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Terry Schmidt, a life dedicated to transforming brilliant ideas into commercial products, was the mind of some of the greatest innovations signed by Christie: meeting him and talking to him is an extraordinary experience to learn about the world of invention and design.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fifty years of Terry Schmidt<\/strong>\u2019s work focuses in particular on digital projection and RGB laser technology. Terry, Christie<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s long-standing Chief Scientist<\/strong>, presents himself \u2013 like so many great innovators \u2013 as \u201ca simple engineer who solves problems.\u201d
\nIt\u2019s sufficient, however, to type his name on Google to appreciate the impressive number of patents registered in his name, patents that have earned him the nice title of \u201cChristie<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s grandfather of digital projection.\u201d It\u2019s difficult to find someone who has done more than he in transforming digital projection into the reliable, almost universal projection technology we know today. And it all happened because he says he wanted nothing more than to make everything he was working on work.<\/p>\n

For example, US patent 9,462,241B2<\/strong>, registered with Simon Guthrie<\/strong>, describes a way to connect the rapid activation\/deactivation capabilities of a DLP chip with the speed with which solid-state light sources, such as LEDs and lasers, can increase or reduce power. Terry<\/strong> noticed that if he could get the two to work together harmoniously two things would happen: first, a reduction in the need for lighting power to achieve the same brightness as the image, because the DLP receives exactly the light it needs; furthermore, this first step would have made possible any other kind of intelligent \u201cTerry solutions\u201d, such as better black level performance, wider dynamic ranges and highly efficient color control. Many advances that today are widely taken for granted in Christie<\/strong><\/a> products are due to the inventiveness and pioneering work of Terry Schmidt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Terry<\/strong> does not compromise on a concept: practical people must seek practical and commercial solutions.
\n\u201cI never really liked the idea of plan, plan, plan, plan, plan executed\u201d \u2013 he says \u2013 \u201cbecause you rarely perform correctly the first time. I like to plan a little \u2013 not a lot \u2013 to build something, to see where its problems are, so to plan more and rebuild.\u201d
\nTerry<\/strong> likes the challenges and the company of the people he works with: that\u2019s why, at 71,<\/strong> he\u2019s still in Christie<\/strong><\/a> and keeps his ability to intercept great ideas and design them, calmly and methodically, to develop and make them indispensable.<\/p>\n

www.christiedigital.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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