The High Performance Rear Projection TV

Electronic stores frequently display walls and walls of plasma and LCD flat panel television sets. It seems that everyone wants to have one of these mammoth entertainment systems for their homes nowadays, no matter how expensive they are.

However, the rear-projection TV has emerged from the shadows to offer lower prices and high performance. While shopping around, you will come across CRT, LCD and DLP technology, so here is all you need to know.

The LCD rear-projection TV offers an excellent picture at a far lower price than LCD flat panel television sets. You can get a 37-inch or an 80-inch projector screen to offer a larger viewing field for less. The LCD projectors are ideal for HDTV viewing and playing video games since the contrast/color saturation is so good and there is no danger of burn-in from static images, like station logos or video game settings.

A rear projection TV system's downfall, generally speaking, is that there may be a limited viewing angle. If you're seated directly in front of the TV at eye-level with the set, you'll be just fine. However, the quality may diminish if you have stadium seating or if you're watching from the side.

The third type of rear-projection TV is the Digital Light Processing (DLP) system. Like the LCD projectors, DLP projectors display images on a chip, although the type of chip used is a micro-mirror. Some movie theaters use DLP technology when showing digitally converted films stored on a hard drive or optical disc.

High resolution DLP projector chips have the ability to recreate an image as though it's on 35 or 70mm film. The color accuracy, low power consumption and high contrast makes the DLP system an attractive selection. The downside is that it will require an occasional bulb replacement.

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