Chuck-
I have the same projector, the X-100, purchased in Aug 1999. I've had recent urges to upgrade, too. But in my opinion, wait a year or so for the Good Stuff to hit the streets.
New DLPs with Archimedes/ high speed/ RGBRGB color wheels will be here, more 16:9 LCOS/ LCD/ DLPs will be available, and even better and cheaper 4:3 LCD/ DLP/LCOS will be released.
FYI, the Panamorph maker, Cygnus, have been using an X100 clone (Chisholm) for demo and development testing on the Panamorph 1.78 lens the past few months!
I've decided to hold onto my trusty Mits X100 until something *significantly* better for *reasonable cost* (~$3000-$4000) with the equivalent feature content (dual Component/ VGA inputs, power zoom lens, power focus, dual separate S-video/composite inputs) hits the streets. In August of 1999, this feature content in a 1024x768 was difficult to find for $2995 (to my door, free shipping from projectorpeople.com)
I have not regretted owning the X100- my first projector. In a light controlled room with the brightness/contrast tweaked and my GeForce2 HTPC tweaked, the image is very good in most movies on a Da-Lite Model B 1.3 screen.
The contrast ratio is starting to annoy me, but all non-HT hobbyists who have watched movies in my HT have been impressed and have no issues with the image.
I believe my expected Panamorph will only improve the image and "hold me over" until that magic "perfect projector" comes along...
The 2.35 Panamorph will allow me to use a gray screen (making a 70%+ brighter image for the Mits 600 lumens), improving black levels, keeping me happy until next year
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[This message has been edited by Rgb (edited 08-22-2001).]