What type of projector is the best – LCD, DLP, CRT or LCOS?
In the recent past, experts would say “DLP or CRT are best for home theater…and LCD is the best for business presentations” – but that statement is not necessarily correct anymore. Each of these technologies has inherent advantages and disadvantages but they are becoming more and more similar in performance as new products are released. DLP projectors tend to have a smooth, warm, high-contrast image while LCD projectors tend to have a crisp, bright image. DLP projectors (especially cheap models) sometimes cause people to see the “rainbow effect” – a rainbow streak accross the screen during some content – but this issue has been reduced significantly of late in single-chip DLP projectors and completely eliminated with 3-chip DLP projectors. LCD projectors have historically had low contrast images with contrast ratios of 500:1 or lower but recent LCD models have had ratios of 4000:1 and higher, exceeding many DLP specs. LCOS used to be a “vaporware” technology, which was only talked ab
