DIGITAL PROJECTION INTERNATIONAL TAKES DIGITAL CINEMA A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD WITH THE FIRST COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION OF A DC2K PROJECTOR IN JAPAN

Digital Projection Cinema™ followed the world's first commercial DLP Cinema™ installation in December 2000 with the world's first commercial demonstration of a cS25 projector in 2003

MANCHESTER, UK (July 23, 2003) – Digital Projection International and its joint venture partner NEC Viewtechnology Ltd. are proud to announce they have carried out the first commercial demonstration of the cS25 projection system in Tokyo, Japan. The cS25 is the first commercial projector utilising the new higher resolution Texas Instruments DC2K DMD offering over 2 million pixels. The demonstration was arranged in conjunction with our Japanese distributor, TOSHIBA DENKO and was held at the Togeki theatre, owned by SHOCHIKU, in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan.

"We are extremely proud to have been involved in the two significant world firsts within the Digital Cinema market. In December 2000 we sold and installed the first ever Digital Cinema projector and have followed this up with the world's first commercial demonstration of the DC2K unit. It demonstrates that Digital Projection is committed to innovation and is 100% behind the development of this significant market place, worldwide", said Brian Critchley, CEO, Digital Projection International.

DPI's digital cinema projectors display high quality fully approved SMPTE digital images delivered via local servers or satellite to delight the world's cinema audiences. The benefits of continuous quality ease of distribution and lower costs of production are well known.

Mr. Critchley continued: " We are very pleased to be working with our JV partners NEC Viewtechnology Ltd. and our Japanese distributor, TOSHIBA DENKO. They have demonstrated the vision and commitment to continuously embrace the latest technology and offer their customers the world's best cinema images. They are committed to exploit the commercial potential in Digital Cinema and Digital Projection International is excited to play a key role in this important cinematic milestone.

Digital Cinema or D-Cinema refers to conventional movie theatres replacing 35mm film prints and film-based projectors with movies encoded as digital data that are projected using digital projectors. This transformation will allow for consistently higher quality images and cheaper distribution and production costs compared to the creation and distribution of film prints. Digital Projection International will continue to lead this drive for improvement and change.