Sony recently announced that it would bring four new low-cost projectors into the market; these projectors will be 0.6-inch BrightEra microdisplays that would utilize an inorganic film that reduces color loss “due to prolonged exposure to intense UV light. This “degradation” has usually been a problem for 3LCD manufacturers, but recently Sony has claimed to solve the problem by using the first HTPS (high-temperature poly silicon) chip that has an alignment layer which can make the molecular coupling stronger. If that wasn’t enough, in a comparison between SXRD and BrightEra, the benefits were, according to Sander Phipps, “We gained the use of smaller feature sizes to drive more light through the system (higher aperture ratio), improving the lumens/W efficiency by around 20%.” This technology is expected to open up other markets in projection technology as sales in the home entertainment industry increases.

[via Display Daily]

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