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Originally posted by RLiddell:
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
Rudy,

It depends on which performance metric you're looking at.

There are some metrics where the Ruby handily outperforms the Qualia 004.

Regards,

Surround Music Fan/Computer Geek/Curmudgeon in training.
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