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Hi DukeDallas,
In regards to sourcing the upgrade components, here are the relevant links to:
The Crystalio-II. Product Info : http://www.crystalio.com/spec.html Online shop: http://store.pixelmagicsystems.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=4
SDI mod: http://store.pixelmagicsystems.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=5
Purelink HDC-series Fibre Optics HDMI Product Info: http://www.purelinkav.com/hdc_fiber.htm Here is one of the many stores that sells this product : http://www.digitalconnection.com/products/cables/hdc.asp
You will likely to enjoy the upgrade process more if you perform the upgrade progressively, allowing time for yourself to experience the improvement each upgrade delivers.
If you approach your local PixelMagic dealer/showroom for a Crystalio-II demo, then more than likely that they already have a DVD player that has been modified with the SDI output. There is also a high probability that they will have one of the SONY SXRD projectors (Pearl, Ruby or Qualia004) for demo. The only missing item may be the HDC-series Fibre Optics HDMI cable (depending on how serious they really are in video quality). But you will get a general feeling of how good the Pearl (or any SXRD based projector) can be, after having experienced the demo.
Another point worth mentioning, if u decide to go with the Crystalio-II VPS3800Pro and use the internal 200GB HDD with its built-in media player, the result is almost identical to using a DVD player with SDI-mod. So maybe this can be an alternative approach to enjoying great looking video (assuming that most people will have access to PC with networking abilities). The sound from this unit is also excellent, as it utilizes a temperature compensated crystal oscillator and if your are using its analogue output, the Burr-brown Op amps and Analog Devices auto-upsample 24-bit/192kHz DACs.
Final point worth considering is comparing the acquisition cost of a good DLP projector, only just a year or two ago (or even now), such as the Marantz VP12S4, it will easily set you back US$11k. Having experience both, if you ask me now, this same amount would have achieve far more remarkable outcome if it was spent using the SXRD-based upgrade approach...but only if your ultimate objective is to bring "close-to" (because this is limited by the source material unless all of them are HD) movie-theatre video quality into your home theatre :) Another benefit with this combo is that you can now easily see the quality and limitations of the source material.