I've had a projector before (had to leave it with the house we sold a few months back). It was several years old though (a Sanyo Z3). No matter what I got, it was going to be light years better than the Z3, so price won it for me, plus I am looking forward to amazing blacks and real contrast that LCoS can deliver. If the price would have been different, I would have picked up the 7000 and been just as happy.
It doesn't ship until late November, so I better get things finished in the basement before then.