There are plenty of DLP owners here in Austin that occasionally check the Austin threads. I for one have one, but it is not the BenQ.
If you are considering the 8700, I'd suggest you hold off making a decision and take John up on his generous offer as the 8710 looks to be a significant improvement over the 8700 and for very little extra cost.
If you are really itching to see DLP projectors in action, there are several excellent screening rooms in Austin that carry just about every current HT oriented DLP projector model. These rooms are not anything like what you might find at Fry's or Best Buy.
Here are a few places in the Anderson Lane/Burnet Rd. area to consider followed by what DLP manufactures they have available for demo:
High Fidelity (Runco, Marantz, Sharp)
Dyer Electronics (Runco, ?)
A&B Electronics (Yamaha, Sharp)
Custom System Technologies (Runco, Seleco/Sim2)
Home Theater Store (Runco)
Austin Home Theater (May still be using an LCD in their screening room)
There are plenty more screening rooms all over town.
BTW: the Runco 710 (which is available for demo at almost all of the Runco dealers mentioned above) is a BenQ 8700 with some rather minor modifications and Runco's video processor - but at twice the cost of a 8700.
