Sat 9 Sep 2006
Here’s an excerpt from a very interesting article called “The State of HDTV” from www.guidetohometheater.com
It’s a very good look at the future of HDTV and well worth reading.
August 20, 2006 — In mid-2005 the average selling price of a 50″ plasma display began its yearlong plunge from over $5,000 to a June 2006 average of just above $3,000. The number of sets sold at the new prices more than tripled, even accounting for the traditionally hot fall (2005) selling season.
This was just one of a flurry of statistics presented at the DisplaySearch 4th Annual HDTV Conference held last week at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. DisplaySearch (www.displaysearch.com) is a service that conducts market research—forecasts, technology assessments, surveys, studies, and analyses—of the video display business. The conference touched on a wide range of related topics, including high-definition discs, HD programming, the sales and outlook for various categories of high-definition televisions, and even a session on audio for HDTV.
Most of the major video companies provided spokespersons for the event, most of who managed to squeeze in more than a little promotion for their own company’s products! When Toshiba’s Scott Ramirez called up one of his slides that promoted his company’s products, he noted the conference rules that only two slides per presentation should promote one’s own company. But he added, half jokingly, that he was apparently the only one who read the guidelines! Scott did make the only mention of SED flat panel technology I heard at the conference, noting that Toshiba expects its first SED set to be available by the end of 2007.
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