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Count on TVs Being Cheaper For the Duration
Wall Street Journal ^ | NOVEMBER 26, 2008 | Christopher Lawton

Posted on 11/27/2008 6:38:14 AM PST by Pontiac

a weakening economy this holiday season, there are signs that many of the discounts will stick around through the end of the year. That means shoppers seeking a TV could have several extra weeks of lower-than-usual prices to find the right deal.

The Black Friday discounts will be even heftier, according to estimates. A 32-inch LCD TV will be discounted 54% to an estimated $399 in limited quantities on Black Friday from an average $875 in October, according to iSuppli. If those prices don't spur sales over Thanksgiving weekend, Ms. Patel says, many of the discounts will continue in December.

The price-cutting is being fueled by more than just the slow economy. Last year, some sizes of liquid-crystal-display and plasma TVs were in tight supply. Wanting to avert any shortage this holiday season, electronics manufacturers increased their output, counting in part on the February 2009 transition from analog to digital airwaves to boost TV sales. But the increase in inventory coincided with the onset of the economic slump, leaving the TV industry in a bind.

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TOPICS: Hobbies; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: blackfriday; christmasgifts; dvd; hdtv
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Good news for those of us who have yet to buy a HDTV or in the market for a second or third set.
1 posted on 11/27/2008 6:38:15 AM PST by Pontiac
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To: Las Vegas Dave

HDTV
Ping the list please


2 posted on 11/27/2008 6:39:33 AM PST by Pontiac (Your message here.)
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To: Pontiac

“Black Friday.”

That’s racist.

(Do I really need to add the sarcasm tag?)


3 posted on 11/27/2008 6:42:56 AM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: savedbygrace

LOL. I guess that means today is “White Thursday”.


4 posted on 11/27/2008 6:46:24 AM PST by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot ("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
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To: Pontiac
I'm waiting for a 50" 1080p for $1k.

The Sharp Aquos LC-46D64U (46", 1080p, 16:9) for $999.99 is close, but four inches shy of my target.

5 posted on 11/27/2008 6:49:23 AM PST by CE2949BB (Fight.)
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To: savedbygrace

Not for me.

But then who am I?


6 posted on 11/27/2008 6:50:17 AM PST by Pontiac (Your message here.)
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To: CE2949BB
but four inches shy of my target.

I’ll trade those 4 inches for 120 Hz.

7 posted on 11/27/2008 6:54:25 AM PST by Pontiac (Your message here.)
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To: CE2949BB
I'm waiting for a 50" 1080p for $1k.

I'm waiting on it for $10 at the "Name Your Own Price" store. :)
8 posted on 11/27/2008 6:54:29 AM PST by Phoenix11
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To: Pontiac

The cheaper the TV the better, right??

(After all, how else to get all the propaganda to the masses, as well as the circuses ( i.e. sports) necessary to keep them quiescent and pacified while we steal the country blind.)


9 posted on 11/27/2008 7:05:33 AM PST by MCCRon58 (Freedom does not mean you are free from the consequences of your own freely made decisions.)
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To: Pontiac

Great news. As soon as I get my ‘obama check’ (hope & change baby!!), I can pick up one of these necessities so I can watch and listen to the talking heads in the media (in HD, no less)tell me how great the messiah is over the next 4 years.


10 posted on 11/27/2008 7:09:48 AM PST by American Infidel (It's pronounced 'ASK' not 'AXE'. It's a 3 letter word. How difficult can it be?)
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To: CE2949BB

Wal-Mart will have 50” plasmas for something like $798. I think they are Samsung’s, 720p. They may be limited to 2 0r 3 per store.


11 posted on 11/27/2008 7:09:51 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Pontiac
And if YOU don't want them, Barbie would love to have them.

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12 posted on 11/27/2008 7:11:31 AM PST by Dick Bachert
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To: Red_Devil 232
Thanks for the heads up, but 1080p or nothing. :)

At this rate, I may have to hold out for Quad HD.

13 posted on 11/27/2008 7:16:51 AM PST by CE2949BB (Fight.)
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Yep! I will wait 6 years for the 2160p Quads to come out and then another 6 years from them to come down to a price I can afford.

In the mean time I am content with my Panasonic 50" - 720p.

14 posted on 11/27/2008 7:34:05 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Pontiac

The KIA dealership in this area is giving away 32” LCD TV, if you buy a KIA.


15 posted on 11/27/2008 7:36:54 AM PST by DugwayDuke (What's more important? Your principles or supporting the troops? Vote McCain!)
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To: Pontiac; All

According to Consumer Reports, the BEST LCD HDTVs sizes 40” and up are ALL Samsung. They even have a 55” model.

As far as plasma tvs go, their #1 is 58” is also a Samsung, 50” is Samsung, 46” and 42” are Panasonics.

FWIW.


16 posted on 11/27/2008 7:54:39 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: MCCRon58
(After all, how else to get all the propaganda to the masses, as well as the circuses ( i.e. sports) necessary to keep them quiescent and pacified while we steal the country blind.)

Most of the population is immune from propaganda most of the time because of TV.

They are immune because they choose to never see a news broadcast and never read a news paper or news magazine.

They are much too involved with entertainment; sports, movies, soaps or whatever.

Ignorance and apathy are much more dangerous than propaganda.

At least with propaganda some elements of truth are reaching the people and there is a chance that the whole truth can be known. Some amount of truth must be salted in with the lie. That seed of truth planted in the lie can germinate if it falls in fertile ground.

With willful ignorance and apathy the people can never know how they are being led in to tyranny until the chains of oppression are already upon them.

17 posted on 11/27/2008 7:54:43 AM PST by Pontiac (Your message here.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
According to Consumer Reports, the BEST LCD HDTVs sizes 40” and up are ALL Samsung. They even have a 55” model.

When did that report come out? New sets are coming out all the time.

18 posted on 11/27/2008 7:56:27 AM PST by Pontiac (Your message here.)
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Good news for those of us who have yet to buy a HDTV or in the market
for a second or third set.


Yep.
My brother and I are splitting cost on a 32" Westinghouse LCD with
on-board DVD player.
I think he got it for about $589 (at Wal Mart?).

Our dear old Mother is going to finally get that flat screen she's
longed for (even when one would have cost $5000!).
19 posted on 11/27/2008 8:06:05 AM PST by VOA
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To: Pontiac; ADemocratNoMore; advertising guy; aft_lizard; AJMaXx; Alice in Wonderland; ...
Pinging the HDTV list..special thanks to Pontiac for the ping!
HDTV pings!

20 posted on 11/27/2008 8:32:21 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave (Illegitimi non carborundum - "Don't let the bastards grind you down")
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