PS3 $400 Price Drop Rumor

[drothgery]

Last year, if you spent over $1000 on a TV, you almost certainly got an HDTV.

This year, if you spent over $500 on a TV, you almost certainly got an HDTV (the cheapest HDTV at BestBuy.com right now is a 30" 1080i CRT for $380; searching around a bit more will find 32" LCDs). I think that's probably the tipping point; I don't know if the majority of TVs sold in 2007 in the US will be HDTVs, but in 2008 they certainly will be.

I don't know if holiday discounting will put the smallest practical HDTVs (30" or so; anything less than that is going to 'seem' smaller than an 21" or so SDTV with standard-def programming) into the sub-$300 zone at major retailers. I wouldn't be surprised.

I think I may have jumped a little early on grabbing a 42" 1080p LCD for ~$1K; with HD programming, it's gorgeous, but with standard def programming it's not so hot. Fortunately it's football season...

 

[Bront]

Last year, if you spent over $1000 on a TV, you almost certainly got an HDTV.

This year, if you spent over $500 on a TV, you almost certainly got an HDTV (the cheapest HDTV at BestBuy.com right now is a 30" 1080i CRT for $380; searching around a bit more will find 32" LCDs). I think that's probably the tipping point; I don't know if the majority of TVs sold in 2007 in the US will be HDTVs, but in 2008 they certainly will be.

I don't know if holiday discounting will put the smallest practical HDTVs (30" or so; anything less than that is going to 'seem' smaller than an 21" or so SDTV with standard-def programming) into the sub-$300 zone at major retailers. I wouldn't be surprised.

I think I may have jumped a little early on grabbing a 42" 1080p LCD for ~$1K; with HD programming, it's gorgeous, but with standard def programming it's not so hot. Fortunately it's football season...

Much like game consols, the sweet spot is around $250. Once 1080I TVs get to that price, you'll have your HD revolution.

 

[John Crichton]

I think I may have jumped a little early on grabbing a 42" 1080p LCD for ~$1K; with HD programming, it's gorgeous, but with standard def programming it's not so hot. Fortunately it's football season...

Honestly, I can't even watch SD broadcasts anymore. If I have to, say, for a sporting event I will but it just looks so terrible. I've stopped watching some TV shows that aren't in HD in hopes that the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray release (or a HD rebroadcast like Battlestar) will come soon.

I'm a video snob and fully admit it.