As the holiday season approaches, don’t expect LCD television prices to drop much.
Greater TV demand in China is causing glass prices to rise, the New York Times’ Gadgetwise writes. As a result, the cost of LCD panels has increased, according to a DisplaySearch forecast. In addition, manufacturers will try to score more on sales with new features, such as 120 Hz and 240 Hz technologies and LED lighting.
Both of these factors will cause the average selling price of LCD TVs to erode slower than usual, DisplaySearch says.
In “developed markets” such as North America, where customers are quite sensitive to sale prices, LCD profits will take a hit, but DisplaySearch expects manufacturers to make up for that in China and other emerging markets.
Overall, DisplaySearch sees “signs of life returning to the TV market” after a “disastrous” fourth quarter last year. LCDs will remain king as consumers demand more TVs smaller than 40 inches and less plasma televisions. Overall, LCD revenues are expected to decline even as shipments increase, but DisplaySearch says its revised forecast looks better for manufacturers than before.
So, what if you’re just a consumer? You might as well start keeping an eye out for good deals now, because you probably won’t see anything staggering during the holidays.
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Christmas? LOL. Dude, it's freakin' June.
If you do enter, I guess Blu-Ray's future doesn't look all that bleak, after all.
I think we have at least 2 more years before we see Duke with a new TV and a BD Player. 
I got a second LCD 32'' LG TV (ok only 720p) for 350E and that was 6 months ago, and a brand new FS 26'' monitor (1080p) for the PC for only 290E just a month back. I shiver when i remember paying a dear 500E for my first 17'' LCD monitor back in 2003, and it was a bargain back then.
I mean if they get any cheaper, they will probably be giving them out in supermarkets next to the groceries.
BD player should also be the same day. I figure a BD player has to do a better job uf upsampling DVDs than my Phillips DVP5990 (which rocks, btw). I'll also load up on some $10 BD movies and have a go. I'm just saying it would be stupid of me to get rid of 600+ DVDs I've already purchased just so I can replace them with BD versions.
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Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screens are often used for computer screens, but also make up the flat-screen television market together with Plasma TVs. The fact that a television uses Plasma or LCD technique doesn’t say much about the image quality of the television, neither does it say something about resolution or viewing angle. LCD TVs often come in a smaller size than their Plasma counterparts, but tend to have slightly lower power consumption.
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