I've got an near end-of-lfe JVC G10 OEM. (You can buy it for a song, its buried in the for-sale pages) I'm about ready to pull the trigger on a new one and I'm leaning towards the Epson. The 1080p's are attractive, but still too expensive.

1) I can get it through Costco.
2) It can be brighter, I can have big time ambient at times.

I'm concerned about SDE, I'm sitting at 1.33-1.4 screen width, the Mits will be better in this respect, but every DLP I've ever seen has been noisier than the LCDs.

Comments?

I cannot hear my Mits from it's ceiling position unless I stand up right under it.... and then I have to listen for it :D

I own the Epson 400. I've had it for a little over a month now. I sit 13 ft from a 120" screen and do not notice screen door unless I really look for it in white lettering. As for fan noise my 400 is directly over my head and I don't notice it at all even in the highest mode unless the movie is silent and its still not bothersome. As for brightness this thing is impressive, I love a very bright picture so for a while I was using the dynamic mode but I kept getting headaches. I now use theater 1 mode and in a dark but not black room this thing is still brighter(and better picture) than our local megaplex. As for color accuracy it is very close out of the box and most people wouldn't choose to change a thing but with some calibration numbers I found in the 400 thread it looks even better.
Hope this helps but I think you wont go wrong with either as long as you don't have placement issues with the mits hd1000

These were my two choices as well. I ended up with the HD1000, and am very pleased.

As far as brigtness, I measured the HD1000 at around 1350 lumens in it's brightest mode with everything goosed. This corresponds closely with Arts measurements on projectorreviews. He measured the 400 at just shy of 2000 lumens, so if you really want a light canon, the Epson is probably the way to go.

Don't get me wrong, the Mits IS bright! You can get over 400 lumens out of it in low lamp with reasonable colour. In low lamp, it's dead quiet. In high lamp, slightly noticable but not bothersome. I only hear the colourwheel while it spins up when you first turn it on.

Jonathan

BTW, when I mentioned noise, I meant video noise.

The biggest problem is on Sunday afternoon. My den is surrounded by windows. I've got a Firehawk, that helps a lot.

Anybody ever have both of these or see a shootout with them both?