The DLP TV is a rear projection television that uses a small digital micro mirror device known as a DMD to tilt more than 1.3 million very, very small mirrors. Each of the small mirrors represents one pixel. As the image changes the mirrors tilt very quickly. This produces what is known as the grayscale of the image. It lacks color. The color is added by passing light through a rapidly spinning color wheel. The light is then reflected by the micro mirrors and controlled by the fact that they either tilt toward or away from the colored light source. The image is then reflected off a large single mirror and projected onto the screen.
Some of the advantages of DLP technology is the production of a very clear picture with a high degree of color accuracy. It also has low power consumption, and high contrast. It is also housed in a very low profile cabinet differing from the bulky rear projection devices of the past.
October 5th, 2006 by Plasma Man
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