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For Flat Screens, Popularity Equals Price Stability
Electronics | Feb 6, 06
Now that the Super Bowl is behind us, will we finally see the most popular flat-screen television models fall in price? Late last year many pundits predicted that increased production would lead to significantly lower post-holiday prices, and a casual inspection of vendor prices on PriceSCAN.com appears to confirm such a decline. However, when it comes to more popular models, demand seems to be strong enough to overcome any supply issues and we are actually seeing some price increases. Going into the holidays I noted that some Panasonic plasmas were actually rising in price, and for some models this trend has continues – see the chart of the 50 inch Panasonic TH-50X50U below.
Time Period: 4/18/2005 through 1/30/2006
Each tick mark represents one week
Red = High Price, Blue = Average Price, Green = Low Price
However, we're also seeing firmness in the price of the most popular LCD set on PriceSCAN, namely Sony’s KDL-V40XBR1 40 inch BRAVIA XBR High Definition LCD WEGA, with the lowest offer price creeping up around $200 over the last few weeks (though the average price has fallen by about that much). So watching those soon-to-be-Clio nominated beer ads on the most sought-after high-def panels cost you at least what it would have before they dropped that ball in Times Square.
(Editor's note - this graph has been updated - see "Spring LCD Television Price Slide")
Time Period: 9/19/2005 through 4/17/2006
Each tick mark represents one week
Red = High Price, Blue = Average Price, Green = Low Price
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