Finally getting the green light for my theater room (in the form of a payoff check for my plant shutting down!) and I'm going to finally go with a projector which I've wanted to do for over 10 years. I'll finally have a place to install one!

So now I need expert opinions on the projector and screen. The biggest thing of course is budget. Most of my money is going towards the room construction itself so the projector will have to be 'on the cheap' but I'd still rather buy a $1200 projector over a $2500 65" rear projection.

Right now (just from reading) it looks like the InFocus 4805 is the projector to beat for the price. At $1000, it seems it's going to take a $3000 for a maginal improvement. Any thoughts?

How important is lumens? I see the InFocus is around 750 max. As a reference, where I used to work (the place that SHUT DOWN) I installed a ViewSonic 551 in our main conference room that was 1500 lumens. I was quite pleased with it's performance and it was just showing on an off white wall with a good bit of ambient light coming in. However it was not DLP like the InFocus. Should I be concerned with low lumens?

Lastly..for now...the screen. I like the idea of screen paint but it's more expensive than I thought. Just looking around quickly looks like about $300 for screen paint, which I've seen actual screens at that price point. Which is better, keeping in mind that it will be permanently mounted?

I'll think of more later