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Rahul Shukla spent $7,600 on a television this year?and couldn't be happier about it. The 42-inch Fujitsu flat-screen TV hangs on the wall of his bedroom, taking up none of the valuable real estate that ordinary sets require in spite of its cinematic screen size. Shukla, a Hong Kong investment banker, is so pleased with the Fujitsu's picture quality?and the fact that it can be mounted above the destructive reach of his energetic 18-month-old son?he's thinking of buying a second one for his living room. "There's a certain...
...electronics and computers has been, well, flat, flat-screen TVs are indeed one of the few products that are generating buzz during the holiday shopping season. Unlike Shukla, however, most consumers are merely drooling over, not buying, flat-screen models, for a pretty obvious reason. While a conventional 20-inch crt (cathode-ray tube) TV can be had for well under $400, a comparably sized flat-screen is about four times more expensive. Giant versions of 40 inches or more have giant price tags as well. A 61-inch model made by Japan's nec is listed at a breathtaking...
...Prices have already declined markedly over the last 18 months. In November, U.S. computer maker Gateway jumped into the flat-TV market with the first 42-inch plasma model selling for less than $3,000, undercutting existing brands by at least $1,000. Paul O'Donovan, senior analyst at consulting firm Gartner Dataquest, predicts that by the end of 2004, lcd TVs at sizes under 20 inches may cost just $50 more than comparable crts. Prices in general are expected to fall by at least 20% a year for the next several years...
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...rest is grunt work. According to Maurer, it will take between 15 and 18 months to painstakingly rub away years of dust, air pollutants and smoke from the nearby Back Bay railroad, inch by inch, which cotton swabs and cleaning solutions...