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Spring LCD Television Price Slide
Electronics | Apr 26, 06
We're approaching the season of graduation again, and what better way to reward the scholarship of the young than with a flat panel television capable of displaying the kind of mind-numbing drivel sure to counter-act any solicitous effects of education?
After a period of relative price stability (as I described in "For Flat Screens, Popularity Equals Price Stability"), LCD televisions have undergone significant price drops in the last couple of weeks. Consider the most popular such item on PriceSCAN.com, that currently being the Sony KDL-V40XBR1 40 inch BRAVIA XBR High Definition LCD WEGA. As can be seen from the graph below, this 720i HD model was going for at least $2.900 around the beginning of the year, and now may be had for about $500 less. That's a decline of approximately 17% in less than four months. Many other LCD models are showing similar dramatic price declines, perhaps indicating a desire by manufacturers to make this technology more competitive versus cheaper plasmas and other televisions (see "Big Panasonic Plasma At Sharp Discount To LCD").
So now, it's far more affordable to give your newly minted diplomate a panel of pabulum to hang on the wall along with that sheepskin.
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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