The Shoot-Out with the lights turned on. Photograph by David Migliori.

Article series on CRT, LCD, Plasma, and DLP technologies Four articles analyzing and comparing four HDTVs with these main-stream display technologies.

Part I:   The Primary Specs A discussion on the meaning and interpretation of the primary display specifications for Black-Level, Color Temperature, Peak Brightness, Contrast, Dynamic Range, and Checkerboard Contrast for CRT, LCD, Plasma, and DLP display technologies. Part II:   Gray-Scale and Color Accuracy Detailed explanations and discussions of Gray-scale, the widely misunderstood parameter of Gamma, Primary Chromaticities, and Color Gamut for each of the display technologies. Part III:   Display Artifacts and Image Quality An extensive discussion of analog and digital display artifacts for each of the display technologies. The relative advantages and disadvantages of analog and digital signals and signal processing are considered, along with discussions on image rescaling, dithering, and motion artifacts. Part IV:   Display Technology Assessments Quantitative discussions on Display Aging, Ambient Light treatments, Viewing Angle specs, Direct View versus Rear Projection, and incisive individual CRT, LCD, Plasma, and DLP technology assessments that include Strongest Points, Weakest Points, Artifacts, Future Trends and Commentary.

Article series on LCoS, Liquid Crystal on Silicon Four articles analyzing and comparing five Liquid Crystal on Silicon HDTVs. LCoS is the latest main-stream display technology, which is marketed under a variety of names including JVC's D-ILA and Sony's SXRD.

Part A:   An Introduction to LCoS Technology Provides an introduction to LCoS technology and compares the panels from different manufacturers. Part B:   LCoS Color and Gray-Scale Accuracy Describes how the HDTVs were tested, and then examines the photometry and colorimetry of all of the HDTVs in detail, which provides a quantitative assessment of their color and gray-scale accuracy. Part C:   Test Pattern and Jury Panel Evaluations Provides a revealing Test Pattern analysis, then provides a description of the extensive viewing tests by a 34 member Jury Panel, and finishes with individual Assessments for each of the units, including the Jury grades, evaluations and comments. Part D:   Comparison with CRT, LCD, Plasma and DLP Provides an overall assessment of LCoS technology, followed by detailed technical performance comparisons between all of the major display technologies: CRT, LCD, Plasma, DLP, and LCoS. It finishes with a discussion of the most exciting new developments in display technology that will be the subject of future articles in this series. Sidebar A:   LCoS Shoot-Out HDTV Manufacturers This sidebar provides information on each HDTV manufacturer that participated in the Shoot-Out. Sidebar B:   LCoS Shoot-Out Hardware and Software This sidebar provides information on all of the hardware and software components used for the Shoot-Out.