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Prices For The Displays Need To Drop

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Robertc88

In Reply to: RE: Toshiba lowers sales target for HD DVD players [Reuters] posted by 4season on June 13, 2007 at 06:19:20

I have a 50" Tosh HDTV ready RPTV currently and it would cost me a pretty penny for an HD display for the size I would want. It isn't to say I wouldn't buy an HD player in advance of a display but I'm unsure whether most of Joe Public would.

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They are, by quite a bit - Jack G 08:25:37 06/13/07 (2)
It does of course, depend on the size and resolution. You can get Panny 50" plasmas for <$2K now, Pio a little higher than $2K. 1080p is a bit more. DLPs are even cheaper. This is good news for your average Shmoe. Unfortunately, prices go up when you get bigger. I'm looking for something 65-70" for my family room, I can't do DLP, due to rainbows, so the pickins are slim.
Jack
- Software, Player, Receiver, Display, Etc. - Robertc88 10:47:46 06/13/07 (1)
  A daunting challenge for Joe considering the cost to take full advantage of the new format.
  
  I guess one can start with the player as you stated in an earlier post that the HD software will run with component. Hopefully most will have a display with that at least at this point. That's where I'm planning to start. They can always rent the software so a bit of a savings there initially.
  - RE: Software, Player, Receiver, Display, Etc. - Jack G 11:23:18 06/13/07 (0)
    Actually, I expect people to generally start with the display. They are cheap enough-hell, 50" plasmas are about 1/2 the price they were a few years ago. They'll be flying off the shelves next christmas and/or superbowl season. Hopefully players will sell too. What's starting to happen, is that some retailers are bundling TVs and players into a package deal. That should help. Onkyo is coming out with a new HD DVD player this fall-I expect it will be bundled with their new HT receivers that take HDMI 5.1 input.
    Lots of pretty toys for the holidays. :-)
    Jack
    PS. Its really not that daunting.
    
    Edits: 06/13/07

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