Best Projector/DVD combination

Thunders and Bmpnyc, I read a review on the Camelot Roundtable that, besides saying that it is a great player on both sound and image quality, said that, unless you are gonna use its "extras" features, like better S-Video Output, the aspect ratio button, and others, it may not compansate to pay the US$ 3,500. Considering that I won't be using any of its "extras" features, I'm kind of thinking that I will be buying a priced DVD Player and paying for more that I need. That's why I was considering buying the EAD Theatervision, which uses the DVDO chip (at least I think) and sells for only US$ 2,500, or even the SONY 9000ES. What do you think?

Flavio, The new Denon DVD player (2800?) uses the DVDO chip, and can be had for under $700, but I would go with the Sony 9000ES as I did, unless you have, or plan to get a projector soon. The 9000ES has a gorgeous filmlike picture on my Toshiba HDTV through the progressive scan out, and shows no sign of any problem other than occasionally falling out of prog. scan for a second or two when a DVD flag is missing. The red chroma problem is said to show up on a really big screen. It is there on smaller screens, but I haven't noticed it yet. CD playback is good enough to make me forget about a high end player for CDs, I listen to a Delios, Purcell, with a Theta transport a lot, and I would put the Sony up against it any time.The SACD is just a great bonus in my opinion. The player would be worth it's price without it.

I would get the Camelot; then again, I did get the Camelot.

Thank You again. I have to buy 2 dvd players for different setups. One will be used in my room, together with my SONY 42" Plasma Display and the B&K's Ref 30 Pre-Amp and Ref 7250 5ch Amp (the speakers are the Martin Logan Aerius i, Cinema and Scripts, together with the Velodyne HGS-10). In this setup I think the best will be to go with the Sony 9000ES, considering the rest of the configuration. The other dvd player will be installed in a brand new HT that my father is building (that was the reason for this thread in first place). In this HT we are gonna include some "more high-end" products. As per today, we've decided to go with the Lexicon MC-1 Pre-Amp and the THX Speakers system by MK (yes... I know this is not the best sounding speakers for music, but this is a dedicated Home Theater and we won't be listenning to music at all - and yes... I now the ML are way better than this). We're still looking for the right Amp, DVD Player and Projector. Maybe, in this HT it will worth to go with the Camelot. What do you think? Besides the DVD Player, do you have any Projector recommendations?