An optical system for displaying a projected image to an observer includes a light-guide optical element having two major parallel surfaces and configured for guiding illumination corresponding to a projected image collimated to infinity by internal reflection at the major parallel surfaces from a coupling-in region to a coupling-out region where at least part of the illumination is coupled out towards an eye of the observer, and a projector configuration associated with the coupling-in region of the light-guide optical element. The projector configuration includes a number of adjacent optical arrangements, each including collimating optics deployed for projecting a subset of the illumination. The adjacent optical arrangements cooperate to provide an entirety of the projected image to the coupling-out region.