Negatives of TV Displays - Help? (1 Viewer)

[oharag]

Okay, could anyone quickly list positives/negatives of the multiple screen technologies out there? These are Rear Projection, Front Projection, Plasma, and LCD. I'm not too interested in future technologies as of yet (Oganic LCD and NanoTubes). What I'm getting at is what are the major limitations of each technology compared to it's advantages. I'll give this a start from what I know:

Rear Projection:

Positives:
-fairly inexpensive,


Negatives:
- screen burn in (?)
- bulky

Front Projection:

Positives:
- No screen burn in (?)
- excellent resolution

Negatives:
- expensive

Plasma:

Positives:


Negatives:

LCD

Positives:
-

Negatives:
- Dead pixels
- expensive to repair (?)
-

I guess I do not know much

Thanks,
oharag

 

[ChrisWiggles]

Rear projection and front projection can both use a variety of different projection technologies.

CRT
LCD
DLP
Lcos
DILA
SXRD

CRT, as all crt technologies, can suffer from burn in, low light output, HUGE size and weight, technically a pain in the ass to deal with, but provides arguably the best picture, and the purest blacks.

The rest are all digitals, are much smaller, easier to use, and vary in their pluses and minuses, and among units and design.

Oh, and don't forget direct-view CRT.