Amazing Color
Astonishing, True-to-Life Colors
3LCD projectors use 3 Chips in EVERY projector for full-time color.
With its 3-chip design, 3LCD delivers clear and vibrant images,
so true-to-life you may not believe your eyes.
In contrast to 3-chip 3LCD projectors, 1-chip DLP projectors
use a rotating color wheel that spins at a rapid speed, only displaying colors sequentially, which can result in color break-up or the “rainbow effect”.
All 3LCD projectors use a 3-chip design to deliver incredibly bright, true-to-life images with High Color Light Output.
High Color Light Output
With the fast-paced development of high-definition, rich color video and projection content, the quality and impact
of the color produced by a projector has become extremely important. To date, buyers and users have had no way to
determine if their projector is capable of producing rich, vivid color. Color Light Output addresses this issue and
provides an important picture-quality indicator for classrooms, conference rooms and living rooms.
What is Color Light Output?
Color Light Output (CLO) is a specification that provides never before
available information about a projector’s ability to deliver color. Developed by
color scientists using the same approach as White Light Output (Brightness)
measurement, Color Light Output provides the buyer additional information
about color.
Why is Color Light Output Important?
Color Light Output is critically important because it measures the brightness of Red, Green and Blue. Red, Green and Blue create white
when combined in the right proportions. They also comprise the input signal that tells your projector how to reproduce the color image.
If a projector produces bright Red, Green and Blue that when combined equal the brightness of white, then beautifully balanced color is possible.
Color Light Output provides users with a way to evaluate projector color output and make better buying decisions.
Understanding Brightness and Color
Current product specifications such as Brightness (or White Light Output), Contrast Ratio and Resolution give no information
regarding a projector’s ability to reproduce color.
There are vast differences in the Color Performance of projectors on the market today. Look at the images below from
two competing projectors.
How should Color Light Output be used?
Color Light Output should be used with White Light Output to provide insight into a projector’s overall picture quality.
Two things to remember in order to get optimal Color Performance:
- 1. Select High Color Light Output
- 2. Color Light Output equals White Light Output
When selecting a projector ask for the Color Light Output measurement.
*Actual photographs of images produced by 2 competing projector technologies run in default mode. Price, Resolution and Brightness
(White Light Output) are the same for both projectors.