Well, I got my LP530 yesterday. Swung by home during lunch to try it out (user tip: live close to work) and later that evening. Wow! What an image! Just being able to watch a large, smooth image on a flat surface (wall) was great! I had a regular DVD player hooked up to it via s-video and I calibrated it using Avia. As I walked in with it, I couldn't believe I was carrying a 120" TV under my arm.
Now, the bad news.
(a) The Halo. The 4 x 3 image basically has a white frame around it, which tapers off both going out and in a bit. When watching letterboxed material, the top and bottom edges of the frame are, of course, far from the image. In other words, the halo frames the DMD, not the image. I want the video image to appear to float on the wall.
(b) Black. I would be perfectly happy if black were the color of the wall with the lights off, but this actually projects light into the black areas. Thus with no signal at all (the DVD stopped, or off) there is a large 120" grey square on my wall. It lights up the room.
For $4300, I expect to feel like I'm in a theater! I suspect that I will be sending it back. Is this as good as it gets with DLP/LCD (in this price range)? I may just get a $400 27" TV.