Projection display system for reflective light valves

A projection display system for reflective light valves comprising:

• a light source for generating a light beam having red-green-blue (RGB) light components, wherein the red light component is p-polarized and the green and blue light components are s-polarized;
• a projection system having plural polarizing beam splitter and dichroic filters therein, wherein each polarizing beam splitter and dichroic filter reflects a preselected light component and transmits a different preselected light component, and a LCD panel for generating a light-component-specific image associated with each light component, wherein said polarizing beam splitters and said dichroic filters are arranged in a substantially "X" shaped configuration, wherein said dichroic filters are normal to said polarizing beam splitters and arranged to intersect adjacent an edge thereof;
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• a projection lens for projecting an image combined from the light-component-specific images from the LCDs;
• wherein each light-component-specific image interacts with one and only one polarizing beam splitter and interacts with one and only one dichroic filter between the LCD and the projection lens.