From his description of the bright room, projection ANYTHING is out of the question. Rear, front, whatever. Only some kind of direct-view technology is going to yield a bright enough image to be enjoyable in that environment.

In fact, I might even go so far as to suggest a regular tube television, perhaps one of the 4:3 Sony Wega units that can also do 1080i or anamorphic DVDs at 16:9.