Abstract
Abstract— The development of electronic projection systems from its earliest days in the 1930s to the present will be reviewed. Early projection systems were dominated by cathode‐ray tubes (CRTs) and mechanical scanners (Scophony). Until the invention of the Eidophor oil‐film light‐valve (LV) projector in the 1940s, there was no all‐electronic alternative to CRTs. Oil‐film LVs and CRTs dominated projection until the introduction of the first liquid‐crystal‐device (LCD) light‐amplifier system by Hughes. Today, the oil‐film LV has vanished and the CRT is vanishing. The light amplifier has morphed into several variations of liquid crystal‐on‐silicon (LCoS). Mechanical scanners are starting to be re‐introduced for laser display systems. However, transmissive LCDs, the digital micromirror device (DMD), and LCoS microdisplays dominate the projection‐display market today. In addition to discussing the projection systems themselves, certain key component technologies that have made modern projection systems possible will be discussed.
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