12-17-07: Elizabeth
Recently, at a local retailer, a $4,500. Farouja type processor was on sale used for $250.
That means it is eclipsed totally. Usless junk in a current system.
That's funny that you mention that. Someone I know in the biz just tested the new Onkyo AVR with HQV processing, and said to me "Damn, I'm glad I unloaded all my Farojda before this thing showed up!"
Video compresses in price so quickly, that you have to really be a glutton for punishment to chase the bleeding edge of performance. I just reviewed the $500 Home Theatre Scaler Plus from Gefen for HomeToys.com, and it's shockingly good for what it costs, and compares very well to scalers like the DVDO units, but for a lot less. I wouldn't want to be sitting on too much scaler inventory, that's for sure.