Sony Qualia 004 projector-How well does it work?

ok...i'm venturing into an area that i know very little...about a year ago i started reading up on projectors at avsforum.com...i am not commenting on your choice of projector because i am sure it is kick-@ss, but you mention that your home will be completed by october...anyhow...that is 4 months away and i have a feeling that from what i noticed over the last year or so is that projectors are updated so frequently that some people who had ordered brand XYZ were still waiting for delivery when the XYZ signature version was being introduced (I can't remember the exact brand...sorry)...who knows...by october...you may be looking at a whole new league of projectors that are gonna be marketed towards the 2005 christmas shoppers.

good luck...enjoy the new digs!

Ellery

yeah we eihter need some lower price points on 3 chip DLP's and Lcos unit's, or we need some lower prices on 3 chipd DLP's and Lcos units...SED anyone?

those new sony qualia LCoS machined are absolutely insanely amazing, but they're HUGE! have you seen how big they are? and from what i've read, i think they're meant for larger screens, but that shouldn't be too big of a deal.

oh, and ellery - while you are right in principal, the new Sonys, which are their new versions of LCoS with much better contrast and smaller pixel gaps, are so far ahead of the pack right now that it'll be a good while before anything catches up.

I am conserned about motion artifacts with this projector. Someone mentioned this in a related thread I sponsored, but no one commented further. Can anyone describ their experiences. I prefer not to add to the expense of this projector if I can help it.
Thanks,

I like the image from the Qualia 004. It produces blacks that are quite good (not yet the equal of Sony's 9" CRT, but acceptable), and the color is fantastic. The projector itself is quite nice looking and compact compared to some of the 3 chip DLPs I've seen.

The big negative, to me, is the really high cost of replacing the Xenon bulb (I suppose this bulb is part of the reason the color is so good). I believe the projector now comes with an extra bulb, but still, a bulb that costs around $3,000 and lasts only a little longer than 1,000 hrs is hard to swallow. Not an every day use kind of machine.

I have been considering the Qualia 006 rear projection set that uses the same three chip LCoS light engine as the 004. It looked fantastic at shows using bluray sources. In the shop that I did a preliminary audition, it looked good with DVD sources, but I was just a bit troubled by motion artifacts (primarily jerky motion on pans). Still, it is the best RPTV I've ever auditioned.