In a message dated 10/2/2006 11:41:59 AM Pacific Standard Time, donald.koeleman@xxxxxxxxxx writes: Well, in the US market 500 USD is definitly too high for this machine. In Europe prices tend to be higher, as supply is more limited. But demand for anything less than 8" machines seem to be quite slow in the US. Once my price dropped to $500 and I still had no offers I knew it was over. The prevalance of affordable high-performance DLP projectors has pretty much killed the market for CRT projectors. That's as it should be -- DLPs are much more user-friendly and much more portable. I've had a few inquiries from art world folks who don't have a clue about CRT projectors and their limitations. This Runco can't be used just anywhere, certainly not in a brightly lit art gallery. . Barry