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To: bentway who wrote (103087)	2/2/2008 4:21:50 PM
From: stomper	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Ahh yes, it's the one place where we will see deflating prices...electronic crap. I recently read that they are expecting 42" LCD's to hit 500-600 by Christmas '08. -david

To: bentway who wrote (103087)	2/2/2008 4:49:42 PM
From: Think4Yourself	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

I don't WANT a plasma TV, even if it's the same price as the CRT version, and don't see any advantage whatsoever to even having a HD TV. There are also issues with the plasma technology in general. One is that they tend to be energy pigs. If you live in a hot climate you get to pay twice, once to generate all that excess heat and then again to cool your house back down. usnews.com Your New Plasma TV May Be an Energy Hog By Marianne Lavelle Posted December 6, 2007 Flat-panel TV prices may plummet this holiday season, but don't overlook the energy costs, says the Electric Power Research Institute. The utility industry group found that LCD TVs use 75 percent more power—and plasma TVs a whopping three times more—than traditional cathode-ray tube sets. Replacing an old TV with a plasma set would add $40 per year to the average annual household electric bill, while an LCD set's yearly energy premium would be $15 to $20. ...