How SXRD Works (from sony)

A color accurate lamp beams its light into a color splitter which separates the light into Red, Green, and Blue beams. These beams are reflected off the SXRD panels, which have a very thin (2 micrometers) Liquid Crystal layer sitting on a reflective surface.

Each beam passes through the Liquid Crystal layer, reflects off the mirrored backing and reflects back out through the Liquid Crystal, which passes or blocks light according to the needs of the color it is controlling. The 3 beams are then recombined and sent to the projection lens array.

SXRD Optical Engines maximize picture quality by maintaining equal red/green/blue illumination paths, which minimizes color shading and maximizes color uniformity.

At just 2 micrometers, the SXRD panel's liquid crystal layer is extremely thin. It is constructed using a proprietary "spacerless" process that allows it to be fabricated without the need for spacers in the cell gaps. As a result, the thin layer of the SXRD panel responds ultra fast so the picture remains crisp and clear, even during fast-action sports like basketball and hockey.

SXRD technology also has excellent depth, accurate color, and a smooth image, thanks to narrower cell gaps (exceptional black levels) and extremely narrow Inter-pixel spacing (0.35im), which eliminates screen door effects and delivers incredibly smooth color and grayscale transitions.