Al,

I have seen Sony's Qualia 004 set up and properly calibrated. I felt the picture was every bit as good as any 9" CRT presentation I have seen. The cost of this particular projector is somewhat north of $30,000, but could still be considered a relative bargain considering some of the finer 9" projectors were running $50K and up plus scaler.

That being said, Sony has just introduced a smaller version of the 1080p projector, the VPL-VW100. It's list price is $9995, with the street price looking like somewhere in the $7800-8000 range. I have been told that it will provide 95% of the performance of the Qualia 004.

If this is accurate, I will own one soon.

Rudy

G68ADV, DSP5500's, DSP5500HC, DSP5000's, Sony Ruby, DVDO, VP-30