Updated: 24/10/08

FAQs - Projection
 

Why DLP™ rather than LCD?

  • Higher brightness, no potential convergence errors. Please click to find out more about DLP™
  • Better contrast - black is black, white is white with better colour reproduction.
  • The life expectancy of DLP (sealed units) is much greater than an LCD panel.

Why SXGA (1280x1024) rather than XGA (1024x768)

  • SXGA provides 67% more information on screen than standard XGA. Perfect for medical, engineering, financial and DTP displays.

Why the single DMD™ chip?

  • No convergence errors, highly accurate grey scale without colour casts or shift. Transferred to colour images this yields accurate reproduction of colours, and for instance flesh tones are rendered with natural precision. Single chip are also much lower cost than 3 chip.

Why use DMD™ (Digital Micromirror Device™) technology

  • Ensures a uniform black and white image with very high contrast, unmatched by any competing digital technology.

Why is a high contrast ratio so important?

  • The higher the contrast ratio (ie 1000:1) the clearer the image will be.

Why is high brightness so important

  • With high brightness levels (measured in ANSI lumens) the control of ambient light is less important, expensive high gain screens are not necessary and larger images can be projected.

Why would I need a wide angle lens?

  • Wide angle lenses offer ultra short throw distances, ideal for saving space in rear projection and simulators, ie F1SXGA-Wide 1:1 (image width to distance).

What is so good about a UHP™ lamp?

  • Ultra high performance lamp technology for natural colours, long lasting (2000 hours typical life), high brightness and high brightness for longer (the brightness of most other lamp technologies drops very quickly after relatively little use.)

What type of screen should I use?

  • Front
    There is no great science in front projection (frontpro) - the real issue is using material that stays flat over many years. The lower the gain, the better the viewing angles. the higher the gain, the screen gets 'brighter' but more directional. For example, with a high gain screen the projector should be ceiling mounted to reflect the image down to the audience. Remember the perceived image 'brightness' derives from the image contrast. A front projector screen cannot distinguish between projected and ambient light, so control over ambient light means better results.

  • Rear
    Rear projection (rearpro) is much brighter than front projection, because it offers good contrast: meaning good black levels and good colour saturation. It allows self-contained solutions, with the projector and other equipment hidden out of sight. Fresnel screens are used for brightness uniformity, so the image is as bright in the corners as in the centre, with no 'hot spot'. Also called 'optical screens' as they have additional technologies to boost projector contrast and combat the effects of ambient light, Cheaper diffusion screens are liable to 'hot spot', but can also be used when budget is tight, when the image size is not too large, when a standard (ie non-wide angle) lens is used. For practical advice on rearpro, visit www.rearpro.com.