What is a Rear Projection TV?
Rear projection TV (RPTV) became widely available in the 1980s as the first consumer-grade, affordable, big screen TV. RPTV is a type of television that uses technology which internally projects the viewed image from the rear of the unit to the backside of the display screen. There are four types of rear projection TV: Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), Digital Light Processing (DLP), Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS), and Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). LCD technology is also used to make flat screen HDTVs, or non-rear projection models. At a glance it’s easy to tell the difference between a rear projection TV and plasma or LCD flat panels. Flat panels are a few inches thick, easily mounted on a wall. RPTVs have electronics housed at the bottom rear of the set where units might measure some 14 inches (35.5cm) or more deep. The rear projection TV is, however, not as deep as traditional televisions and has a distinct advantage over them when it comes to sheer screen size. The CRT RPTV has been largel
Rear projection shoots the image to the REAR mirror First, then reflects that image to the Front screen…That makes the cabinet thinner from front to back….. There’s nothing BAD about the Sony SXRD tv set…there is a lamp that needs replacement every 3 years or more. The PROJECTOR and the MIRROR are INSIDE a SEALED container…I WORK ON THESE TV SETS and CLOUT is WRONG !! God it pixxes me off when somebody claims a big line of BULL and makes fabrications….Just pixxes me off to no end !! Heyyy, I work on Cars, and I know what’s wrong….it’s your Kuh-nooter Valve….yeah, that’s the ticket…..
