Yes - another "can I work a projector in this room?" threads!

Hey all, I've been wanting a projector since I can remember and now with a nice tax return coming in I got the A-OK to start shopping/developing how it'll work. I'm hoping to keep the total budget around $1,800, max $2,000.

Currently I have a 61" LED DLP that I would like to keep for my wife's TV watching and for any stuff that doesn't "deserve" the projector. As you can tell from my layout, my speakers and components are all in front of me and I'd like to leave them that way to be honest.

My idea is to get some sort of screen (not sure if pull down or electric pull down would be the best) and I think 120" would be awesome. http://myhometheater.homestead.com/v...alculator.html Says I should only do ~100", but I'd mostly be watching BluRay sources or HD videogames. I'm assuming the screen would need to allow sound to go through it. Are there sound transparent screens like this in a budget price range?

I'm looking at the Epson 8350 since it's pretty cheap and the flexibility will allow it to be placed in a lot of places. I circled either a mounting area or a corner where we might get a cabinet that we could put it on top of if need be to do it from the side. I'd almost prefer a table to put it on since I don't want to go through the hassle of getting the video/power cables through the ceiling. Plus it has scores of good reviews, and I'll just hope for no blob issues I guess.

Also I do have all heavy blackout curtains as well as tinted windows so I can get it pretty darn dark in my living room so I'm not too worried about light control.

I currently have all of my components routing through my receiver to 1 HDMI cable into the TV, I will get a 1 to 2 splitter to have one cable still go to my TV and 1 HDMI cable that'll go to the projector.

Will this work in my room size/layout or am I just dreaming?

Let me know if this isn't the correct forum to post this in, it's kinda a mixture of this and room setup I guess?

Thanks for the response, as you can tell I'm a giant newbie at this.

The cheapest "AT" (audio transparent I'm assuming) screen I could find is: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000N28H82/?tag=e--20 which I'm sure isn't amazing quality, but I'm not sure where I could store the screen when it's not in use, so I guess it's not really feasible.

I'm assuming increasing the receiver settings to higher on the left and right (and center if it blocks it) isn't a realistic option either...

A-ha, I did not realize that placing a projector in a corner would not work, I thought some of the horizontal shift option (25%) would allow for that, but I guess not. I'd probably end up putting it on a shelf instead of ceiling mounted for the time being.

Is the 120" too big of a size for my viewing distance room size and something like 106" be a better idea? I'm always in the "bigger is better" camp, but if my sources won't support it at the viewing distance then I know I'll probably not be too happy.

Maybe I can just move my towers from inside the columns to the other side of the columns? Not sure it that'll float with my wife... or I even craigslist them and get smaller ones to put on the floor and aim them up? As you can see, I'm willing to bend to make this work!

Here's kinda an off-topic question: Since Best Buy has no more restocking fees and 14 day returns on projectors... can I "rent" one out to give it a shot? They have 8350s and just gotta see if they have a decent screen to give this a go...