Who is PSI? Is that the salesman that used to work for Panamorph? Paul James?
Anyway...is that 8-12 weeks from now?
I still can't believe that someone would choose an unproven lens for their $5k projector instead of a $500 rebate....and have to wait 2 to 3 months to get it....and not know whether it is going to look as bad as it did in NEC's booth...or as good as a Panamorph.
It is surprising that NEC is using this lens, especially since it looked so bad at CEDIA that they had to pull it off the projector mid way through the show. There has to be some reason that lens is sooo cheap. Is the lead time due to shipping from the far east?
2 cliche's come to mind...
Pennywise, pound foolish
and
A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush
Maybe you guys that need a lens for the ht1000 could get some kind of a powerbuy through AVS? It probably wouldn't be as cheap as the $500 optimorph, but it might be worth a shot. We did that with G15 projectors about 2 years ago, and Alan was able to pull off a pretty amazing deal.
Good luck.