The downsides: A fairly noticeable screeny image when you bump it up huge, and low brightness requiring an almost totally dark room. Luckily I usually got my own separate chill-out room, as to today's main party projections. I've recently seen the P-401 advertised as low as $211 USD, although street price in NYC will hover around $350 as most of the stores are kinda shifty. Both the Fujix and the Phillips aren't manufactured anymore, but you can often find them, and similar low end projectors in the many downtown electronic stores.  I still occasionally use these units for secondary projections in dark corners.

     At the beginning of 1998 I graduated to a Sharp XV-H35U projector, which even though is was only 500 ANSI lumens, I've had up to an astounding 500 inches while still providing a viewable image even with all the sweeping lights at a rave! It cost about $5000 CAN at the time, but I made my money back on it many times, as projector is a staple of this kooky profession!  It didn't have computer inputs, I used the s-video input, fed from my scan converter.  I recently sold this projector, but kept the great flight-case as I've tried to move to a bit more professionalism and safety for my expensive toys.

I just purchased (Sept/2001), this Sharp XG-NV6XU 2200 ANSI lumen projector!  It weighs 16 pounds, but has stunning image quality and super brightness.