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[–] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

It sounds insane, but the array that drives it is functionally not that different from the array that individually causes LCD crystals to shift.

I have DLP parts sitting around because they're cool.

Edit pics:

Edit2 explanation: A white light is focused onto the DLP mirror chip through a kind of kaleidoscopic lens, I'll spare you the details on that. The individual microscopic mirrors are aligned with charges to bounce light. The mirror array pulses synced frames through the spinning color wheel to create a composite image. It's a fucking insane idea that barely works... and people like me, with low persistence of vision, are not fooled very well and we see color banding and all kinds of weird artifacting lol

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Woah that color wheel... You can see the cyan, magenta, yellow light reflecting but red, green, blue light passing through to the table, respectively. Such a great example of complementary primaries

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    What's the 4th color on the wheel used for? White minus white... black, yes. But why?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Straight answer, I don't know lol

    Backlit through window

    Toplit by LED lamp

    There is no way that the pictures I've snapped can produce the colors accurately. When I look at that small section, it reflects forest green light back to my eye. The light that passes through seems to be muddy yellowish

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Straight answer, I don't know lol

    :)

    I tried to find something on the internets. It says something about additional color spaces - in that regard the yellowish color makes sense. and reducing color flickering. 🤷‍♀️

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