New Spin on DLP Projection, and cheaper too!

Ever since Wal-Mart started rolling back prices, other companies have tried to do the same, however with mixed results. Consumers demand higher quality goods and yet expect prices to remain within range of their paychecks. It is a difficult thing to achieve without disenfranchising a segment of the company involved. Enter Planar, a projector manufacturer that usually sticks to high-end all inclusive installation and service but that has now gone the ways of high-tech affordability. Planar’s recent incarnation comes in the name of the PD8150.

Technology still comes at a price that is well above the intro-priced projectors of today with the PD8150 starting at a price of $8500.00 USD, however the intelligence built into this machine is definitely worth the money. And trust us, your money is definitely being spent on a good cause, as the problem that occurs with DLP projection units dubbed the “rainbow� effect, is for the most part eliminated. Planar has gone to great lengths to ensure that the image being presented does not undergo (or at least minimizes) any kind of disturbances.

Planar has managed to equip the PD8150 with an intelligent chip that adjust the lamps brightness as it scrolls through the DLP Color wheel. This prevents the buildup of color zones where they should not be present (i.e. dark/black areas of an image). The color wheel has also been improved to 6 times the speed so that there is less of a chance that your eye can notice irregularities (rainbows). The fact that this new system can breakdown a video signal and subsequently adjust its own brightness and color dynamic is quite incredible and a notable breakthrough in DLP technology!

The rainbow effect can be explained as a halo of colors that surround a moving object on the screen. The rainbow effect is caused by the presence of the Red, Green and Blue colors that remain in areas where should not be present. Since the color wheel spins at a rate much faster than your typical DLP, it allows the RGB colors to be presented and therefore “refreshed� much faster so that your eye cannot tell the difference. If you have no idea what we are talking about, please check out are articles section to find more information on the difference between CRT and DLP projection.