What is DLP? DLP, or Digital Light Processing, is a technology that bounces a colored light beam across an array of hundreds of thousands of hinge-mounted microscopic mirrors attached to a single chip, called a "micro mirror device" (below, pictured with the head of a pin). Each of the mirrors can be pointed toward or away from the light source thousands of times per second, providing not only minute color detail but also sharper resolution than even LCD displays.

Optoma's RD50 features state-of-the-art Texas Instruments HD2 Digital Light Proc essing (DLP) technology. A DLP chip contains over 900,000 micromirrors, each gen erating an individual onscreen pixel with high fidelity. Unlike ordinary project ion, plasma, or CRT televisions, DLP technology delivers crystal-clear images wi thout fading, distortion, fuzziness, or burn-in.

The high-contrast, fine-pitch screen (0.15 mm versus 0.5 mm industry average) pr ovides ultra-fine image detail while a special screen coating virtually eliminat es glare. Because HDTV's sharp onscreen images allow viewers to sit closer to th e screen, the RD50's wide viewing angle lets everyone enjoy the show. The RD50's true 16:9 aspect ratio delivers widescreen viewing without distortion or letter boxing, while 4:3 aspect ratio imagery can be viewed without burning in the scre en's edges.

The Silicon Image DVDO progressive-scan image processor combines the two interla ced fields of ordinary NTSC, VCR, DVD, and video camera signals into one progres sive signal, resulting in sharp, steady, higher-resolution images with flicker-f ree motion.

The RD50's picture-in-picture (PIP) feature delivers two high-resolu tion images onscreen in multiple positions, from any of 13 digital or analog inp ut sources. The picture-outside-picture (POP) feature delivers two high-resoluti on images side-by-side, from any of 13 digital or analog input sources.

The 3D digital comb filter accurately separates color information from black-and -white information, and eliminates dot crawl and hanging dots, both horizontally and vertically. Other features include Precision Pixel Matching (PPM) technolog y for 1:1 scan conversion, a Silicon Image DVDO 504 deinterlacer for artifact-fr ee motion and sharper onscreen images.

The RD50 is designed to accept and display a wide variety of signal sources, inc luding DVD, HDTV, gaming consoles, and regular TV broadcasts. The front panel in cludes a VGA input, headphone jack, and S-video and A/V composite inputs. The re ar panel features 1 monitor output and 2 RF, 1 DVI, 2 S-video, 2 composite A/V, and 2 component inputs. It's compatible with 480i (SDTV), 480p (EDTV), and 720p and 1080i (HDTV) video sources and up to 1280 x 1024 computer monitor resolution .

What's in the Box
Optoma RD50 TV, power cord, remote control, 2 AAA batteries, A/V cable, RF cable , RF splitter, and user's manual.