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Introduction
When the history of digital projection is written, October 2005 will stand
out as a milestone. After numerous demonstrations, impassioned industry
discussions and mounting anticipation, it was in October 2005 that the Sony
SRX-R110 and SRX-R105 became the world's first commercially available 4K
projectors, with deliveries to Landmark Theaters, the National Geographic
Society and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Since that time, Sony 4K projection has become a fixture in auditoriums,
research universities, flight simulators, control rooms and trade shows as well as
movie theaters. In short, Sony 4K is called on for any application that demands
ultimate size, resolution and picture quality. And Sony has extended the product
line, adding two models with a pre-installed DVI input (SRX-S110 and SRX-
S105) and two dedicated Digital Cinema models (SRX-R220 and SRX-R210).
As with any such dramatic departure, Sony 4K projection raises many
questions.
• Why has Sony entered the high-end digital projection market? Why has
such a large company, so well known in other categories, decided to
pursue such a niche?
• What is the significance of 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution? What source
devices support 4K? What signal transport delivers 4K? What
applications does 4K serve?
• What is the technology behind the projectors' microdisplay device: Sony's
Silicon X-tal Reflective Display (SXRD™) panel? How does it perform, not
simply in terms of resolution, but also the vital parameters of contrast,
brightness, response time, aperture ratio and long-term stability?
• How do Sony 4K projectors work? How are they connected and
controlled?
To begin to answer these questions, Sony has prepared this document.
Here we will take a close look at the Sony 4K projectors for Visualization,
Simulation, Auditoriums and Postproduction. These are the 100 Series
projectors, the SRX-S110, S105, R110 and R105. (For detailed information on
the Sony 4K projectors for Digital Cinema—the SRX-R220 and R210—please
refer to sony.com/digitalcinema.)