Can LCD Screen TVs Get Any Cheaper?

Speakers Fan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:34:46 +0000

The world of technology is always fickle with rumors that reach both far and abroad. We have always managed to place an ear to the ground, one that harbors a grain of salt, trying to field out the best deals on technology as it relates to home entertainment and home audio. And this time we have been hearing in the news, and from other bloggers, about the possibility of the prices of LCD screen TVs, a popular alternative choice to the costly plasma TVs, of going down in prices drastically as we enter the ‘Black Friday’ holiday shopping season, amidst the lowest consumer confidence in the past eighty years or so.

A company that monitors the TV and computer screen industry, Display Search, has even reported that the 4th quarter costs of LCD screens will be being offered to industry manufacturers at below cost prices. For example, and see the table to the right courtesy of Display Search, a 42” panel TV costs about $256 US to make. But manufacturers will be getting their hands on one for about $223 US. Similarly, a 43” full HD panel costs about $435 US to make, but manufacturers will get them for about $425 US. So while the price breaks are not that amazing, there is one thing all of these screens have in common: they are going down in price and they are being sold for a loss to the big computer and TV makers.

In a Featured Yahoo Buzz article published on October 28th, 2008, the columnist even reflected that the prices may be going down due to lowered consumer confidence and spending as we near a frugal fourth quarter in the technologies industry. The columnist also was sure to make apparent that the TVs that we would be seeing with these drastic price reductions, such as the lauded 34” and 42” HD TVs, would be ‘Stripped Bare’ of all features and not able to operate at even 120-MHz.

The Bottom Line
If you want the best deal to be offered in years ever, buy up an LCD screen with a good warranty this X-mas and save a few hundred bucks. Because the major plants that make them will be eating losses all quarter long. They will be making payroll cuts and closing plants, which mean that ultimately the costs will level out again. Buy now and save money. Buy later and pay more. Ah yes, the frightful nature of Capitalism beckons its bargain hunting head once more my friends.

The Biggest TV Set Ever Created, a Panasonic Brainchild!

Speakers Fan — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:48:38 +0000

What if there were a TV set that was bigger than you and I? Taller, longer, wider, more robust, and not a lousy mega screen like you see at the local sports arena that has pixels on it that are so big a bear could curl up for a nap in them. Rather, what if technology had brought to us something so divinely entertaining that it would not fit into most ordinary living rooms, much less pass through the narrow doorways that outfit most homes in the world? What if there was a TV set of such magnificence that also brilliantly displayed high definition video in a clarity that is unbelievably out of this world, the best freaking clarity to date, the highest definition, the crispest screen and views and most dandy, largest, monstrous screen you could ever wrap your own two eyes around? What if a leading technology company already had this digital dream, vividly, and they strove through millions of dollars in research and developments to create what is known as the world’s largest TV set, ever! Well of course there is, or we would not have much fodder to yap about in this article would we? Oh yeah, and to make it even more interesting, what if this TV were a plasma TV? Got your attention now?

The Panasonic 150-inch Plasma Juggernaut
In early January of 2008, Panasonic unveiled what they claim is their biggest creation yet, and the biggest plasma TV set to ever be offered by any company. In technology conventions around the world, the leading company in plasma TVs and high definition technologies introduced their next big, and we mean big, TV to the masses. It’s a 150-inch plasma screen, measured diagonally, that boasts an exceptional 4 x 1080p clarity with pixels so tiny you would need a microscope to differentiate between them. This monster is 11-feet tall and 6-feet wide and weighs in at over five hundred pounds, a beast of all TVs certainly, and one that comes with an equally as large price tag, to the tune of around: $100,000.00 US, give or take a grand. Expect to see this on showroom floors in early 2009, when the company plans to officially place the line into production for the masses. According to company representatives, they are hoping to sell a few thousand of these in next fiscal year; good luck with that.

Specs:
• Dimensions: 11’ x 6’
• Weight: 500+ pounds
• Plasma screen
• Clarity: 4 x 1080p
• Cost: upwards of $100,000.00
• Available Soon, if it can fit in your house

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Can LCD Screen TVs Get Any Cheaper?

The Biggest TV Set Ever Created, a Panasonic Brainchild!