Display Mode of Observation
Electronic visual displays can be observed directly (direct view display) or the displayed information can be projected to a screen (transmissive or reflective screen). This usually happens with smaller displays at a certain magnification.
| Display modes of observation | |
|---|---|
| Direct view display | Projection display |
| transmissive mode of operation | front-projection (with reflective screen) e.g. video projector |
| reflective mode of operation | rear-projection (with transmissive screen) e.g. rear projection television screen |
| transflective mode of operation (e.g. transflective LCD) |
retinal projection (with or without combiner) e.g. head mounted display |
A different kind of projection display is the class of "laser projection displays" where the image is build up sequentially either via line by line scanning or by writing one complete column at a time. For that purpose one beam is formed from three lasers operating at the primary colors and this beam is scanned electro-mechanically (galvanometer scanner, micro-mirror array)) or electro-acousto-optically.
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