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Rear Projection Televisions Rear Projection TVs project an image onto the screen from the back of the TV. It's a bit like having a miniature cinema inside your TV. The upside of this is that they are pretty cheap to manufacture, but the downside is that they have poor viewing angles and a big and bulky. Modern rear projection televisions are much smaller than older models, but they remain bigger and bulkier than the LCD and Plasma displays that are increasingly dominating the market. These modern rear projection televisions use one of two technologies;  LCD projector or DLP (Digital Light Processing) projector. LCD projector TV's project light from the back of the TV through liquid crystals that are manipulated by electical signals to control how much light passes through them. DLP projection televisions use a digital micromirror device that is made up of a larage matrix of mirrors. The mirrors are then rotated to control how much light is projected on the display. Color is produced in one of two ways, either with a spinning color wheel that has filters for red green and blue, or by using three separate chips, each of which produces the red, green or blue primary colors. Rear projection televisions are generally much less expensive to produce than modern flat panel displays, either LCD or Plasma. DLP projectors in particular do an excellent job of producing deep blacks and accurate colors. They also have very good viewing angles. The major negative of rear projection televisions is their size. Although they have become slimmer in recent years, they are still generally larger, and in particular thicker, than LCD and Plasma televisions, and cannot be mounted on walls. This has made them less popular than other television technologies. Rear Projection Spec Sheets TV Name Type Resolution HDMI In Size Format Price Mitsubishi WD-73C8 Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 3 73 in. 1080p $0 Mitsubishi WD-65C8 Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 3 65 in. 1080p $1 Mitsubishi WD-65831 Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 2 65 in. 1080p $2,700 Mitsubishi WD-65733 Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 3 65 in. 1080p $1,499 Mitsubishi WD-60C8 Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 3 60 in. 1080p $2,199 Hitachi UltraVision 55VS69A Rear Projection 1280 x 720 1 55 in. 720p $0 Hitachi UltraVision 50VS69A Rear Projection 1280 x 720 3 50 in. 720p $0 Panasonic PT-56LCZ70 Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 3 56 in. 1080p $1 Panasonic PT-56LCX70 Rear Projection 1280 x 720 3 56 in. 720p $1 Panasonic PT-50LCZ70 Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 3 50 in. 1080p $1 Sony KDS-60A2020 Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 2 60 in. 1080p $1,877 Sony KDS-55A2020 Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 2 55 in. 1080p $1,665 Sony KDS-50A2020 Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 2 50 in. 1080p $1,395 Sony KDF-55E2000 Rear Projection 1280 x 720 2 55 in. 720p $1,112 Samsung HLT-5676S Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 3 56 in. 1080p $800 Samsung HL72A650 Rear Projection 1920x1080 3 72 in. 1080p $2,295 Samsung HL67A750 Rear Projection in. Unknown $1,850 Samsung HL67A510 Rear Projection 1920x1080 3 67 in. 1080p $0 Samsung HL61A750 Rear Projection 1920x1080 3 61 in. Unknown $1,519 Samsung HL61A650 Rear Projection 1920x1080 3 61 in. 1080p $1,379 Samsung HL56A650 Rear Projection 1920x1080 3 56 in. 1080p $1,098 Samsung HL50A650 Rear Projection 1920x1080 3 50 in. 1080p $1,000 Samsung HL-T6187S Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 3 61 in. 1080p $900 Samsung HL-T6176S Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 3 61 in. 1080p $900 Samsung HL-T5687S Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 3 56 in. 1080p $850 Samsung HL-T5076S Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 3 50 in. 1080p $750 Samsung HL-T5075S Rear Projection 1280 x 720 2 50 in. 720p $700 Samsung HL-T4675S Rear Projection 1280 x 720 2 46 in. 720p $500 Samsung HL-S5679W Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 1 56 in. 1080p $900 Samsung HL-S4266W Rear Projection 1280 x 720 2 42 in. 720p $600 JVC HD-58S998 Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 2 58 in. 1080p $2,513 Mitsubishi Diamond WD-73835 Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 4 73 in. 1080p $3 Mitsubishi Diamond WD-65835 Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 4 65 in. 1080p $2,399 Mitsubishi Diamond WD-57833 Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 4 57 in. 1080p $2,199 Toshiba 65HM167 Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 2 65 in. 1080p $1,150 NuVision 52LEDLP Rear Projection 1920 x 1080 2 52 in. 1080p $4 Toshiba 50HM67 Rear Projection 1280 x 720 1 50 in. 720p $1,000