image light amplifier

ILA (Image Light Amplifier) light valves.

D-ILA JVC's Direct-drive Image Light Amplifier based on LCoS technology.

LCD projectors, such as JVC's Digital Image Light Amplifier (D-ILA) line, work on a slightly different system.

There are two kinds of large-venue digital projector technology: DLP Cinema, developed by Texas Instruments, and D-ILA, or Digital-Direct-Drive Image Light Amplifier, by JVC.

Commercial implementations of LCoS technology include: Sony's SXRD (Silicon X-tal Reflective Display) and JVC's D-ILA (Digital Direct Drive Image Light Amplifier), and Epson's "reflective 3LCD".