DIGITAL PROJECTION INTERNATIONAL PROVIDES THUNDER 10000DSX PROJECTORS TO SEATTLE OPERA FOR USE IN PRODUCTION OF PARSIFAL

KENNESAW, Ga. and MANCHESTER, UK (August 26, 2003) – Digital Projection International (DPI), an Emmy® Award-winning manufacturer of high performance projection systems, announced it provided the Seattle Opera with four THUNDER 10000Dsx 3-chip DLP™ projectors for use in the Opera's production of Parsifal (August 2 through August 24, 2003, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall).

The Seattle Opera used Digital Projection's THUNDER projectors to create a dynamic backdrop for the Parsifal set. The two-projector-high, four-projector-wide configuration allowed for a screen size of 79-feet by 34-feet, and delivers 72,000 lumens and a total pixel resolution of nearly 10.5 million pixels.

"We are delighted our high-performance THUNDER displays contributed to the Seattle Opera as an integral set element in the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall", said Mike Levi, president of Digital Projection, Inc." Audiences were astounded by the dynamic imagery that helped make the Seattle Opera's production of Parsifal one of a kind."

Seattle Opera's production of Parsifal was their first utilising digital projection. Seattle Opera Scenic Studios selected this technology to create designer Robert Israel's vision of a world where time and space become one. Although Seattle Opera pioneered the use of slide projection and film for opera sets as early as the 1960's and used slide projection as recently as 2003's Norma, the new technology employed for Parsifal creates a completely different visual feel for the audience.

"We can pull leaves off trees; we can change a desert into a forest before your eyes," said Seattle Opera General Director Speight Jenkins.

In addition to Digital Projection's 10000Dsx projectors, Scharff Weisberg supplied numerous THUNDER projectors and an eight-screen WATCHOUT system for this production. Using WATCHOUT, the projection area can be programmed as a seamless, continuous image with video and graphics panning the entire screen. The WATCHOUT content consists of high-resolution stills supplied by the projection designers Bob Bonniol and Colleen Bonniol of Seattle's MODE Studios, created from artwork on Israel.

Parsifal was the Seattle Opera's first production in the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, with construction completed just before the show's opening performance.

Digital Projection's THUNDER 10000Dsx displays deliver brightness of 9,000 ANSI lumens and utilise 3-chip DLP™ technology by Texas Instruments. These, along with other performance characteristics, provide the brightness, high-quality imagery and digital stability necessary for large-scale theatrical work. Digital Projection's displays have been used exclusively during the Academy Awards®, Grammy Awards® and Emmy Awards®, and are held in high regard in the entertainment industry.