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 Headquarters inCypress, California | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Professional audio-visual technology |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Founder | S.L. Christie |
| Headquarters | Cypress, California |
Key people | Takabumi Asahi, CEO; Michael Phipps, President & COO, Christie Digital Systems, Inc. |
| Products | Projectors, LED displays, LED video walls, LCD displays, image processors, AV-over-IP |
| Services | Design, manufacture, deploy, and support Cinema and ProAV systems |
| Parent | Ushio, Inc. |
Christie is anaudiovisual company that specializes in digital projection and projection tools for cinema and enterprise markets, video walls, content management, image processing, video wall processors, and SDVoE technology. The company has been granted over 100 patents.[1]
Christie is headquartered inCypress, California with engineering inKitchener, Ontario and manufacturing inShenzhen, China.[1] Christie has offices in 15 different countries.[2]
Christie was founded in 1929[3] by S.L. Christie in California. It made a name for itself as a manufacturer of35 mm film movie projectors, lamp houses, lamp consoles and film platter systems.[4] It acquired theKitchener, Ontario-based digital projection business ofElectrohome in 1999.[5] Christie was the first licensee ofTexas Instruments'Digital Light Processing technology.
Christie acquired Vista Controls Systems in 2007, makers of video processing systems, including the Spyder.[6]
In 2009, Christie launchedMicroTiles, modular 16 in × 12 in (410 mm × 300 mm) LED-powered DLP-based units that can be built together into a large video wall-style display.[7]
In 2013, Christie launched the Matrix StIM WQ and Matrix SIM WQ projectors. These projectors were designed for simulation and training applications and included Christie AccuFrame smear-reduction technology.[8]
In 2015, Christie acquired Coolux, best known for its Pandoras Box product family of media and show control systems.[9] In the same year, Christie launched a new projection system using RGB laser technology with colors approachingRec. 2020 color space.[10]
In 2019, Christie launched MicroTiles LED, a direct-view LED display consisting of a mounting chassis and three rectangular modules which snap onto the chassis via magnets.[11]
As of 2019, more than 65,000 Christie projectors have been installed worldwide, used in more than 10 million screenings.[12]
In 2021, 252 Christie RGB pure laser projectors were used to illuminate the Al Wasl Dome atExpo 2020 Dubai. The dome was the centerpiece of the Expo site and holds a Guinness World Record for the largest interactive immersive dome.[13]
The company won anAcademy Award for Technical Achievement in 1982 for the design and manufacture of the Ultramittent film transport for Christie motion picture projectors and again in 1998 for the design and development of the Christie ELF 1-C Endless Loop Film Transport and Storage System by employee Clark F. Crites.[14]
In 2024, Christie received its third award from theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[15] TheAcademy Scientific and Technical Award was awarded to principal product developer Michael Perkins for the design and development of the Christie E3LH Dolby Vision Cinema Projection System.[16]
