I'm guessing that because this was started over a month ago that your decision is already made. My 2 cents though will be to lean towards a projector. Here is my Viewsonic projector which was $799. As you can see there is some difference in lighting, but with just some sheets of Sheetrock unpainted and taped, the picture is still pretty nice (in my eyes anyways).
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