Microdisplay Technology

A general term that covers the different technologies used in projection televisions and digital projector front. These screens produce large images; the term "micro" refers to the imaging chip the size of a postage stamp that create these images. The types of micropantallas include DLP, TVs based on LCD and LCOS.

Microdisplay is the type of fixed-pixel projection television that uses a chip illuminated by a lamp to produce the image--as opposed to projection technologies that use CRTs. Examples include DLP, LCD, and LCoS rear-projection HDTVs.

3LCD Microdisplay Technology is one of a number of contemporary flat panel display technologies including; Plasma Display Panel (PDP), Organic Light Emitting Diode (OELD), Thin-film Electroluminescent (TFEL) and Field Emission Display (FED). Using microdisplays provides manufacturers with a projection solution for increasing resolution while maintaining compactness.

Microdisplay technologies are all fixed resolution devices, hence the images are actually made up of tiny individual elements called "pixels". If you stand of sit too close to the projected image, you will actually see the individual elements, effectively destroying the illusion of a seamless image.