I saw the Elite Pioneer the other day.... that picture was a thing of beauty... You could see how much freaking makeup the actors were really wearing with that picture... very nice...
I was thinking of a smaller set though, maybe the Grand Wega.. that has a very nice picture too, allthough I hear the black levels aren't that great...
I didn't like the Diamond, I didn't care fore the way it resized...
I haven't seen allot of Hitachi's .... The Hitachi's used to be very nice, about a year ago.
500-700 for ISF? wow, I didn't think it was that much, thought it would ~$200...