Patent ID: 7387389

Claim:
A system for displaying an image comprising: an image processing unit configured to receive a video signal and generate image data and control signals; a light source assembly controlled by the control signals to generate light; a homogenizing device configured to homogenize light from the light source assembly; a optical modulator assembly controlled by the control signals to generate images and configured to be illuminated from an illumination relay, which receives the homogenized light from the light source assembly, the optical modular assembly configured with at least one optical modulator surface; a projection lens assembly configured to transfer the images from the optical modulator assembly onto a viewing surface; wherein the optical modulator surface is configured to have a substantially 1:1 aspect ratio to increase the amount of light coupled from the light source an anamorphic lens that changes an aspect ratio of the image data caused by the 1:1 aspect ratio of the optical modulator to match an aspect ratio of the viewing surface; and an image shifter configured to shift the image data to increase resolution of the image in a width dimension due to the changes caused by the 1:1 aspect ratio of the optical modulator.