System and method for displaying stereoscopic digital motion picture images

A method of displaying stereoscopic digital motion picture images, comprising:

• receiving at a digital video projector one or more frames of left-eye data and one or more frames of corresponding right-eye data;
• receiving at the digital video projector an input reference signal indicating whether each frame of data comprises left-eye data or right-eye data;
• projecting the corresponding frames of left-eye data and right eye data separated by periods of dark time, wherein the dark time duration is adjustable in length independently of frame rate;
• and
• transmitting from the digital video projector an electronic output reference signal indicating initiation of the periods of dark time, wherein the output reference signal is adjustable between a first timing position preceding a beginning of a corresponding dark period and a second position trailing the beginning of the corresponding dark period.

A method of displaying stereoscopic digital motion picture images, comprising:

• receiving at a digital video projector one or more frames of left-eye data and one or more frames of right-eye data;
• receiving at the digital video projector an input reference signal indicating whether each frame of data comprises left-eye data or right-eye data;
• receiving at the digital video projector a display reference signal indicating whether left-eye data or right-eye data should be projected at a particular time;
• projecting the left-eye data and right eye data, as indicated by the display reference signal, separated by periods of dark time;
• transmitting from the digital video projector an output reference signal indicating initiation of the periods of dark time;
• and
• adjusting a start of the output reference signal within a range beginning at point preceding a start of a corresponding dark time and ending at an end of the corresponding dark time.