DPI PROJECTORS SUPPORT THE NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Festival Selects DP Distributor TAGNZ For 2nd Consecutive Year

Auckland, New Zealand - 7th August 2007. For the second year running, TAGNZ proudly sponsored the the 2007 Telecom New Zealand Film Festival at Sky City Theatre in Auckland and the Paramount in Wellington, New Zealand. Using Emmy Award winning Digital Projection (DPI) 3-chip DLP technology, audiences were thrilled to experience the quality of digitally displayed films.

Home of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival and the Auckland International Film Festival, Sky City Theatre is one of New Zealand's premium entertainment venues. Bringing many independent film makers works alive at the 2007 New Zealand Film Festival was Digital Projection's Mercury 3-Chip DLP® projection system. The audience and film makers alike were amazed by the the film like image quality of the Digital Projection Mercury. Sharon Byrne, General Manager of the New Zealand Film Festival was pleased with the expanded use of Digital Projection at this years festival. "Our audiences are very discerning and we need to offer them the best image quality that is available. Digital Projection and TAGNZ were able to deliver truly film like images and we are glad they continue to be part of the annual Film Festival".

"The Paramount has been entertaining audiences for nearly 90 years and we are very proud to bring the exciting new digital projection technology to the Paramount and the New Zealand Film Festival", said Andy Milne, Technical Director at TAGNZ. "Digital Projection has long been associated with high quality video projection technology with hallmark film like imaging offering film makers and audiences powerful images. With more and more films being made and displayed digitally, this is an exciting time for the cinema industry and we are proud to be leading the new wave of technology."

"Over the years I have seen many video projectors and Digital Projection's Mercury is the best I have seen so far" said Ian Freer, General Manager of CineServ Limited, technical support for the NZ Film Festivals. "[DP's] Mercury 5000HD has only created positive feedback - people just love the image quality."

Digital Projection has long been associated with international Film Festivals and has been the official supplier of Digital Projectors for nine consecutive years at the Sundance Film Festival in the USA. This year Sundance showed over 100 films in 15 different venues using Digital Projection's range of 3-Chip DLP projectors from the Titan series to the stunning Lightning 40HD-T.

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About TAGNZ Limited

TAGNZ Limited proudly distributes and supports Digital Projection in New Zealand. With over 27 years experience in the Broadcast, Post Production and Projection industry, TAGNZ is able to bring a huge wealth of experience to any video projection installation.
Contact Technical Director, Andy Milne, , www.tagnz.co.nz

About Digital Projection International

Founded in 1989, Digital Projection International (DPI) has been instrumental in the development and application of Digital Light Processing™ technology by Texas Instruments for projection systems. DPI introduced the world’s first 3-chip DLP® projector in 1997, and has since delivered expert system engineering and world-class customer services, thus maintaining its position as a digital imaging pioneer.

DPI’s groundbreaking projection research and development has garnered the admiration of industry professionals around the world. This has earned the company many awards, including two Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. DPI remains the first and only projector manufacturer to win the coveted award.

Today, DPI manufactures and distributes an extensive line of ultra high-performance 3-chip and single-chip DLP® projection systems. These projectors are the reference standard for demanding applications such as large-venue, live-event staging, fortune 5000, homeland security, education, medical and scientific research, command and control, digital cinema, commercial entertainment, worship and elite home cinema.