/x, and digicams, film projection remained virtually unchanged: White light shined through colored celluloid to illuminate a screen. Texas Instruments' Digital Light Processing system dispenses with film altogether; the only element between the light source and the screen are the DLP's thousands of microscopic mirrors. The key component of the $185,000 Hughes-JVC projector used at select screenings of and now of consumer devices such as the $6,999 InFocus LP330 Dragonfly portable,
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Projectors
Projectors receive data from a computer or video source and project this data onto a screen via internal light sources, power sources and converters.
Photographic Films
Photographic films are plastic sheets used to capture images by exposing the layers of plastic to light for specific periods of time, depending on the quality. They consist of sheets of plastic coated with an emulsion that forms a latent image when exposed to light.
Projection Screens
Projection screens are used to display images from overhead and video projectors.
Media and Presentation Software
Media and presentation software include tools and applications for the creation of multimedia presentations for broadcast or advertising and marketing use. It often uses media such as CDs and DVDs.
Image Scanners
Image scanners are devices that scan two-dimensional (2D) objects and convert them into digital images.
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