Samsung DLP
Working Around DLP’s Rainbow Effect
Today, what do Televisions and super models have in common? They both obsess over being thin. This becomes immediately apparent to anyone walking through the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Samsung had a better idea than video weight loss. Instead of vying for dominance in the flat-screen television market, Samsung decided to focus on and improve their DLP technology.
Samsung’s focus on and improvements of its DLP technology has produced dividends its customers have responded to with enthusiasm and appreciation. Samsung has developed innovative technology that enables its DLP band sets to overcome the dreaded "rainbow effect." For more information on the "rainbow effect," refer to the bottom of this page.
The 56" HD-S5679W is Samsung’s latest innovation. The 56" HD-S5679W uses Texas Instrument’s DLP technology, and is the first DLP design that thinks outside the color wheel.
Samsung has overcome the limitations of the color wheel by replacing it with a network of LEDs. Stationary red, green, and blue LEDs make up the colors in this display. Since LEDs present a unique light source for each pixel, the HD-S5679W has a brightness and contrast ratio that rivals Plasma. This is a DLP rear projector, which makes this system a little bulkier than a plasma system. However, the benefit of this technology is that there is no chance of burn in.
Using this innovative LED technology has allowed Samsung to eliminate the need for regular lamp replacement: replacing lamps in conventional digital rear projection units can cost around $200 for every 6000 hours of use. Samsung's LED technology will last approximately three times longer than the lamps in its conventional digital rear projection units. Samsung estimates its LED technology will provide 20,000 hours of operation. The most significant benefit of Samsung’s new technology is that it will cost you about half the price of a similar sized plasma television.
1080P is the latest must have feature for HDTV, and the HD-S5679W offers this exciting feature to you. The early clumsy iterations of 1080P that forgot about connections capable of 1080P at 60 frames per second are gone. This set should be ready for the next generation of digital devices like HD DVD and PS3.
What about the Rainbow effect?
Every display device has its flaw: Plasma burns in and is expensive; CRT is big, fat, and heavy; LCD has the screen door; and DLP has the rainbow effect. This DLP imperfection is most frequently noticed when your eyes follow a fast moving object on screen. This could be anything from a Tie Fighter to a home run. As your field of view shoots across the screen, you can actually make out some of the colors in a rainbow. More precisely, you will see red, green, and blue colors. The rainbow effect is created by the spinning of the color wheel, which causes various patterns of color to appear on your screen.
Samsung has set a release date for its innovative DLP system in April, 2006. The retail price of this system will be approximately $4000. This is a very reasonable price for a digital rear projection TV of any kind.
