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Projection Television. Projection TV technology can create large screen sizes at a reasonable price. With both back- and front-projection TV, the light sources are three separate picture tubes with different phosphor screens built in, one each for R, G and B.


Projection Television

There are two approaches to projection TV-- back- and front-projection. With both back- and front-projection TV, the light sources are three separate picture tubes with different phosphor screens built in, one each for R, G and B.

The main requirement is high brightness, but this results in high temperatures. To withstand the great heat, the phosphor screens are made of sapphire or, a more affordable alternative, a forced-air cooling system is used.

Samsung HLN617W 61 in. Projection Television

Projection Television Samsung

To gather as much light as possible and to project it on the screen, conventional lenses or a special Schmidt optical system is used. The lens or optical system gathers the scattered light rays from the tube and concentrates them into a parallel beam. This beam passes through a corrector lens on its way to the screen.

Zenith Projecton Television R50V26

Projection Television Zenith (Click to enlarge)

As the tubes are situated alongside one other, the light beams strike the viewing screen from a slightly different angle, which causes the three colour images to be out of alignment. In order to correct this, a convergence system is incorporated in the deflection system.

With back-projection TV a coloured image formed by the three picture tubes is projected onto a large screen via a lens. Here the picture is built up on the rear of a ground-glass screen. Much depends on the required screen size and viewing area. To make a set smaller, a light path is often folded by an intermediate mirror and the image is formed on an integral screen.

Front-projection is where three separate RGB images are projected onto a viewing screen, where the projector and viewers are on the same side of the reflective screen.



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