Awards
List of awards won by DLP® Technology and its inventors, Dr. Larry Hornbeck and Dr. William E. ('Ed') Nelson
February 2005
The 70-inch DLP® RPTV receives the Best Buzz Award at CES from Insight Media.
January 2005
The RCA Scenium Profiles HD61THW263 DLP® TV takes top honors at CES, receiving the Best of Innovations Award for Digital Display.
December 2004
IEEE names Dr. Hornbeck recipient of the 2004 IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for his pioneering work on, and sustained development of, the Digital Micromirror Device (DMD), the chip at the heart of DLP® technology.
November 2004
Small Times honors Dr. Hornbeck with its 2004 Best of Small Tech Lifetime Achievement Award for his pioneering and sustained technical contributions to DLP® technology.
January 2004
Samsung takes top honors at International CES with its HLP5685W DLP® TV, winning the Best of Innovations Award for the video category.
October 2003
DLP® technology is selected by the National Television Academy to receive the Technology And Engineering Emmy® Award for "Pioneering Development of Mass-Produced Digital Reflective Imaging Technology for Consumer Rear Projection Television."
November 2002
DLP® technology receives the 2002 Small Times Magazine "Best Of Small Tech" Product Award. The Best of Small Tech Awards recognize the best people, products and companies in nanotechnology, MEMS and microsystems.
October 2002
Dr. Larry Hornbeck, inventor of the Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) that makes DLP® technology possible, receives the David Sarnoff Medal from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE).
March 2002
Dr. Larry Hornbeck is elected SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering) Fellow for 2002
November 2001
DLP® technology receives the Judges' Award from The Royal Television Society (RTS).
October 2000
DLP® technology receives the Technical and Scientific Achievement Award from the BKSTS (The BritishKinematograph, Sound and Television Society).
April 2000
DLP® technology honored by 'Television Broadcast' as 'Editors' Pick of Show' at National Association of Broadcaster (NAB) Exhibition for HDTV demonstration.
October 1999
DLP® technology receives 'Golden Note' award from TheAcademy for Advancing High Performance Audio & Video. The award recognizes DLP® technology as 'The Most Innovative Video Technology'.
May 1999
Dr. Larry Hornbeck receives the prestigious KarlFerdinand Braun Prize at The Society for Information Display's 1999 International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition.
June 1998
DLP® technology receives Emmy award from The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for Outstanding Achievement In Engineering Development.
May 1998
William E. Nelson Receives Kosar MemorialAward from The Society for Imaging Science and Technology.
February 1997
Dr. Larry Hornbeck and Dr. Ed Nelson receive award from The Rank Prize Fund.
December 1995
DLP® technology named 1995 Display of the Year by Information Display Magazine.
October 1995
Dr. Larry Hornbeck Receives Eduard Rhein Award.