Time
To Choose Between
DLP
And LCD TV?
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Two very
different technologies are battling each other to knock Plasma TV
off it’s throne as the most popular big screen TV: DLP and
LCD!
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LCD TV is
off to a flying start, with great screen images and best selling
models by Sony and others. However, DLP seems to have the edge on
brilliance, size, razor sharp clarity and even the digital movie
theater market.
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Which of
the two very different TV technologies is best for you? Is one
better than the other or are they roughly the same? Let’s
find out . . .
What's
Best For Your Family:
DLP OR
LCD Television?
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DLP (Digital
Light Processing) uses a computer to tilt millions of tiny mirrors
in or out, which turns light from the lamp inside the TV on and
off. Each mirror creates a light or dark pixel (the dots that make
up the picture image) and a color wheel turns them into millions of
sharp, brilliant colors.
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LCDs (Liquid
Crystal Displays) send tiny electric
charges into small crystal cells; these currents twist the crystal
cells to create the colors on the screen. The cells are positioned
between two thin sheets of glass. A white lamp shines through the
crystals putting the image on the screen.
• Screen Detail is one measure of a
television’s performance; both of these technologies can
produce a brilliantly colored picture. LCD displays produce an
image that’s slightly more detailed than a
DLP display of the same
size. This is especially important when reading fine print in
computer displays. Score
1 for LCD.
• The Screen Size competition is won
hands down by DLP; LCDs rarely get larger than 40 inches, while
DLPs range in size from a medium TV to a full sized movie theater
screen. DLP is the best choice for your Home Theater System because
of the large screen sizes available. Score
1 for DLPs.
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Both DLP And LCD are
perfect for video games, store displays and computer use, because
neither type of display will suffer from screen burn-in like Plasma
or CRT (picture tube) televisions do. It’s impossible for
stock ticker tapes, video game score boards or channel logos to
burn into the screen of a DLP or LCD TV. Let’s
call this one a tie.
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DLP Television Sets are brighter than
LCDs, because it uses tiny mirrors to reflect the light in the
image. The light in LCD TVs is filtered by a polarizer,
transistors, the liquid crystals and other devices. The result is
that only a small amount of the light is transmitted through the
LCD panel and onto the screen. LCDs have recently been improved,
but their light output is still limited. LCD’s are slightly
brighter than Plasma TVs. Score
2 for DLPs.
• LCDs produce
a picture with a slight “screen door” effect, since the
space between it’s pixels is more than three times wider than
the gap between a DLP display’s pixels. It’s easy to
see the tiny dots making up a LCD image, while the DLP image looks
smoother. Millions of tiny
square mirrors in the DLP produce what looks like a higher
resolution (sharpness) even when the resolution is the same. A DLP
image is much more natural and lifelike than other projection
displays. Score
3 for DLPs.
• Both LCD And DLP displays
have an internal light bulb that burns down, turns yellow and must
be replaced somewhere between 8,000 and 20,000 hours of use. This
costs hundreds of dollars and requires a technician to
accomplish. Let’s
call this one a tie.
• A DLP Projection TV can put more than
16.7 million colors on the screen. A DLP Cinema projection systems
is capable of creating over 35 trillion colors in a movie theater;
over eight times more than is possible with film. LCD displays
cannot come close to this level of color reproduction.
Score
4 for DLPs.
• LCDs have
come down in price in recent years, but prices are still relatively
higher than a DLP or Plasma of similar size. The
smaller
price you pay for the DLP TV might convince you this is the best
solution for you. Score
5 for DLPs.
Result of this subjective comparison: DLP:
5, LCD:
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Samsung 42 DLP Projection TV - 42 - DLP - ATSC, NTSC
- 16:9 - 1280 x 720 - Stereo Sound - HDTV
Mitsubishi 732 Series WD-65732 Series 65 DLP
Projection TV - 65 - DLP - ATSC, NTSC - 4:3 , 16:9 - 1920 x 1080 ,
1280 x 720 - Stereo Sound - HDTV 
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Guide
To Plasma TV
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Don’t get us
wrong: both DLPs and
LCDs produce beautiful TVs
with a gorgeous image. The information above sounds brutally
critical (now that I read over it), but anything else would cheat
you out of the knowledge you need to arm yourself properly in your
search for the right big screen TV.
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You and
your family can be perfectly happy with a DLP, a LCD or for that
matter, a Plasma big screen TV. Read all the information we present
before you make a decision; make sure that your hard earned cash
goes toward the right big screen TV . . . the one that suits your
needs!
It’s as easy as
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