I got the recent Panasonic AX-100. Downside, like most projectors, is the room needs to be darkish. For its pricing point, it's outstanding: auto brightness control, excellent contrast ratio (max 6000:1; declines as the brightness goes up). Lots of inputs, including HDMI. Resolution is 720p, therefore image-wise it outperforms 1080i projectors (but not, of course, 1080p).
If it's all about movies and pictures in a domestic environment, then it's almost silent operation and has analogue plane adjustment via a mechanical joystick linked to the lens: the projector can be off-axis in both horizontal and vertical planes, and still project a rectangular image. Many projectors do digital keystoning for this: you lose resolution on the corrected axes.
It's also got one heck of a zoom range. In a dark room, 200" on the wall is no problem. Evenings, 80" on a screen is great.
The only other projector I've used is an Epson. They neighbours used to wonder if I was playing with my turbine again.