Well I just took posession of my AE500 and words cant express how impressed I am with the image it displays. My travels down the road of "perfect video" first found me buying a Samsung DLP RPTV. I absolutly hated it. It was far too bright and the picture was cluttered with digital artifacts. To say the least, I returned it.
Enter... Front Projection
I bought this projector being a tad sceptical of what it would look like being that I didn't even like a 50 inch digital image. I must say... wow is the only word for it. At 95 inches diagonal it is about 10 times better than the samsung was. It is a much easier picture to watch for extended periods of time. I am very impressed with the colour saturations. The colours are a lot brighter and more defined than I expected them to be. Keep in mind, I am still projecting onto a cream coloured wall and I am already thrilled. :T I am not much of a reviewer for FP since this is my first venture down this path and I have very little to base it on.
The blacks could be a lot darker but all in all... very much acceptable. I knew when I bought it that it wouldn't be as good as a CRT but wanted that large image. It was a sacrifice I was willing to make. The brightness level is great. I find even with a bit of ambient light, the image is still good. I am experiencing some green and sometimes red scan lines through the image when displaying a progressive scan via DVD. I am not sure what it could be from but I have a friend bringing his AE-500 over tonight and we will so some A/B testing. If it is the projector it is going back but I assume that it will be the cheap component cables I have hooked up to it. It may also be the video board in my Rotel RSP-1066. I will narrow it down tonight and post my findings.
Except for this minor anoyance... I am VERY pleased with the image. As soon as I have some time I will post some screen shots of it (for what they are worth).
Thanks for all of your help in making my purchase!
Matt
Enter... Front Projection
I bought this projector being a tad sceptical of what it would look like being that I didn't even like a 50 inch digital image. I must say... wow is the only word for it. At 95 inches diagonal it is about 10 times better than the samsung was. It is a much easier picture to watch for extended periods of time. I am very impressed with the colour saturations. The colours are a lot brighter and more defined than I expected them to be. Keep in mind, I am still projecting onto a cream coloured wall and I am already thrilled. :T I am not much of a reviewer for FP since this is my first venture down this path and I have very little to base it on.
The blacks could be a lot darker but all in all... very much acceptable. I knew when I bought it that it wouldn't be as good as a CRT but wanted that large image. It was a sacrifice I was willing to make. The brightness level is great. I find even with a bit of ambient light, the image is still good. I am experiencing some green and sometimes red scan lines through the image when displaying a progressive scan via DVD. I am not sure what it could be from but I have a friend bringing his AE-500 over tonight and we will so some A/B testing. If it is the projector it is going back but I assume that it will be the cheap component cables I have hooked up to it. It may also be the video board in my Rotel RSP-1066. I will narrow it down tonight and post my findings.
Except for this minor anoyance... I am VERY pleased with the image. As soon as I have some time I will post some screen shots of it (for what they are worth).
Thanks for all of your help in making my purchase!
Matt
With one of those the picture will look even better than the one on your cream walls and be a lot easier to calibrate properly to boot 
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