I am back, following a very long afternoon of running about on errands, then schlepping almost an hour away to an HTF friend's "home theater" for IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD -- the reconstruction of which is quite rewarding and was well worth the trip to see it on his 128" (straight left to right measurement, not diagonal) screen.
I really really REALLY have to think about going to a projection system. Seriously.
Really.