OK, I'm letting everyone know that I have decided to go for this PJ (Hitachi PJ-LC9) over the Toshiba ET1 on the pure hunch that since it is a brand new model, the screendoor should be more discreet and the brightness should be higher than the Toshiba for the equivalent of GBP550...and so I was right...I brought it home yesterday evening and the first thing I noticed was the brightness and much less visible screendoor than on the Tosh...I am sorry for the Tosh because I really fancied this PJ, but hard sense took over...the Hitachi takes interlaced RGB via it's VGA input (tested with my mom's DVD player, an Amstrad that does lousy prog scan - just leaves out the whole field but outputs interlaced RGB via its component output) so I think I don't have to rush deciding on a prog player yet, I just need to get an RGB SCART to 3 cinch adapter (I hope someone makes those)...on the deinterlacing issue, the PJ has Pixelworks chipset with motion compensation that does the job splendidly, the interlaced sources are rock-steady...I'll fiddle with the settings to check out whether it handles 3:2 pull down correctly...I'm satisfied except for the remote which is not backlighted, can you believe that...will keep you guys posted...
Cheers!