| Re: DLP or LCD - which is better?
Short answer is that neither is inherently better.
LCD Pros
Cheaper
3 chip therefore no rainbow artifacts
LCD Cons
3 chip therefore convergence is down to build quality (or luck of the draw).
Apart from the very newest designs, contrast was poor - both on/off and ANSI.
Apart from the very newest designs they had poor fill factors - some used blurring techniques to try and fill more.
DLP Pros
1 chip designs have higher perceived sharpness (I say perceived because they still resolve the same detail as LCDs)
3 chip DLPs are very highly regarded.
Huge ANSI contrast figures
Decent contrast figures.
DLP Cons
1 chip designs suffer from rainbow artifacts - some people suffer, some dont. The faster the colour wheel the fewer the people effected.
1080 still expensive
The Pearl, Ruby and JVC HD1 are currently LCD-based technology projectors which are starting to compete with DLP on contrast figures. This coupled with lack of rainbows, reasonable prices and good product design combines to make them flavour of the month.
Some prefer the smoother look of LCD over the sharpness of DLP, but others, the opposite.
if you're looking at 1080 projectors, then LCD seems to have the price advantage. But another 6 months might change that.
Hope that helps
Last edited by tryingtimes; 17-01-2007 at 3:28 PM.
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