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Hi Saturn,

In general, prices of home theater projectors are significantly less here in Tokyo, whereas, interestingly, data projectors (including the models that are quite popular for HT use) are often cheaper in the US.

The Sanyo Z1 costs here around US$1200 picked up, and the Panny AE300 about US$1600 -- both significantly cheaper than in the US. I have to reiterate many other people's opinions that these low-cost projectors are incredible in their picture quality, easily throwing up to 100" diagonal. As long as you have a decent control of ambient light in your room, these cheap projectors blow away those bulky RPTVs.

After doing much side-by-side auditioning in dedicated stores in the Akihabara district, I am leaning toward the Yamaha LPX-500, which is a tweaked version of Epson TW100H, a 720x1280 LCD model with the Faroudja chips. I can pick it up for about US$2800 here (in the US, it usually sells for well over $5000).

Cheers!