Are Rear Projection Televisions Worth The Low Price?

By Emad Fuad

Rear Projection Televisions are occasionally called RPTVs and are frequently a reasonable choice for the purchase of a large screen TV. The manufacturers who are still designing rear projection televisions are JVC, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, RCA, Hitachi and Sony. Although a few home entertainment equipment makers have left the field in favor of the more expensive, LCD flat panel televisions, the manufacturers which are carrying on are making use of the latest improvements developed for rear projection televisions.

To date, manufacturers are employing three distinct kinds of rear projection televisions. The three kinds are CRT technology (small cathode ray tubes), LCD projector technology and digital light processing. There are pros and cons to using every one of the RPTV technologies, but more and more rear projection televisions currently are made to accommodate either an LCD projector lamp or digital light processing.

Rear Projection Televisions are the best option for large screen TVs seeing as they can project a well defined picture which is free of distortion. Before mid to late 2004, those CRT rear projection televisions had a history of being regularly favored by consumers primarily since they delivered state of the art images and sounds, and were also affordable. A large number of customers chose RPTVs over the LCD flat panel televisions for the reason that they proved to be much less expensive, which negated the issue that rear projection units cannot be suspended from your wall like an LCD TV.

The basic concept of rear projection televisions is a machine which will receive a small image off of a digital video signal, then expand this image to fit the screen. Rear projection televisions are well suited to pick up any video signal then give you a better picture than a regular television.

In addition to receiving a state of the art image and stereo sound from a reasonably priced television, many customers who own the rear projection televisions appreciate them once they realize that RPTVs produce a digital picture. Digital signals are going to be required for all televisions by mid 2009, and quite a few television stations have currently ceased sending out analog signals. Quite a few people may learn that they might easily own a new, digital capable home theater unit for the amount it would cost to buy a digital converter box. This is another well-received advantage to the rear projection televisions.

Although projection televisions are still a bit bulky compared to flat panel machines, the rear projection televisions have been substantially thinner and weigh less than previous units. Despite the fact that LCD televisions have the benefit of the flat screen, quite a few customers have realized that rear projection televisions offer a wider range of viewing angles, particularly those with a CRT projector. CRT rear projection televisions ordinarily are particularly long lasting too thanks to the fact that this technology has been perfected during the previous few years.

The DLP rear projection televisions produce state of the art viewing and a more slender television model than the CRT projected televisions and seem to be the new direction for RPTVs. Digital Light Projection is able to offer more viewing angles and a DMD chip which may be simple for anyone to replace, in addition to a appliance that is comparatively slim and features remarkable audio and video quality. If you are in the market for rear projection televisions, you may want to look for companies that are now employing DLP technology. - 30542

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