Is calibration services for DLP set worth it?

I haven't done it but it is my understanding that the results can be excellent. The one thing that held me back is the fact that the $300 that you are quoted is most likely just one input with each additional input you do costing extra. When I first purchased my TV I knew I was staying with that connection type so I decided against having it done; I am now using the best input for TV but I haven't given it a thought...now look what you've done!

Yes, it's worth it only if you can find an excellent calibrator. The guy I hired for the calibration sucked so bad that I almost killed him (I'm exaggerated a bit here). I wish I could go back in time and hire the right person the first time.

Good luck,

I would say definitely no! One network program's color tint seems different from the others as is the brightness intensity level. I have a plasma and am constantly adjusting from the darker and more yellow, or warm shade, broadcast of nbc to the brighter and bluer, cooler of cbs. Dvd's vary from one to the other as well.

Absolutely worth it. Will bring out the best your DLP is capable of. I have a DLP as well. $300 sounds cheap, I believe I paid a bit more. That was last December. May be a bit more competitive now. I suppose, like Krellcoda said, the claibrator is the key. I live in the NYC area and finding quality is not difficult. Just a little homework required. fwiw, warren :)

for what it's worth - the Sony SXRD is the best projector on the market. i wouldn't bother with DLP when you see what that thing can do. and it's not *really* an LCD like you have listed, it's a modified LCOS.