3k hours is nothing for a projector i've got a sharp 35u that I finally replaced after 11 years of useage My son now uses it. this is a smokin deal your friend is offering as for lighting I use a torchier type lamp sitting in the corner of my room which is partially behind my pull down screen and on low its just fine as long as your lighting is indiect you will be fine whats your throw distance that will play into your lighting equation

which is the best diy calibration method to use that get close to ISF standards...be it disc or kit with light/color meter etc... THX

Not sure how to describe this properly, but I just recently bought an RS1 (supposedly identical to HD1) and I noticed there is a faint, but noticeable blue light around the edges of the projected image. It is about 2-3 in. wide and doesn't have a defined edge. It fades as it gets further from the edge of the image. It is uneven, and even appears to be making it's way into the upper left corner of the image, thought it may just be an unevenness in the brightness there. It seems to happen regardless of the image source (ps2 hooked up through component, or Oppo 1080p upscaling DVD player through HDMI). It isn't completely apparent when the usual movie scene is playing, but when showing a black or dark image, I can see where the line where the black ends (at the image edge) and the blue begins...does this sound like light is escaping from somewhere that it shouldnt? or is this something typical of projectors in general and is usually taken care of by the light absorbing screen frames (it's my first projector). I'll be in contact with the seller, but I thought I would try to get some opinions first. Thanks for any help/insight.