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...Tech: Flat-Screen...
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...
...year when demand for consumer 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...
...Tech: Flat-Screen...
...Industry analysts say it may take several years before prices fall into a marketplace sweet spot, where buyers see the advantages of flat-screen TVs as worth the premium they command compared with conventional boob tubes. But competitive forces are already in play that could make that day come sooner rather than later. The prospect of hundreds of millions of TV viewers dumping their old sets and going flat has drawn the world's most innovative consumer electronics companies into the market, among them Sony of Japan and Samsung of South Korea. At the same time, manufacturers are pushing...