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Since Gateway unleashed its $3,000 plasma television last year, flat-panel TVs have moved from high-end curiosity to hot item, taking the hype-drenched world of consumer electronics by surprise. The flat-screen sets are brightening the picture in surprising places in this hard-to-tune economy. Design...
It isn't all heedless spending though. Lynn Franco, director of the Consumer Research Center at the Conference Board, an economic-research group that closely tracks consumer confidence, notes that the TV upgrades are typical of a purge-and-splurge shopping style that has emerged in the age of big...
Gateway's low-end plasma set, introduced in November 2002, put big-screen and flat TVs within reach for more middle-class families. Its $3,000 model is the leader in its category. "In mid-2002, we saw that the television market was becoming way more digital than analog," says...
Gateway has also spearheaded an American-brand revival, as companies like HP, Dell, Motorola and even Zenith (a U.S. brand now owned by a South Korean company) try to grab market share. "It's driving traditional Japanese consumer-electronics companies crazy," says Peter Kastner, chief research officer at the Aberdeen...
Television's flat pack is creating a dizzying array of choices for anyone seeking to buy a new set. Consumer Reports published its first ranking of flat-panel televisions in March, in response to thousands of letters from readers begging for a little guidance, says Gerard Catapano, who supervised the...