1. A method of displaying images with a head mounted display system comprising: providing a support frame that is mounted on a user's head; providing a transmissive active matrix display and a light source coupled to the display along a single optical axis and mounted on the support frame, the display comprising an array of pixel circuits formed with a silicon material, an array of pixel electrodes formed with a silicon material and connected to a pixel circuit, a row driver circuit and a column driver circuit formed with the silicon material and electrically connected to each pixel circuit such that actuation of a pixel circuit transmits light through a pixel electrode and a liquid crystal material adjacent to said pixel electrode, the display having at least 200 row lines per centimeter and a diagonal length of 1.27 centimeters or less; generating an image with the active matrix display; magnifying the image with a lens positioned along the single optical axis; and directing the magnified image through the lens along the single optical axis to an eye of the user.