That's a great question...
Projector Central has done reviews on both of these units and both got rated and comments of being best in their class and price range. One thing to really take note of was PC said they had a tough time telling the difference between the ax200U and other native 1080p projectors.
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| Projector Central wrote:
The most remarkable feature of this projector to me is the outstanding rendition of 1080p film material from HD DVD and Blu-ray. The compression into 720p sacrifices surprisingly little detail. Quite honestly, the image at first glance looks as if it were coming from a 1080p projector. You do notice the lower resolution in white block letters of titles and credits, where edges are just a bit less precise than they are on a native 1080p projector. But for the most part, the video image itself looks very close to 1080p resolution. In addition to the excellent compression, the complete absence of pixel structure contributes to this impression. We can discern subtle differences only because we spend many hours looking at these products with the same test clips. But the typical consumer would have no problem believing the AX200U was a 1080p projector if they didn't know differently. |
If you have the money to spare, then the AE2000U is well worth it and will be compatible with your HT gear for years to come while the ax200U being only 720p even though it looks better than most 720p projectors... if you're like me sooner or later you'll be wanting to move up to 1080p and looking at projectors all over again.
Again, if you're looking at the cost factor, I don't think you can go wrong with the ax200U and by the time you're looking at a new bulb, 1080p projectors will be down even further in price and most likely better too. You won't get retail for the ax200U, but I'm sure someone would buy it off you and you could put that money towards a 1080p projector that will probably be under the $1500 mark by then.
I know I was a bit wishy washy on that. I think you'd be happy with either. Just depends on your budget. $1000 can buy an awful lot of High Def movies though
