Article: The projector option: Offering the biggest screen for the buck, it has become a better home theater fit than it once was.

Byline: Tamara Chuang

This is the year of the flat-panel TV, but an overlooked category may be a big-screen lover's more affordable alternative: the projector.

What else offers a 100-inch screen for $1,000?

"(Projectors) used to be so big, 30 pounds. Now they're miniaturized. They are much easier to use. The price has come down drastically," said Po Su, product manager for projectors at BenQ USA in Irvine, Calif.

Projectors have long been a choice for big-screen lovers, but selection was limited to expensive systems for dedicated home theaters or business models for office presentations. Then projector companies began noticing the crossover market.

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