Unless you're unwilling to compromise on screen size or have some other extreme edge-case deal breaking scenario like needing the center-channel behind the screen, a projection home theater doesn't make sense. It's a waste of money and it's worse in many ways.
A lot of hobbies are like this. The expensive stuff there for some stupid reason people won't compromise on.
@SwiftOnSecurity i can’t stand the grey-black spectrum on projectors. it bugs me so so much. tried to play halo at a friend’s who had one forever ago and legit could not focus because the picture bugged me so badly. hell, i prefer to watch new movies on my phone right up in front of my face than go to theatres these days, but that’s only partially because of the display type 😅