Christie Digital Systems
Christie Digital Systems is a global audio-visual hardware manufacturer headquartered in Cypress, California, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Ushio Inc. of Japan. Founded in 1929, the company designs and manufactures a comprehensive range of professional projection systems, LED video walls, LCD display panels, image processors, and media servers for demanding commercial, entertainment, and mission-critical environments. Christie serves a broad cross-section of markets — from cinema exhibition and theme parks to government control rooms, corporate AV, and live events — across more than 100 countries worldwide.
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Christie Digital Systems offers a broad hardware-led AV product portfolio spanning display, processing, and management technologies:
- Cinema Projectors: CineLife+ Series (4K, DCI-compliant, RealLaser and RGBH illumination); Phazer range for small-to-medium screens; VDR software upgrade for CineLife+ delivering up to 10,000:1 contrast
- ProAV Projectors: Griffyn 4K50-RGB (flagship RGB pure laser, up to 50,000 lumens); Crimson Series; Korus Series (1DLP 4K laser, launched January 2026); Jazz Series (flexible immersive-space projectors); Sapphire 4K40-RGBH
- LED Video Walls: MicroTiles LED (modular, mission-critical); XP Series LED (launched June 2026, 10-year warranty, powered by Christie VividLife; targeting government, entertainment, and control rooms)
- Image Processors & Video Wall Controllers: Spyder-S (Release 6.1, June 2026); video wall processors and warping/blending tools
- LCD Panels: Professional-grade flat panels for corporate and control room environments
- Media Servers & Players: including Christie Mystique for automated camera-based alignment and calibration
- Software: Christie VividLife (integrated LED processing platform); Christie Mystique (alignment/calibration); projector management software
- Services: Christie Care (complete system protection); professional services; remote monitoring; preventative maintenance; onsite training; critical inventory management
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