Front projection or not?

Drew, George,

I understand that you're saying that I can go 80" (92" diag) or more without watching a movie like a tennis game?

You would be suprised at what you can get for $3000.00
Check out Videogon. You can get a great front projector for less than $3000.00

My Sony VPL VW10HT will throw a 100 diagonal image at 10 feet 4 inches. I hung a new Stewart Screen today and had to look up the throw distance chart in the sony manual.

100 Diag is a huge diff over 60...

I've had this projector for 3-4 years. It's well below 3k used now. Killer HDTV and DVD picture.

Front projection (even with moderate amounts or less) is FAR superiour format and VERY reasonable, my old projector was a very basic Toshiba MT7U and had a fantastic picture.
I now use a lower light output CRT but i have a dark room for it, you can still see it very well with the lights on.

Most people complain about "washed out" colors in moderate light, but,, think about this,, how many times have you seen televisions with HUGE reflections on them from a window or other light source? you get none of this with a projector.
Worst case is you try it and dont like it, if you buy wisely you can just resell it.
Hope this helps.

I will never buy a Typical television. RPTV or anything that is self contained. I will always stick with a projector. First off, it uses no real estate in your room. Nothing worse than walking into someones house and having this huge box taking up all of this floor space.
I personaly won't even have a TV in my living room. I don't think that it is the place for a TV. That is why I built a dedicated Theater room. I can control the lighting at any time of the day.
For $3000.00 you could buy one hell of a used front projector and a screen ( minimum of 96" ). Even have enough left over for a dish.
Most people just don't get it though. They don't understand how easy this is to put it all together and make it work.
They end up going to Best Buy or something like that and usually don't get what they paid for. And to make matters wors. Most people don't even know what a good picture really looks like. I can't tell you how many homes I have walked into, and the first thing I want to do is grab the remote and start calibrating their TV for them. And then they try to show off the free DVD player they got when the bought this piece of junk.
I would go for a minimum of a 96" screen. You don't have to use the whole screen if it is too much for you. As your eyes adjust to this new size, you could gradually increase you picture size.
Just some thoughts.