Charlie,

As I posted above, the Samsung DLP sets I saw at the Home Entertainment Show were extremely impressive. I'm sure that was at least in part because they were over-driven (see my article at Secrets http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_9_2/hifi-show-ny-wrap-up-greengart.html ), but the use of TI's much higher contrast HD2 chips was a more significant factor. In addition to "black" blacks and fully saturated colors, as with all fixed pixel displays, convergence was perfect and the images looked extremely sharp. The sets are 18" deep tabletop designs, which ought to be extremely WAF and decorator friendly with the right marketing campaign (which should include getting entertainment center furniture manufacturers to create complementary units).

JDB001,

The 3 chip DLP idea has been thrown around a lot on the public forums (just try to avoid rainbow discussions on http://www.avsforum.com ), but I think you're the first to suggest it here - and it's a great idea. If my component costs are correct, Outlaw should be able to put together a 3 chip (HD2 1280x720) projector with processing from DVDO or Faroudja, hit a $10K price point, and still make decent margins.

Anything less than $10K probably isn't realistic, and even $10K won't satisfy the potential projector masses - those folks will be better served by PLUS or InFocus. But an Outlaw 3 chip HD DLP at the same price point as the Sharp 9000u would be a revelation to the high end of the market.

-avi

[This message has been edited by Avi (edited July 11, 2002).]