What is a rear projection TV?

Answer by  Dean (4035)

RPTV or rear projection television is a form of large-screen television display technology. Up until the mid-2000s, most large screen TVs marketed to consumers used rear projection technology. A projector projects the image onto the screen.

Answer by  Bill78 (179)

A rear projection TV is a television with the projector element at the back. If the television is rather bulky, and seems to taper away from the screen, like most CRTs (cathode ray tube TVs), then it's a rear projector. If the television is rather flat, like LCDs (liquid crystal display TVs), then it is not.

Answer by  DavidS (1517)

it is a TV screen with a projector unit mounted on the opposite wall that projects the TV images on the screen across from it.

Answer by  hypercatbed (142)

It is a television that uses a type of technology call rear projection to display an image on the screan. It is an infierior technology and is not used today with any television sets mainly because it has a terrible over scan problem. The TV essentially has a projector behind a a screen in where the image is displayed.

Answer by  TennG78 (254)

A rear projection tv is a type of television that has a small projector in it and it projects the image from a video and magnifies the image using a bright beam of light and a lens.

Answer by  helol25 (680)

A rear projection I believe is one that projects from back rays to forward. It's quite good and a new model in t.v.

Answer by  JChamp (60)

the image from a rear projection tv come from behind the screen instead of the traditional in front of the screen. They are less costly then the average lcd or plasma tv.

Answer by  oconnell (29)

a rear projection TV is Just what it sounds like. it is a TV that has a projector in the rear of the set that projects an image onto a screen. it is common in big screen sets. Imagine a movie theater but in reverse, the light comes from behind the screen.