Posted by NunYa Bidness on 11/01/05 00:31

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:39:51 GMT, "Biz" <spamoff@sbcglobal.net> Gave
us:

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>"Monte Castleman" <qmdcastleman@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>news:W5o9f.2502$2y.2134@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>> Anyone care to speculate on when HDTV might become affordable to the
>> masses. I've been thinking about buying in for a long time, but it seems
>> the cheapest projection model has never gotten below a 1,000, and the
>> cheapest rear projector that does 1080i has never gotten below 2,500.
>> Seems the trend it to bigger screen sizes, not smaller prices.
>
>Depends on what you define as "affordable for the masses"
>
>THis past weekend there was a 51" HD-capable widescreen rear projection for
>under $900, 1080 capable...
>My 35" MITS tube tv was $1600 back in the day(about 10-12 years ago). So to
>me, HDTV's are extremely affordable...
>
The easy way to do this is by ratio and proportion.

TV in 1961, color 25" was around $350. Average wage was not even
over $2 an hour.

Electronics in this country at least, is the best model for good old
fashioned american way marketing. It gets better and better on
quality, and cheaper and cheaper in cost. Absolutely brilliant, my
industry is!

A XT PC was over $5000 each, and that was without a hard drive.

Now, one can buy a screamin' demon for just over one fifth that
amount.

If we embraced video and TVs the same way we did PCs and DVD
players, we would have better, cheaper priced TVs already. Still,
they are quite affordable, considering what one gets for the price.

All these piss and moan idiots are just too stupid to understand the
premise that if one wants to play, one has to pay. Period.

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