Ritz,

You may want to look at the Sanyo PLV Z2. It is an LCD front projector but it produces an excellent picture. I got mine at the begining of 2004 and I have been very impressed. It is native 16 x 9 and the upconversion from the Oppo to 720p produces a great picture.

As an added bonus the Sanyo is now selling online from Projector People for just over one thousand dollars. When I purchased mine it cost two thousand dollars and that was discounted from twenty five hundred dollars.

I have heard that the new Sanyo Z3 is even better and it is selling for two thousand dollars.

DLP projectors are good but you should audition one of the newer LCD projectors to see if you like them before deciding on another DLP.

In any case I think that you will find that the Z2 produces a much better picture than the X1.Technology is improving at such a fast rate that some of the best projectors from a few years ago are now surpassed by much cheaper recent models.