Hey Bob,
I do have a CIH setup at my house and love it. The only issue I have is with bluray outside of the image area. This is a topic for another thread, but again, this is the type of feature that needs to be considered as an option for those who have gone to the extra expense to replicate what I experience in a movie theater.

Hi John, I’ll add to that if you’re lucky enough to have a projector, screen and anamorphic lens players like the new Oppo unit offer anamorphic processing for constant height systems.

Now all you need is the Oppo, the screen and the lens. You don’t need to upgrade your projector, which can save a few bucks.

“performance wise though, its a winner.”

The whole article was about how “performance wise” it was not cutting it. This is where Bob mentioned a standalone player that is more feature rich as an option as opposed to PS3 for your bluray player. 

“it is loud and lacks the control ports you mention”
“have to agree it does run a bit hot.”

This right here gives me 3 reasons NOT to buy a ps3 for its bluray capabilities. I would much rather purchase a standalone player that does not run hot, is not as loud, and gives me the native ability to tie the unit in with my universal remote.

I am sure my comment will just incite more fanboy responses, but there have been many advances in bluray players recently and I for one am more interested in subtitle shift, discrete IR, and a unit that loads fast, quiet, and does not heat up my entire equipment rack.

Emphasis on subtitle shift :)

it is loud and lacks the control ports you mention there are however solutions for that.

have to agree it does run a bit hot.

performance wise though, its a winner.

Hi DR, you also know that if the player is running hot and it’s fan is running all the time that it will raise the ambient room noise levels up, which detracts from the audio performance too with things like low level dialog (noise criteria levels or NC)

It also lacks RS-232 and discrete IR for more advanced control capabilities.