Well I do like my toys! But that’s not why I’m going with a VP. There are several reasons. I’m in the final throws of building a HT room with a projector. I want to eventually go with a constant height 2.35 system and I’ll need a scalar to do it. I’m also stuck with SDTV for about forever, so I want to improve the PQ somehow so it doesn’t look like crap on a large screen.
There are several other VP’s on the market that retail for under $2000. But like I said earlier, some do certain things great, and others not so great. The Crystalio does all things very well. And the MSRP is quite a bit more than what you can get them for, which is usually around $3500. So when you add it all up; projector - $1500, VP - $3500, screen $200 (DIY), DVD player with SDI mod - $500 = $5700. $5700 is still much lower than what many folks have spent on their TV / DVD Player combinations.
