Best home theater setup: (Best Projector, Screen, and Sound System)?

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Okay. Not going to design a room and spec out everything for you.
Just some advice. If you have 3000 for a display I would look into a large Plasma or LCD. Most if not all new displays have an HDMI port. As long as it has a component in you can use the display as your switcher. Control systems (Crestron, AMX) are expensive and expensive to program. A projector will need lamp replacement ( $200 - 400US) about every 2000+/- hours. You can squeeze more use out of them but the picture quality will degrade. LCD/ LED/ or Plasma should last 120,000 hours. I have not seen a projector last close to that regardless of lamp replacement. The optical drive usually goes and then it is around a $1200 to 2000 repair depending on model. You should be able to get a nice audio system for 3K no problem. Stay away from Bose.
 
My old TV in the living room finally died out (it was rear projection so the lamp burned out). I now want to get a projector set-up in the room. I've got a room thats 10 ft wide by 7.5 ft high so a 16:9 Screen would have a diagonal size of 138". So I want to get a nice projector, that is bright enough to be viewed in moderate light. I mainly watch TV in that room at night (movies) but I occasionally watch it during the day (mainly during football season). I also want to know what the best type of screen material and type is. Regarding sound system I want a nice looking system which isn't very noticeable. I've done some research and I like the BenQ SP890 projector but its quite a lot of money, I don't want to spend more that 2,000 but I'm willing to spend 3,000 on the projector, the projector should have atleast one HDMI port (because I can just get a switcher, and one component port) (I have a PS3, a Wii and a cable box to hook up). Regarding screen I don't want pay more than 1,000. In terms of sound system I'm willing to pay up to 3,000 but I'd like to spend less, more around 2,000 or less. A sound system that is capable of multi-room wireless would be nice because I am thinking of doing that. In addition, what is the best receiver to get for my system? Thanks for all your help! Really, Thanks! I've been stuck on this project and indecisive for really long.
 
Okay. Not going to design a room and spec out everything for you.
Just some advice. If you have 3000 for a display I would look into a large Plasma or LCD. Most if not all new displays have an HDMI port. As long as it has a component in you can use the display as your switcher. Control systems (Crestron, AMX) are expensive and expensive to program. A projector will need lamp replacement ( $200 - 400US) about every 2000+/- hours. You can squeeze more use out of them but the picture quality will degrade. LCD/ LED/ or Plasma should last 120,000 hours. I have not seen a projector last close to that regardless of lamp replacement. The optical drive usually goes and then it is around a $1200 to 2000 repair depending on model. You should be able to get a nice audio system for 3K no problem. Stay away from Bose.
 
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