And you thought Bill James got fancy with his Sabremetric scientific look at the game of baseball? Digital Projection, a company making a move in the home theater space but best known for their beyond 1080p professional projectors, has gone public with their calculator so that you can weight a whole host of cost factors into owning a front video projector.
Digital Projection offers a link from their site that allows you to download an Excel sheet.
https://www.digitalprojection.com/news/docs/Calculating_Cost_of_Display_Ownership.pdf
The number of factors considered are many and consumers might look at their projection investment differently after getting into a study on value. HomeTheaterReview.com warns that the ultimate factor is the way a projector looks to your eyes. The math matters too, but trust your eyes the most.