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Monday, August 20, 2007
Better HDTV performance, lower price
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The first HDTV that I tried - years ago, a demo from the manufacturer - was a 42-inch plasma model from Philips. As I recall it sold for $6,000 at the time.
You don’t have to look at many ads to see how far prices have dropped.
Now even the new 1080p sets are becoming affordable. I’ll stick with my old set - frankly the picture is so good that I don’t see the need to upgrade. But for those who crave the very best picture, things are really looking up. And, based on reader e-mail, I know some of you are already on a second or third set. In fact, I got an e-mail Sunday from a reader who is on her fourth set now.
I’ll link to a review here from Cnet that talks about a $1,700 1080p model that delivers decent performance. The review is very detailed so I won’t go on and on - obviously the set is not top of the line, but it does deliver the sort of picture you’d expect from 1080p. For those of you who are still trying to figure out the difference between 1080i and 1080p - well, the article takes care of that too.
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