REAR PROJECTION TV

>>60732422
you can take the giant fresnel lens out and use it to incinerate things

>>60732422
color depth. not much else. probably not even color accurate because of the shit contrast ratios.

>>60732594
this

Only CRT rear projection is worth it for the black levels when you're watching in a light controlled room, but you're better off getting a plasma TV if you're trying to save money and seeking good picture quality. RP requires more maintenance.

If you don't care and just want a display, just pick up some pleb Vizio bullshit from Costco (Vizio is apparently not that bad anymore but LCD is always shit).

>>60732422
yeah its good we ditched them

>>60732422
Back in the CRT days, rear projection TVs only existed because they could be made larger than direct view CRTs.

In post-CRT days, they basically only exist as a lower cost alternative to LCD and Plasma, and those really became cheap enough years ago for that to stop mattering.

>>60732422
the only thing that was good is that they where bigand light as hell compared to CRTs, after LCDs where a thing you couldn't give them away no one would take them

I always thought it'd be interesting to try and alter the innards in a manner like making your own projector out of an old overhead and the lcd part of a panel draped over the glass (super ghetto projection monitor).

for this it'd be more self contained. would be neat to use a screen off an old flagship phone or something high dpi to project.

>>60732422
You can get "broken" DLP ones for next to nothing and fix them by simply changing a bulb

>>60736765
but it takes 2 forklifts to transport them

>>60738267
It's plastic box full of air, usually on wheels.

>>60732422
They're not used anymore.

>projector gets misaligned
>bulb burns out
>hotter than a thousand suns
>shitty image
>encouraged overly large displays with shit resolution
>etc.

They're cheap by now and fairly lightweight for their size, I guess?

>>60733769
>If you don't care and just want a display, just pick up some pleb Vizio bullshit from Costco (Vizio is apparently not that bad anymore but LCD is always shit).
Can confirm. I picked up a 4k 48" Vizio from Sam's Club for $340 (because I'm a poor college student) and it's phenomenal for what I paid for it.

>>60738415
Does it do HDR? 4k in only 48" seems a bit much unless your viewing distance is tiny.

>>60732422
You can build a false wall, pretend it's a flat screen plasma and have a hidden room.