Even though flat panel HDTV sets get the most attention, there are several other kinds of TV technology that provide a lot of benefits that flat screens using LCD and Plasma technology can't provide. The most promising of these other types of technology is DLP, or digital light processing.
Digital Light Processing was created by Texas Instruments and is based on a special kind of chip that's covered with microscopic mirrors. The chip controls each one of the mirrors so that it reflects light at a different intensity and wavelength. Each mirror also represents a single pixel on the TV screen. The result of this system is a rich variety of colors and very precise control over the actual pixels on the TV screen.
Because of the way that DLP technology works, it can't be used in a flat panel display- it simply requires too much distance for the light to be projected onto the screen. For that reason, Digital Light Processing is best utilized in projection screen TV's. Of course projection screen TV's have a number of disadvantages stemming around the fact that they have to be large and therefore difficult to transport, find a space for, and install.
One application of DLP technology that gets around the problems of the bulk and space consumption of projection screen TV sets- and that many people largely ignore- is using it in a actual movie projector. There are a number of commercial applications for this. In fact some movie theaters use commercial grade DLP projectors to put their movies onto their big screens. There are also projectors that work this way available for private home use.
DLP projectors for private home use tend to be expensive, but when you take into account that they can produce good images on screens as large as fifteen feet across, they tend to be the best value in terms of getting large screen sizes. While a consumer DLP projector that delivers a screen size of seven feet might cost three or four thousand dollars (depending on the brand and model) a flat panel display of comparable size might cost thirty thousand dollars!
There are a lot of advantages to having the set up of using a DLP projector for your TV needs. The most obvious one- next to the huge screen size of course- is the fact that it's relatively easy to conceal a projector and a pull down movie screen. This makes a big difference as far as where you can set one up with respect to your home decor. Projectors can be mounted on ceilings and tables, and concealed on shelves or in any number of clever places. When you consider the fact that all of the cables and other attachments that need to be connected to any television set can be concealed along with the projector, using a DLP projector can really clean up the look of your home entertainment center. After all, a home entertainment center is something that you want to use, not look at!
In general, if you want a really big screen for watching movies, TV, or playing video games; you can't go wrong with a DLP projector.
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