You're joking right?

First you rant off topic about an assortment of ideas that no one they pertain to will be reading -unless they check this obscure projector thread (IOW, a big waste of hot air), then you describe two projectors that will basically be available from other companies like Infocus and Plus.

What have you described that hasn't been done yet or (inevitably) soon will be?

Those two huge projector companies already sell online, and hit the lowest price points possible (dropping fast all the time). The only thing you added was that Outlaw should make the prices even lower than the current projectors. Wow. Good thinking.

Why don't you just buy one of the Plus of Infocus models when they drop to the price you want?

Outlaw needs something really innovative that nobody else has to get into this market. A combination of new ideas that the big boys like Plus and Infocus and the high end compaines haven't gotten behind yet.

LCoS has a tighter pixel structure (the best of digital options) and doesn't have the mechanical disadvantage of DLP's micromirrors getting stuck. In a three chip design it would have perfect color, obviously zero rainbow problems, and should be much cheaper to make than an equal resolution single chip/color wheel DLP system.

JVC's LCoS projectors are the best picture quality available in digital projection hands down and have been for years. No DLP beats them. They just cost way too much and use massive watt 'space heater' bulbs that cost a fortune too.

Other companies are starting to lic. the JVC chips, so maybe Outlaw could do the same and beat the price/value leaders Plus/Infocus to the punch. Those companies still don't fully grasp HT projector design yet, but they've got some very good starts right now, and better ones soon to come.

I think Outlaw isn't an innovator though. They seem to look at already existing and proven designs then figure out how to make very similar 'solid quality' versions of them at very low prices, which is great, but it won't get us a digital projector that'd beat the price/quality from Plus or Infocus.

Having a projector without video processing would make the price lower and for those who want to use a PC (a smart market to get into since a PC will output the best quality picture for anywhere near the money of the PC's cost) or use Outlaw's own video processor (obviously designed specifically for their projectors) or someone's own DVD player's processing (or Outlaw's DVD player if it ever sees the light of day), etc... no one wouldn't have to buy the added unused processing electronics if they didn't need them.

With a sepp. video processor Outlaw could have a unit that could be placed next to the users other components so they could use typical shorter length video cables from all their sources and then the vid. processor would output a flawless digital (DVI) signal optimized for the Outlaw projector on one simple cable.

Infocus said that's what their first HT projector was going to be, but then they didn't do it, and Plus's Piano doesn't do it either. Neither do most of the big name/costly projectors. Runco does it, but they cost an arm and a leg.

That's a typical Outlaw 'gap' just waiting to be filled.

Outlaw should just take Infocus' idea and implement it, before Infocus decides to.

They could develop an upconversion system that would make everything output at the exact HD resolution of the projector chip like PC's do, and make it user friendly by allowing all the stretch/zoom/crop/shift features that are needed in this crazy world of tons of aspect ratios and resolutions.

Pretty much plug and play for the simple minded, yet easy to tweak for the videophiles.

The main prob. in dig. projectors. is bulb life though. It's a major cost (hundreds of dollars every few months if you used a projector as much as people use their TV's incl. big screens like my 65" Mitsu.) so it's a major issue for those looking to go digital front proj. but haven't yet.
If you have to worry about a blub buring out or 30-60 cents an hour to have your video running mainstream public won't go for it, and the fringe already into digital proj. is already covered by lots of good companies and systems.

There's a new light source methods being developed (RF bulbs). Outlaw should get into that area of development and when ready and implemented, would be a shocking intoduction into video projection for them, and could trounce the market like they're doing w/ the 950.

I'd bet any money that they won't though. I'd bet a dig. projector has long been a dead issue for them ever since they said they can't make one good enough for under $10K (when the great Sharp 9000 came out for that exact price a short time later).

They won't get into this area unless they can copy and tweak someone else's basic proj. design , and build it for a lot cheaper. It won't happen. And they won't be able to compete with the rapid price drops in the projector market.

(not like the 950 which is a very typical HT surround sound processor with very little innovation, but has great sound and a super cheap price -which is plenty)