interesting thread on Projs:

looks like for now the top 3 "budget" 1080p projectors would be

Mitsubishi LVP-HC5000 LCD Projector
* Featuring Full HD C2 Fine(tm) LCD panel (Resolution: 1920 x 1080)
* Brightness: 1000 Ansi Lumens
* High Contrast Ratio: 10000:1
* HDMI, Component, HD15, S-Video & Composite Input Terminals
* Support these HDTV resolution inputs : 480P/525P/576P/625P/720P/750P/1080I/1125I/1080P/1125P

Panasonic PT-AE1000E LCD Projector
* Featuring Full HD LCD panel (Resolution: 1920 x 1080)
* Brightness: 1100 Ansi Lumens
* High Contrast Ratio: 11000:1
* HDMI X 2, Component, HD15, S-Video & Composite Input Terminals
* Support these HDTV resolution inputs : 480P/525P/576P/625P/720P/750P/1080I/1125I/1080P/1125P

Epson EMP-TW1000 LCD Projector
* Equivalent to model PowerLite Pro Cinema 1080 in North America
* Featuring Full HD C2 Fine(tm) LCD panel (Resolution: 1920 x 1080)
* Extremely High Contrast Ratio: 12000:1
* 1200 Ansi Lumens
* Equipped with lens-shift function
* HDMI (Version 1.3), Component, D5, HD15, S-Video & Composite Input Terminals
* Support these HDTV resolution input : 480P/525P/625P/720P/750P/1080I/1125I/1080P/1125P

I believe all should be going for below RM10k "street pricing"

but these are not US prices la.. (the models listed above are asian)

I guess you guys like to pay near retail prices for your purchases..
things like projectors have a large difference between SRP and street prices.. (unlike computer parts)
and as you have mentioned you were offered 5k below SRP (I think 14999) for the AE-1000 ...so going through the right channels and talking to the right contacts will get you a very good price..

hahaha!

anyways.. what's the serious problem with your AX-100 again?

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Added on April 22, 2007, 3:24 pm

when I'm ready to get a new 1080p proj then only press the prices again with the suppliers ..currently I got a 600hour underused AE-900 with a spare bulb to boot...need to burn more bulb hours 1st..before considering next purchase..

This post has been edited by ar188: Apr 22 2007, 03:24 PM

LOL..working in mediaplex?? maybe as boss..

his "potential" equipment already over hundred K..

actually true 480p material is quite decent when upscale to 720p TVs

it's just that DVD's are not "true" 480p material.. they are 640x480 stretched to 720x480 (for anamorphic NTSC dvds) and further stretched to 16:9 to fit your TV..so it's not really actual 854x480p which is a EDTV resolution.

just my casual observation..

This post has been edited by ar188: Apr 30 2007, 06:29 PM

wah lau got two NRT kaki talking in this thread....no wonder my eyes twitching..

whoa.. another AW/NRTian.. howdy!

no need la.. people here got 100k AV system wan la.
me boh lui upgrade onkyo 605 also..

I tot your 861 cost more?

just have to claim a few more amazon lost package..

dunno why never fancied yammy speakers or pioneer or jvc or what ever jap brand HT speaker for that matter... I would prefer the brits (even if made in malaysia or china) if possible... after all the jap speakers not even cheap to consider if priced over 1k per each pair!

This post has been edited by ar188: Feb 21 2008, 05:02 PM

AE not so expensive wot..

go to AV show can get super cheap and decent quality..usually sold in rolls so long length should be quite resonably priced....

come down lor..

or you can always ask him to come behind you?

why you want to migrate to component? VGA is superior than component RCA, unless your projector VGA input doesn't support high resolutions (say like until 1280x1024), in which, then using component 1080i/1080p would then be prefered IMHO..

what is your Proj native resolution?
what is your proj max VGA resolution accepted?

need to check these before knowing if using component will mean going backward..

DVI to VGA, I presume your Video card does DVI-A since you are just using a dongle VGA converter meaning it's already analog DVI to start with so no quality diff between VGA and DVI-A.

DVi to vga connector dongle? that the analog portion of the DVI connector (DVI can carry Analog and digital if the video card permits) from your Video card, so this is analog signal coming out from the Video card (not DVI-D)
since the native is XGA 1024x768, just feed it with VGA lor and save the special cable.. putting in 1080i component won't help much anyway.. (IMHO)

should be better, but whether better enuf to justify a costly cable purchase, not sure..