Armin2,
The HT500 Link has been shown among other places at CES 2004. If you want to see a good 3chip DLP, check it out, but do it in person.

DCDI in itself does not make the PJ much more expensive (the chip is included in very cheap gear nowadays). What I emphasize is that new impressive gear as M and others will use HDMI. HDMI has a better precision per color than DVI. And that lets the stream be sent in 12bits instead of 8bit as the DVI limitation. The stream itself may only be 8bit per color, but when the processing is done and the player sends it out, you will get beneficial results with 12bit output instead of truncating to 8bit (again).

If you find the sims are very dim, you might have used a bigger screen than it was meant to drive. It has about 800~ ANSI lumens so size it accordingly.

Let me enlighten you on some of the strengths of the Sim2 PJ:s:
1. 8000hours lamp life (lamp at 50% brightness), no other manufacturer comes even close to this rating and many units have already reached 9k+ hours and still not blown or whatever other lamps usually does).
2. Remote input LINK source station via fibre optics. NO SIGNAL DEGRADATION regardless of room size, a feature of the optical fibre runs. HDMI, upgradeable processing and inputs as they are introduced to market. That means, when some fancy or upgraded HDMI rev 2 appears, you can upgrade. When fancy processing/scaler arrives you can upgrade. No NEED to upgrade optics box just because you need better processing/inputs. This saves $$ for the people that wants the latest and greatest connectivity and processing!
3. Long throw lens as standard, no need to pay big $$ for it.
4. Least amount of visible dithering and other digital artifacts of any single chip DLP.
5. Actually looks decent and comes in several color hoods, everything from Ferrari red to gun metal.

If you know these things, sure pick a Sharp, but I'll see your PJ at eBay next year ;-)

Edit: HDMI on G9x sends out 12bits precision not 10bit.


[This message has been edited by crion (edited 01-20-2004).]

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