When Optoma first showed their Big Vision rear projection DLP system, they thought it would a hit in new build residential applications. As it turns out, two years later, it's the business market that's most interested in this 30" deep assemblage that can be built into board rooms, conference rooms and yeah, in a pinch, a home theater.

With a 1000 lumens light output in a caged environment feeding a special 1.8 gain screen incorporating an optical black bead structure the picture couldn't be washed out even with the room lights on. While only a single chip projector, I watched Pirates for several minutes and only caught one rainbow, and that was when John from Optoma told me the price. Thirty thousand smackeroonies!

I guess the price went up since last year when I beat a $20K figure out of someone at their booth. I looked around back. The thing looks complicated to put together, which is why any dealer who sells one either is, or will be, trained and certified before they come a-knockin'.

The picture was great, very sharp, lots of punch and the optics, by Young Optics (a sister company to Optoma in Taiwan) is arguably of high quality.