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LCD HDTVDefinitionLCD (Liquid Crystal Display) TVs use red, green, and blue liquid crystals to control the color of a specific pixel. Each red, green, and blue liquid crystal makes up a single pixel. A matrix of liquid crystal pixels is then used to make up an image. Unlike plasma technology, which has phosphors that produce light when electrically excited, LCD technology requires some form of backlighting to pass through the red, green, and blue liquid crystals. Controlled electrical voltages manipulate the liquid crystals into letting a certain amount of light pass through. After light exits the LCD panels, the three colored beams are combined by a prism and projected onto the screen by a lens. There are two types of LCDs: rear projection and flat panel. The difference between the two is how they project the back lightning required for LCDs. As its name implies, rear projection uses rear projection lamps to provide the light that goes through the liquid crystals This allows rear projection LCDs to get 50 inches and larger screens. Flat panel LCDs are very thin because they use slimmer back lighting techniques to reflect light through the liquid crystals. The disadvantage of this is that flat panel LCDs are limited in their size, usually less than 50 inches. See the image below for an illustration on the inner components of a LCD HDTV.
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