you can go to http://www.projectorcentral.com/ for some good info and reviews. We love movies and decided to go the Home Theater Projector route. I have a Panasonic projector and Oppo upconverting DVD player. The 720p images projected on the 133” screen are gorgeous.
I bought the Toshiba 57HM167 on Fathers Day from Sears, good luck finding one but its been the best set I have owned, its HDMI, 1080P its a DLP and Toshiba isn’t making any more DLPs but instead LCDs. Picture quality is amazing and I paid less than $1400 for a 57” widescreen with all the bells and whistles.
Keep in mind currently TVs are in a technological flux of new types and are evolving rapidly, even what was new 5 years ago is being phased out. LED DLP is a hot item, LCD is getting bigger and Plasma getting cheaper. Buy it like a computer and figure if its up to date it costs too much and if its affordable its obsolete. I would say 5 years from now you will think about changing again to bigger or better anyway, I passed a 65” Mitsubishi because it was over $4,000 and thats way too much for a TV, a person can get a decent home 100” projector for half that.
I’m also considering the projector route w/upconverting DVD player. What were your model numbers? Any recommendations on where to purchase? How did you mount the projector (hang from ceiling, etc)? My room is 19’ x 13’ so thinking a 100” diag. permanently mounted screen about right size. Been touring model homes in the area and looking at their media rooms for pros and cons.