WHAT IT IS: These systems shine a high-intensity light through a single LCD panel or three individual LCD panels for RED, Green and Blue. The resulting light is projected through a series of lenses and reflected off a mirror behind the screen.

Benefits:

   1. Uses three LCD panels--one each for red, green and blue-- it achieves a superlative picture quality.
   2. LCD rear projection can deliver improved color levels because the three LCD panels can be individually adjusted.
   3. It features a compact size and is light weight.
   4. Easy bulb replacement by the user bringing the television back to like-new brightness levels.
   5. The LCD panels are fixed in place and therefore need no convergence adjustment.
   6. LCDs are immune from "burn-in" so there's never any harm from video games left on too long, in pause or station logos on the corner of the screen.
   7. LCDs also does not need magnetic shielding from your Home Audio Speakers

Limitations:

   1. Black levels and contrast still can't match today's CRTs.
   2. Can't quite match the viewing angle of direct-view CRT.