Video Projector Slide Projector Overhead Projector Liquid-Crystal Display Metal-Halide Lamp Prism Dichroic Filters Polysilicon
Video Projector Slide Projector Overhead Projector Liquid-Crystal Display Metal-Halide Lamp Prism Dichroic Filters Polysilicon
ABSTRACT
An LCD projector is a type of video projector for displaying video, images or
computer data on a screen or other flat surface. It is a modern equivalent of the slide projector
or overhead projector. To display images, LCD (liquid-crystal display) projectors typically
send light from a metal-halide lamp through a prism or series of dichroic filters that separates
light to three polysilicon panels one each for the red, green and blue components of the
video signal. As polarized light passes through the panels (combination of polarizer, LCD
panel and analyzer), individual pixels can be opened to allow light to pass or closed to block
the light. The combination of open and closed pixels can produce a wide range of colors and
shades in the projected image.
Metal-halide lamps are used because they output an ideal color temperature and a
broad spectrum of color. These lamps also have the ability to produce an extremely large
amount of light within a small area; current projectors average about 2,000 to 15,000
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) lumens.
Other technologies, such as Digital Light Processing (DLP) and liquid crystal on
silicon (LCOS) are also becoming more popular in modestly priced video projection.
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