When I left 3 years ago, JVC still only did e shift 4k, but there were rumors of native 4K. Can't remember if it was DILA LCOS or DLP? Did they finally bring out a native 4k? What chip set solution? General price point? Light source?

I still personally use a JVC 1080 DILA - 10 years old maybe more. Good unit. Still looks good as long as it's a bulb within it's first half of life. Never had any issues with it, and only a few customers units I sold in that period.

At that time, if you had a service issue, it was painful getting it serviced and even getting though to their service dept. Glad to see they've maybe remedied that.

But when I over to Epson, it was like a breath of fresh air. Great service when I needed it. Pretty reliable too. And flexible lens shift and zoom. So easy to set up too.

Can't believe Epson still hasn't locked on to native 4k. 5 years ago, they had a LCOS unit with E shift and a laser light source. I thought that might be the direction they were headed into. But I guess not? Still using 1080 LCD panels? Not sure if that LCOS they had out was their own chip set?

If I were investing in a PJ these days, my short list would consist of :

4k native
laser light source
LCOS or other reflective chip set
Reasonable optical lens shift and zoom options

I think Sony may be the only option with that criteria list, except for expensive boutique brands (if any of those still exist)...and possibly JVC.