I have own the AX100 before for 3 months before it was stolen. I now own the AX200 and I must say its an excellent projector. I paid about RM 5.3k for it but this was because the shop took pity on me for my stolen AX100. I'm using PS3 to watch blu-ray now and I must say the PQ is jaw dropping. You don't need a 1080p projector because I doubt you can tell the difference with AX200.

That's pretty good distance. My PJ is in my living hall now as I live in a condo and I only have 13' between me and the screen. I'm using a 92" Draper Onyx fix grey screen. It works really well with the projector. I'm planning out my new HT room when I move to my new house next year, but that's still a long way to go.

720p is actually very good already and more affordable. I watched Planet Earth the other day and the details blew me away! If you are interested, you can always drop by my place to test it out.

Cheers!

Not yet. Too busy enjoying it to take photos... haha. Plus I have a 6 month old baby to care for, you can say I have my hands pretty full. I will try and get some photos up very soon.

Its a looooong story. You can read about it in my blog. Makes me damn angry everytime I think of it.

http://shuttermoments.com/blog/?p=39

I got it dirt cheap from a friend... haha... hard to find this lobang. I actually bought the screen first before I bought my projector, so my friend literally drag me into the HT world and I haven't look back since.

I bought my unit from musical image too. Great people there. I had an issue with my ax100 after using it for 100 hours and they swap it for me one-for-one with no questions ask. So if you really want to get the ax200, go get it from there! They are the main distributors too so they will be able to give you the best price.

I think like they mention, if you got the money go for ax200. What convince me the most was this review:

http://www.projectorcentral.com/panasonic_...r_projector.htm

The most remarkable feature of this projector to me is the outstanding rendition of 1080p film material from HD DVD and Blu-ray. The compression into 720p sacrifices surprisingly little detail. Quite honestly, the image at first glace looks as if it were coming from a 1080p projector. You do notice the lower resolution in white block letters of titles and credits, where edges are just a bit less precise than they are on a native 1080p projector. But for the most part, the video image itself looks very close to 1080p resolution. In addition to the excellent compression, the complete absence of pixel structure contributes to this impression. We can discern subtle differences only because we spend many hours looking at these products with the same test clips. But the typical consumer would have no problem believing the AX200U was a 1080p projector if they didn't know differently.

The above is an excerpt from the review. Go read it. Projector central rated the projector 5 stars in every department.

Hey htkaki,

Was looking at buying the 3800 then I came across this statement below

For those of you who had the foresight NOT to invest in a doomed technology, it's a little tougher to take advantage of True HD. My Playstation 3 can process Dolby True HD internally, but it cannot output bitstream audio in quantity sufficient for the Yamaha to use it's own processing power to output in True HD. Instead, the PS3 outputs linear PCM to the Yamaha which can amplify the processed True HD audio. Unfortunately, the Yamaha can only perform this function in its "Pure Direct" audio mode. Even more unfortunately, the RX-V3800 cannot output video through HDMI when in Pure Direct mode. So, in order to watch BluRay with True HD audio, you have to output the video (through the PS3's component video output) directly to your tv while the Yamaha is set to Pure Direct.


Is this true for the Yamaha 3800? If it is then I can't really use it for my setup.