What is the difference between Faux 1080P and Native 1080P?

Mialulu

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Many projector users find that some projectors claim 1080P resolution, but the picture clarity among them is slightly different. Why? Because some of them are faux 1080P while others are native 1080p. So what do faux 1080P and native 1080p mean? How to distinguish them?
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1. What is Faux 1080P?


With XPR displacement technology, the Faux1080P projector screen is forced to shake to 1080P image quality, the actual resolution of the projector itself is not 1080P. Because the display chip of a projector with a resolution of 1080P is smaller than that of a 0.47DMD. Affected by the size of the display chip, the number of micromirrors that can be distributed at most is limited. That is to say, in terms of physical resolution, it cannot reach to1080P. This kind of 1080P is achieved by shaking the picture that relies on the retention of human eyes.

2. What is Native 1080P?

Any screen device that advertises 1080p typically refers to the ability to accept 1080p signals in native resolution format, which means there are true 1920 pixels in width and 1080 pixels in height, and the display is not over-scanning, under-scanning, or reinterpreting the signal to a lower resolution. It is important that when looking for a projector, you should remember that each model has a so-called "real" or "native" resolution. Therefore, a native 1080p projector will have a native resolution of 1920 horizontal pixels and 1080 vertical pixels (hence 1080p), for a total of 2,073,600 pixels.

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3. What is the difference between faux 1080P and native 1080P?


Now that some projected pictures have reached 1080P with technology, will the picture quality be the same as the native 1080P? The answer is no. Although the screen resolution of faux 1080P is much better than that of 720P, it is still worse than the native 1080P. The faux 1080p has blur pixels while the native 1080p has clear pixels. To identify whether a projector is a native 1080P, it can be judged by the size of the projector’s display chip, because the display chip of a native 1080P projector is 0.47DMD. So stay clear-headed, don't be fooled by the merchant!
 
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Leo0214

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Is it really that bad to run a game with a lower resolution than the native resolution?
Depends on your display settings. If your resolution is lower than the native resolution of the monitor, there are several options: Display the game with a black border on your monitor.
 

Linsesa

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Only projectors with 0.47DMD display chips have true 1080P resolution, and those with display chips smaller than 0.47 inches are 1080P resolution achieved by XPR dithering technology.
 
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