Smitty - Great post! I was wondering what you were talking about...then I got it <LOL>.
My take:
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A D-ILA is noisier than most DLPs. It runs hotter, so it requires a more powerful fan (hence the noise). The case is probably not the most beautiful available (at least on the non-HT projectors like the G15).
Still, my next projector will definitely be a calibrated G15 (D-ILA). For me,
It's all about the picture. If you have a dedicated home theater, and are willing to use a hush box, the non-image issues are irrelevant.
D-ILA has no spinning wheels (no rainbows), a full spectrum Xenon bulb (beutiful daylight-matching colors), perfect 1:1 pixel mapping, 3
real primary colors (3-chip architecture), SXGA+ resolution, 93% fill factor, adjustable gamma ramps, etc...
While the picture is still tough to beat (the G15 is referred to as the "reference projector that all others are to be compared to" by Jeff McNeal of the Big Picture), you do need to think about if the non-image related issues will affect you, though. See my signature for one way to address that.
Everything is getting quite good lately, and I would expect that anything at the $10K price point will be exceptional! I hear great things about many of the single-chip DLPs coming out lately. However, for that kind of money, I personally would not be interested in having my color generated by a spinning color wheel.
Mark Hunter
D-ILA Owner.
See pictures of my Home Theater:
www.theaterphile.com
[This message has been edited by milori (edited 09-17-2001).]