Woohoo! thanks for your comments and help. I now have a 5087W sitting in my house, let the setup begin... It was very significantly cheaper online (with free delivery from that big bookseller) so I took a chance. And I used American Express credit card, which supposedly extends the warranty by another year. It turned out that it shipped from Reno NV and I am just north of San Francisco, I ordered it Tuesday morning. Doesn't appear to have any issues at all so far.
Everything else I have is LCD (front projector, small flat panel, computer monitors) so it might take me a while to get used to this, my first DLP. Sure seems bright so far. I am using comcast cable and the HD looks good, SD is so-so but that was expected.
