Flat Screen HD TV price drops - why?

[EdwardGein]

I'm not sure if by flatscreen HD's you mean HD's that aren't widescreen or not. If you're talking about nonwidescreen ones, sure I can see the price dropping because most people want widescreen ones.

[evil__betty]

If you look around at retailers everywhere, you will notice that they get rid of all of their 'old' product before the 'new' stuff comes out. Right now we are in the middle of the turnover season - all of the manufacturers will be introducing their newest stuff in the next month or two. Pioneer is releasing their new plasmas in July, Samsung is releasing their new DLP's in about a month, and their LCD flat panel t.v.s are already on store shelves. Now it would be nice if the price continue to fall, but if you wait too much longer (don't wait more than a month) you will be dissapointed to find that all the A/V stores will no longer have the tlevision that you wanted but will have replaced it with the 'new and improved' model at a higher price point. And if you wait for the new ones to drop in price, you will encounter that they will also drop in price over the next summer and then models to replace them will start showing up. If you keep that up you won't ever buy a t.v. because you will be waiting for the better price. Meanwhile, all of us who bought the t.v. earlier, at a higher cost, will be laughing at you and your 27" while we enjoy the 60" that fills our home theatre. Don't drag your feet too long!

[topspeed]

Evil, where ya been? Good to see you online.

I read somewhere that last year a prominent flat screen manufacturer (the kind that sells to "brands" not end retailers) nearly doubled it's capacity and dramatically reduced prices. Unfortunately, the "brands" were unwilling to drop their prices even though their costs had come down. This naturally left me somewhat peeved. Perhaps what we're seeing now is the benefits of that increased capacity along with ever increasing competition. Wooch keeps up on this stuff a lot, maybe he'll chime in.

[evil__betty]

Evil, where ya been? Good to see you online.

With the spring weather, less and less time is being spent in front of a computer. Glad to be back, though!