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Slimmer Rear-projection Screen Can Be Wall-mounted

JVC has decided to hang it up. Literally. The Japanese manufacturer said it has developed a type of optical engine, which results in a 60-inch rear-projection monitor with a depth of less than 10 inches, thus making it wall-mountable. JVC said the relatively lightweight model can either be self-standing and position

Author:: TVTechnology
Publish date:: Oct 4, 2006

JVC has decided to hang it up. Literally. The Japanese manufacturer said it has developed a type of optical engine, which results in a 60-inch rear-projection monitor with a depth of less than 10 inches, thus making it wall-mountable.

JVC said the relatively lightweight model can either be self-standing and positioned flat against a wall, or mounted, similar to most LCD and plasma flatscreen models.

The optical engine (model Slim HD-ILA) entails a concave mirror to reflect beams of light instead of a conventional convex mirror. According to published reports, the design allows the optical engine to be made more compact, yet with a wider-than-usual 138 degree projection angle, which is about 1.5 times greater than previous rear-projection products.

In North America, JVC intends to introduce the slimmer rear-projection sets in Q1 2007.

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Unit sales of flat-panel HD sets and business displays (LCD and plasma) in North America have far outstripped sales of rear-projection models, according to industry researcher Pacific Media Associates (PMA) . Despite higher price points, flat-panels are now routinely dominating sales of models larger than 40 inches, o

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Canon plans to start producing rear projection television sets in 2005--a second flat panel venture for the company. A Canon spokesman said that the electronics maker is not aiming the new TV sets at the consumer market, but focusing on schools and other public facilities. Also, Canon, Hitachi, Toshiba and Matsush

Mitsubishi said it has developed yet another HD technological choice, of sorts, for consumers to contend with--a rear projection unit that uses a laser as its light source instead of a mercury lamp. The manufacturer maintains that the laser-based technology provides a higher picture quality than either LCD or plasma.

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