Hi Colmino,
As Paul correctly stated I own the Sharp for quite a while now and I'm enjoying it immensely.
I had a chance to test the Sharp with a Faroudja NRS and the Omega 1.
As to the Faroudja, the Sharp had problems syncing with Pal T.V content (I live in a Pal country) so I tested its film mode (DVD NTSC) against my Panasonic RP-91. I remember seeing a slight improvement in terms of stabilization and color, but it was not worth the 3k price tag. I would go on and say that my impression were probably biased towards the Faroudja due to the "obvious" improvement I thought I'll see with this expensive and pretty machine. I'm not even sure that I would have been able to spot the differences between the RP-91+NRS to the RP-91 in progressive mode if I was to undergo a blind test.
As to the Omega 1, this was also a bit of a disappointment. I managed to test the Omega 1 with Pal T.V content and DVD NTSC content, neither proved any major advantage over the Sharp's internal deinterlacer or the Panasonic's progressive mode.
Usually, when I test new gear I "use" my wife to evaluate how much of the so called upgrade is actually visible to an "ordinary" user. Although, my wife by now (as probably many others on this forum) can not be labeled as an "ordinary" user, she is by no means as picky as I am. After an hour or so she admittedly said that she can't see any difference with the use of the Faroudja or the Omega 1. This is from a viewer that immediately saw a difference between my old DVD the Toshiba 6200 to my current Panasonic RP-91, and from the same person that saw the immediate advantages of the FireHawk screen.
As to the Seleco 300, I have seen this projector a few times with content I was very familiar with. I must state that I have not seen it with the new software upgrade which supposedly increases the brightness by aprox 20%. The version I saw was very very good, but it lacked the punch I was accustomed to with the Sharp which I attribute to the Sharp's extra brightness. The new software might change my mind and I intend to view it pretty soon and post my thoughts. As far as I know the Seleco is well known for its reliability and super service.
As to the so called problems with this new DLP projectors, I think they are blown beyond proportion. Sure, there are problems like any other ectronic gear, but I invite you to pick any electronic gear, may it be a new receiver, DVD player or a projector and use the search button to read the member's reviews/thoughts/experiences.
You will find that EVERY piece of gear has some kind of glitch/malfunction or some irritating bug, for some they may be tolerable and for some they are deal breakers.
A good example is the Sharp's so called lip sync problem. Some members stated that this will keep them away from buying this projector, and I completely respect that opinion. Others, me included, think that this projector is a steal and if you can overcome this problem, by using a Receiver/Processor that lets you adjust the A/V delay (like the Onkyo 989 for example) then this problem is mute at best.
The new DLP projectors are very promising in terms of picture quality and ease of use, they may not represent the "death" of CRT which at this point has better Black level and improved peak whit level, but this may change forever in a few months with the introduction of HD-2 projectors.
Ran