I've been navigating through the forums and learning lots of useful information from all the projector reviews, but its making my head spin a bit. I figured if I could just bullet-point out my situation, some of you experts could help pretty easily with projector recommendations and pros/cons for my situation.
-Building out our dedicated media room, which is 15x20
-Dark carpet, dark walls/ceiling. Canned lighting and sconces that are on a dimmer. No windows
-Main purpose is movies and sports (football/basketball). When watching movies, all the lights will be off. When watching sports, I would like to have some light on since it will be a room full of my buddies, and I dont want the image getting washed out. If possible I'd like something that would help with not having the "jittery/blurry" feeling of fast motion sports
-2 rows of chairs. First row is about 13ft from the screen, 2nd is about 17-18ft
-Planning on a 110-120in Stewart Firehawk G3 screen
-Electrical outlet for the projector in the celing is about 16-17ft from the screen
Ideally i'm looking for a midrange projector in the $1500-2000 range, since I'm open to replacing in a few years when 3D becomes more mainstream. So i'm dedicating more money to the "fixed" items, like screen, speakers, etc.
Different home theater companies have suggested different projectors, such as the Mitubishi HC6800, Epson 8500, etc.
Thanks for the help in advance.