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What's it like using a projector? Can you just like, watch YouTube or anything on it? Is it good?
I personally love it, and would hate to go back to a tiny screen like a 40inch TV or whatever people have these days. Especially if you're more than 2m away on your bed/couch. There are drawbacks, depending on how you use your TV they might be massive or completely irrelevant. For example having it on in the background is less practical. It doesn't inclue (useful) speakers, but I have a pretty decent stereo system setup there anyway. A great positive is that you usually want a screen (not just a blank wall), which just goes away when the projector is off (rolls up, usually motorized) and you don't have a large black frame just standing around somewhere. In my case it comes down in front of the bedroom wardrobe. The projector itself is basically a box mounted to the ceiling on the other side of the room from that, so also out of the way.
The projector is connected to a PC as a primary source in my case (many use AndroidTV sticks or FireTV boxes), which plays whatever I wanna watch (streaming, local videos, youtube/twitch, ...), but I would never watch actual TV as in broadcast television. If you do, you still need some form or receiver that turns the TV signal (internet, cable, satellite, ...) into HDMI. Many more modern projectors also have some of that network stuff just built in similar to a smart TV, but generally don't have true receiver for cable/satellite.
Finally, there's light management. Typically you don't want real sunlight coming in through a window while actively watching something (movie), but it's fine for background or casual/party watching (sports or maybe youtube). How much ambient light you can tolerate while watching depends highly on your preferences and how you watch "stuff". For a real movie night we do usually lower the blinds for just a more immersive experience. But it's incredibly subjective how much darkness is needed. Projectors these days all have sufficient light output to produce a picture even with significant ambient light, but the contrast and just quality of course improves significantly with a darker environment.