suggestions for a starter projection package for a media room?

AVSforum is great but man it is HUGE. Hundreds of pages for each thread is too much for me. But, I'll be there when I make the jump as well. Price replacement bulbe for your projector as well. Some can be quite cost prohibitive, but that has improved over the years. People that go with projectors typically don't get a kit. If you find a good one I'm all ears, but some that I have seen were okay at best. They typically go cheap in all areas to avoid the sticker shock. IMO min 1500 Lumens, 10000:1 contrast ratio, and a lot of HDMI ports are the qualities I would look for. ANY ambient light during the day will kill your picture quality. I hope the media room is essentially a black cave.