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faq | frequently asked questions (By Systems Engineer & Technical Director, Mike Newman)


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1. Question:  What are the differences between DILA, LCD, DLP, CRT, and PLASMA technologies?

    Answer:     These are the current mainstream video display technologies available today....

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2. Question:  How long do projector lamps last, and what do they cost?

    Answer:      In the smaller ìone chipî DLPís, as well as the ultra portable LCDís....

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3. Question:  What is ANSI LUMENS?  Why is it important?

    Answer:      ANSI lumens is a brightness measurement that gives you a way to compare overall light output of various display....

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4. Question:  How bright are these projectors, and what do I need?

    Answer:      The ultra-portable, one chip DLP and the LCD projectors generally measure out at around 800 ANSI lumens. However....

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5. Question:  What is "Native Rate", and how does this relate to resolution?

    Answer:      All Digital type projectors and Plasmas have a native rate resolution....

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6. Question:  What are SCALERS, and what do I need?

    Answer:      Put simply,  scalers take an incoming video or computer signal, and add or subtract information to create artificially....

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7. Question:  I don't understand all this interlaced/non-interlaced talk, what exactly does resolution mean?

    Answer:      Resolution implies how much information is in a given frame of an image being projected....

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8. Question:  What's all this RGBHV, YPbPr, YCbCr, S-VIDEO, COMPOSITE VIDEO talk? 

                     Why are there so many different types of connections?

    Answer:      Letís start at the beginningÖ Weíll talk lowest quality video signal transmission to highest quality....

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