Telstar,
I was on another site and an owner of a small install company was talking about what his tech liked to install. They commented, "they liked to install the Sanyo over the Mistubishi". I don't know what that meant. Have heard the Mistubishi is one of the most complex units. If your looking for $, I'd look at the biggest split maker in the world Chinco. Take a look at this
Chinco only makes 3,000,000 units a year. A 2 ton for $1,100.
$ for Chinco I'm only helping you on $. Information is what I am doing.