Blown away by the Sony HS-50

I've recently become interested in setting up a projector system and I've been occasionally having a look at the few different models around under the $4k (AUD) price tag.

So far I've caught the Panasonic PT-AE700 and Hitachi PJTX100 in action, although I was disappointed with the poor setups that they were afforded. In almost all cases they are in highly lit rooms. In any case I was farly impressed with the pictures from both projectors but spent most of the time deciding how much the various artifacts that each one displayed would detract from my viewing experience.

However I caugh a review of the Sony VPL-HS50 where I discovered that this LCD projector has a Contrast ration of 6000:1 (yes it's an LCD projector).