EPSON Corporation is a world established company, produces *LCD Projector since 1989 until today. EPSON also known as the owner of the **3LCD projector technology.
3LCD technology makes projector output displaying smooth moving images with rich and full color, which is excellent for theater and home entertainment applications. Technically, 3LCD technology break the white light from the lamp into three basic colors (red, green and blue) resulting improved contrast levels and magnificent black and shadow reproduction.
EPSON LCD Projector 3LCD Benefits & Comparison
One of the competitors for 3LCD technology is the single-chip ***DLP™ (developed by Texas Instruments) which introduced different projector technology by using single DLP chip to produce the basic colors. According to EPSON, by comparing these two technologies, EPSON LCD Projector with 3LCD technology has more benefits such as:
- Bright Images – defined images that are easy on the eyes, even in a bright room.
- Natural Images – smooth, natural color changes especially in darker parts of images.
- Easy On The Eyes – the images will not have color break-up (or rainbow pattern).
- Smooth Video Playback – use three separate liquid crystal panels to form a continuous image containing all colors.
- Highly Reliable – contain no moving mechanical parts in the light control system.
- Power Consumption – typically use less power.
EPSON LCD Projector Categories
Basically, EPSON LCD Projector has been separated into 4 product categories depends on the projector usage:
- Home Projectors
- Business Projectors
- Portable Projectors
- Installed Projectors
3LCD Projector Technology License
Although EPSON is the owner of 3LCD projector technology, EPSON had set up “3LCD Group” in 2005 with other projector manufacturer licensees to market 3LCD projector technology. 3LCD as a popular brand has been used with many different projector brands worldwide such as EIKI, BenQ, Sanyo, Sharp, Panasonic, etc.
* LCD = Liquid Crystal Display
** 3LCD = 3-panel LCD system
*** DLP = Digital Light Processing