It took 2 years and 7,500 bucks to do that?  I would have expected 2 months and 3 grand.

If you’re sitting 8 feet away from an 8 foot wide screen, you really should look into a 1080p projector.

From ProjectorCentral: “The AW15 is not a bright projector, and visible pixelation can be more pronounced on this unit than it is on competing models of the same resolution. These two factors argue for its use in a dark room, with seating at a greater than average viewing distance.”

I’ve seen people prime and paint wood paneling and it looks pretty good. Also, replacing 1000 dvds had to have been very costly, if i was in that situation i would have instead gotten hooked up with a dvd server instead of re-buying everything (or a region free dvd player).

Well… I’d have to assume that $7500 was for everything.  Including the equipment and installation materials.  As far as timeline…Not everyone has cash on hand or time to burn.

Certainly not the way I would have done it, but I’m not going to knock them for what did.

WRONG.
Blue-Ray is NOT region free.  That is the only thing better about HD-DVD.  And buying new disks, that is just silly, anybody with more brains than cash would just buy a region-free player.

Dude you are WRONG !
Blu-Ray is region free !!!  I just bought a Japanese release of Tim Burtons “Sweeny Todd”  on Blu-Ray and it plays fine.

Crow, you are wrong.  Blu ray is not region free.  Studios have the option of enabling a disc to be region free, but many discs are region locked.  Also, Region A includes the US and part of Asia, including Japan, which is why you were able to play your disc no problem.