What's the difference between a Rear Projector and Front Projector?

Question

What's the difference between a Rear Projector and Front Projector?

Beside their placements.

Answer 1

Aside from the fact that the rear screen projector puts out a picture that is reversed from left to right, nothing.  I've seen projectors that will work in both configurations, just change the setting in the menus.

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Answer 2

With rear projection the image comes from behind the screen as with a conventional TV.

With front projection the image comes from in front of the screen as in a movie theater.