"When I go shopping, I'll be very wary, and demand to inspect a projector for dead pixels, the evenness of the light across the screen, etc. before I leave the store."

Eveness should be fairly perfect, but a stuck pixel can happen at any time during the life of the DLP chip so a perfect one at the start doesn't mean it won't go bad. I actually don't think they ship too many (if any) chips that 'start bad', but that's just a guess since to do otherwise would just be flat out fraud I'd think (or something along those lines) and anyone can return a projector if it's bad on 'day one'.

Sounds like after you got a good set of LCD panels that you've had no future problems.
I wonder if that 'could happen at anytime' is as much a problem w/ LCD and DLP. Just a guess but I'd think 'no' since the LCD has no moving parts to get 'stuck'.

A Harley 883....and you SOLD it????!!!!!!?????
Oh man.. don't bring it up! It was great. I've been riding since I was 4. I hated to get rid of it but I just didn't ride it enough since my wife said it was too cold out or too hot out most of the time and we don't do much apart.

She's better than the bike though so I can live with the choice. heh

So two bikes and you're looking at a third?
Whoa.

"The V-Rod is just too expensive for what it is."

Yeah VERY. I think they'll put that engine (yeah, designed by Porshe) into a cheaper bike like a future Sportster. Just a guess.

"Really, they have just started doing what the Europeans and Japanese have been doing for years, and they act like they invented all the technology."

Yeah. They did have a liquid cooled racing engine decades ago though, but never adapted it to road use. Dummies.

"I love the looks of most of the Harleys, but the attitude of the dealers, and the 'lifestyle' baggage that goes along with them turns me off. Besides, around here, every accountant, dentist, and lawyer rides a Harley."

Yeah everywhere. I hate 'marketing machines' so even though I've been raised on Harley my whole life, I don't care much anymore.

The Japanese still can't make anything that looks as good though IMO. Too bad, they make better bikes.