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HDTV technologies

There are four main display technologies in use today: Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), plasma, Digital Light Processing (DLP), and Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS).

LCDs are available in both flat panels and projection (front and rear) models. Plasmas are strictly flat panels. The other two (DLP and LCoS) are available in projection models only.


 
Sony KDS-R70XBR2 is one of the finest of the premium rear projection TVs
Sharp has been a leader in the LCD flat-panel market since the early days of HDTV
At 73" of HDTV goodness, the Mitsubishi WD-73831  is the biggest  rear projection TV on the market!
Sony KDS-R70XBR2
SXRD HDTV
Sharp Aquos
LC-52D62U
Flat panel LCD
Mitsubishi
WD-73831
DLP HDTV

Many of the major TV manufacturers offer more than one of these technologies in various models. Some, like Samsung sell units that utilize almost all of them. (Samsung does not sell LCoS sets.)

Only Sony and JVC sell sets based on the LCoS technology, although neither company calls it LCOS. Sony calls their version SXRD and JVC calls theirs HD-ILA.

I won't get into the technical differences between the technologies here, since they don't matter to most people. Go with the display within your price range that you feel has the best picture.

I'm a big fan of Sony's XBR models based on the SXRD technology. For flat panels, I prefer the Sharp Aquos line of LCDs. However, the new Sony XBR LCDs are quite impressive as well.

 

 

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Display technologies

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Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD

Cables and accessories

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