1990's: A Decade of Leadership

1990: Runco receives the trademark for "Home Theater" in the state of California.

1990: Runco introduces the first high-resolution projector/processor combination.

1991/92: Runco introduces the world's first aspect ratio controller, one of the most significant milestones in the history of Home Theater. The ARC-IV system became the reference system not only for Runco, but the entire video industry.

1993: Runco introduced the CinemaPro 750 projector, LJR I Laser Disc Player, Super IDTV II system and the first 9" CRT projector in home theater history.

1994: Introduced the LJR II Laser Disc Player, the very first Laser Disc player to have Dolby™AC-3 capability, and THX™ certification.

1995: Runco partners with Texas Instruments to develop DLP™ Technology. Runco announces an alliance with Texas Instruments, becoming the first video projection company in the home theater market to offer products based on TI's revolutionary Digital Light Processing (DLP™) technology. Runco introduces the IDP-980/SC-3050 video projector/processor and the first ‘double-stacked' projectors; Runco's CinemaWall makes its first appearance in the rear-screen market.

1997: Runco introduces the DTV-852. With its built-in Line Doubler, Runco introduces the first DLP projector, the DLP-100. Runco also brought to market the VX-7, the home theater industry's brightest projector; and the DTV-1000 flagship CRT projector.

1998: Runco releases VX-1 and VX-3 DLP™ Projectors and first Plasma, PL-42.

1999: Runco introduces the DTV-1100 and DTV-943. Runco improves on its CRT products in 1999 by upgrading its DTV-1000 to the DTV-1100.

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