Sorry for the delay....
As Christoph mentioned in his post, the reason for visiting the exposition, was to see the Sharp!
Sadly most of the projectors were set-up with little care and shown in rooms with light faling directly onto the screen
I can't make any comments about the sharp, the set-up was bad, the sceen to small, the signal (not progressiv) and light shining directly onto the screen. Last but not least, the model they showed wasn't the final version either.....
Same goes for the Yamaha DPX-1
The Seleco HT200DM was quiet nice, with good colors and good blacklevel. Although the "screendoor effect" was very noticable and only got acceptable after siting 5-6m away...
The biggest surprise was the Cinema Ten Pro. The set-up was very good in a light controled room. Source was a HTPC. Width was about 3m and they where showing Gladiator.
I'm not very sensitive to RBE but I could see it at times. Someone that is more sensitive won't be happy at all.
The overall image was very good with good contrast and blacklevel.
BTW. there used to be a discussion about an anamorphic lens that could be used directly as an option. Sadly this approach has been droped due to competitive pricing.
Pricing was mentioned around 10'000$, which seems to be pretty high for a "simple" XGA-DLP.
If they had implemented an anamorphic Lens and sold it for around 10K, this might have been an option for me.
Allthough the Yamaha and Cinema Ten Pro have received very good reviews, I think that for the price some important features are missing.
Well the search goes on.....maybe the final European version of the 9000 will be an option.
Cheers
Anthony