Clayton,
I have been enjoying JVC RS 500 for a year. It is outstanding in every way.
On low lamp I'm getting 40 ft-lamberts on my 106" diagonal 1.3 gain Stewart Screen with the iris wide open. That works back to over 1000 lumens, fully calibrated. That's measured with a Minolta LS 100 spot meter. I'm at 7500 ft so can't run in high lamp mode, but I've still got plenty of headroom leftover in terms of light level.
I'm running auto iris and the contrast ratio is excellent - to me that's the most important spec of all. I've got more work to do to black out the area around the screen to get the most out of this projector. THX calibration was very close. Didn't take much to dial it in.
How large a screen are you looking at using?
As far as pre-pros go, new models are generally announced at CES in early January. Shortly after that last year's models go on sale at significantly reduced prices, so if there isn't a huge difference year to year then late January and early February is a great time to buy last year's models. Also true for projectors.
Tom
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