The images projected onto the screen from the projector, are formed from the projection source using a reflective technology called Digital Light Processing (DLP).

The DLP processing board uses a digital micro-mirror device or DMD; which acts as a light switch.

Inside each DMD chip are many tiny mirrors, which correspond to 1 pixel of light in the projected image. The tiny mirrors tilt towards or away from the light source thousands of times a second to produce up to 1024 shades of grey.

In a 3-chip DLP system, white light is passed through a prism that divides the light into red, green and blue. Each chip is dedicated to a primary color. The red, green and blue reflections from the 3 chips are combined and passed through the lens to project an image made up of more than 35 trillion colors.