audiophile/videophile Here To Stay discussion thread

[Rob Tomlin]

Originally Posted by GTP

These can be bought cheaper than 5k(The Pearl)....but the 1080p DLP pj's are just starting to trickle out....and by this spring...there will be more to compare to.

There should also be a lot more players and movies to compare them on.

If I had to buy today....it would be the Optoma H-81 with the included outboard scaler....but they have a few issues to work out first.

I am usually one of the first to jump.....but waiting for HD optical to get going...has forced me to be more paitient when upgrading.

Unfortunately I think the Optoma has more than "a few" issues to work out. It has far too many issues going on at this time to the point that I would have very little peace of mind in purchasing one. They don't even have down some very basic video settings, and this with a Gennum outboard scaler.

The Pearl has a few concerns, such as color uniformity and convergence, but these don't appear to be wide spread issues. Overall the Pearl has received excellent reviews, including the WSR review by Greg Rogers.

I do like the brightness of the HD81, but all the other issues make that pj a hard sell for me.

I have preordered the JVC RS1 LCoS (D-ILA) based largely on the posts I have read about it, as well as talking to 5 people in person who saw it at the EHexpo in Long Beach.