Any opinions? Also what would be a good screen for these in a basement with little light but nuetral color walls...Do I go grey? Or stay white?

thanks

PS. Is ecost a good option for a refurb?

TJN of Home Theater Mag

Head to Head: Sony and JVC
The only thing I had left to do was compare the Sony to the JVC DLA-HD350. Both projectors performed beautifully with essentially equal resolution on the smaller and larger screens. Interestingly, the Sony appeared to have more pop in bright scenes, even with the JVC’s higher brightness. But when I tweaked the gamma settings on the JVC a bit, this difference changed from obvious to subtle. The JVC’s blacks were a hair less deep than the Sony’s, but this was hard to spot on most material and not obvious even on the most challenging sources. Both projectors had good shadow detail, but the JVC had more punch in dark, low-contrast scenes. The Sony clearly had better color, but the differences in fleshtones, in particular, were much less obvious than I expected given the measurements.

http://hometheatermag.com/frontprojectors/sony_bravia_vpl-vw70_sxrd_projector/index.html

The 550 appears to be the 350 with the addition of FI