"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Thu, 21 May 2009 22:11:11 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


If you want summat to nag away at your brain - think of the *2.1 MILLION*
mirrors on a 1080p DMMD chip twinkling away all the while you watch the
latest blockbuster:

http://www.dlp.com/includes/demo_flash.aspx


Bothers me - I'd sooner not be reminded of it....


You mean how much it's going to irritate when just one of them sticks.


At the risk of tempting providence - we haven't had a single instance of a
'stuck mirror' on any of 6 different DLP projectors in the last 3 years.

Even better is that, according to the 'family AV expert' just now, no-one
has mentioned anything like it on the various AV forums in the same period -
IOW, it's a non-issue. Visible effects of dust on LCD panels is a common
problem, on the other hand!

I am also advised that if a mirror did stop working it wouldn't be out of
action 100% of the time and it would supply the colour range that would
apply to the appropriate *on or off* state of the affected mirror.

The reality is not to worry about it - for instance, I can usually go about
10 minutes before I have to get up and ping the screen to shift the various
'movie moths' that start to appear about now and last throughout the summer!
(Note that *I* have to get up to do it!!)